Dual Monitor + Lights Dim/Lights Out

Forgive me if this has already been discussed:
I have 3 monitors, two high resolution main monitors and a 21" Cintiq.
(My normal mode is to open PS on the Cintiq, put all menus on one of the high res monitors and use the other high res monitor for a larger view of the edits that are being made on the Cintiq.)
Lightroom is single monitor, and I can live with that for now but there is one feature - Lights Dim mode and Lights Out mode - that just plain does not work if I want to use the other monitors to open any other application. The monitors without Lightroom are also dimmed or blacked out, so the other application becomes useless.
Here's an example: If I'm running Lightroom on monitor 1 while also viewing one of the Luminous Landscape Lightroom Tutorials on monitor 2 I can't use the Lights Dim mode or Lights Out mode - it dims or blacks the video. Ouch! (Maybe there's a preference setting I haven't found yet?)

I don't think this is a bug. The whole point of the "Lights Out" feature is
to minimize and remove distractions while you are evaluating your images for
color, color casts and exposure. So, I am going to guess that Adobe feels
the other screens to also be a distraction. They could be right. However,
given that I figure a good number of people may not feel that way
(sometimes, not all of the time I am that way. Three monitors here by the
way) needs to add a preference setting that lets you decide which monitors
go "Lights Out" similar to the slide show playback monitor selection option.
Robert

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