Dual Desktop Displays? What do I need?

I have a 23 inch display hooked to my MacBook Pro. I recently got a second display. What do I need to run dual monitors? How do I hook up the second one?

You've posted in the Apple TV forum. You'll probably get better answers if you post in the MacBook Pro displays forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1150
Best of luck.

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