Extended Desktop on a Mac mini

Hi,
Is there any way, that on my Mac mini I can have an Extended Desktop

Would a DVI splitter be any different?
No, sadly not. The mini has only a single display port, so at best a splitter would divide the same signal to two displays - giving you the result you already have. What you would need is an active device such as the Matrox DualHead2Go (http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/), though while this can give an extended desktop, you are still limited to the maximum resolution the mini can handle, which is rather limiting for most.
An alternative would be to look for a compatible USB display adapter, which could give a resolution-independent option, though the speed of the display is likely not to be all that good. Likely sufficient for basic work, but less so for any moving graphics. So far, I'm not aware of any manufacturer who has released a commercial MacOS compatible product of this sort, but there have been a couple of companies who have promised one, and at least one who have released reportedly stable MacOS drivers for its Windows-based device. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mim0EIN/is_2008_June_3/ain25473487 has a little background info on this.

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I am just wondering about the size. You may find that a good resolution for the 42" HDTVs may make text and such too small to view comfortably. Perhaps someone with more experience with large HDTV displays can comment.
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SAMSUNG
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 4C 2D B1 02 00 00 00 00
1 | 32 10 01 03 68 70 3E 78 2A E2 BD A1 5B 4A 98 24
2 | 15 47 4A AD CE 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 66 21 50 B0 51 00 1B 30 40 70
4 | 36 00 4E 6C 42 00 00 1E 64 19 00 40 41 00 26 30
5 | 18 88 36 00 4E 6C 42 00 00 18 00 00 00 FD 00 3C
6 | 4B 1E 3D 09 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC
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EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........SAM
Product Code........45314 (B102) (02B1)
Serial Number.......0
Manufactured........Week 50 of year 2006
Max H Size..........112 cm
Max V Size..........62 cm
Gamma...............2.20
DPMS Supported Features:
Active off
Display type:
RGB color display
Input signal & sync:
Analog input with: 0.700V / 0.000V
Composite Sync
Color info:
Red x = 0.632 Green x = 0.289 Blue x = 0.143 White x = 0.280
Red y = 0.357 Green y = 0.596 Blue y = 0.085 White y = 0.290
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800 x 600 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz
640 x 480 @ 72Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
720 x 400 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
800 x 600 @ 72Hz
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
Standard Timing Identification:
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Mode = 1360 x 768 @ 60Hz
Pixel Clock.............85.50 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active..................1360 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 64 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 112 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 256 pixels 18 lines
Blanking................ 432 pixels 27 lines
Total...................1792 pixels 795 lines
Scan Rate............... 47.71 kHz 60.02 Hz
Image Size..............1102 mm 620 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
Pixel Clock.............65.00 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active..................1024 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 24 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 136 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 160 pixels 29 lines
Blanking................ 320 pixels 38 lines
Total...................1344 pixels 806 lines
Scan Rate............... 48.36 kHz 60.00 Hz
Image Size..............1102 mm 620 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
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* Negative vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
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Horizontal frequency range.......30-61 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........60-75 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
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