Front row through out TV

Does anyone know how i could watch stuff through the TV from the MAC. Can we do it through the digibox, a Virgin Samsung, or do we need to get something else?
Thank u in advance.
Stuart

Do you mean using a TV as an external monitor for a Mac? In this case, yes, you can buy an Apple video adapter to suit your TV.
If you plan to use Front Row (this discussion topic) as an entertainment centre on your TV the you will either need to "mirror" the displays (see the Mac display preferences) or get software such as TV Row (http://sites.google.com/site/robijnx/ ) to tell Front Row which display to use. This applies to iMacs - Macbooks have a hot key for switching displays.

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Why did apple techs take away Front Row! It looks like I'm not the only person who liked it.
I found some instructions on how to get it back, but lost them and I think an apple tech would be the only one who could do it.

Playlists are part of the entire library file, not specific items you can isolate in a backup. You can replace the whole library file but it will cause your listings to revert to the date when the backup was created. Media files will not be lost but it may not appear in your iTunes list and the files will have to be added again.
Alternatively you can use an old version of the .xml file to extract specific playlists. This will require detailed hand editing of computer coded text files, if you're up for it.
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Douglas McLaughlin wrote:
Videos are played through QuickTime but DVDs are not.
DVDs used to be played in the background, behind the Front Row GUI, with the DVD Player application. This changed with version 1.3 and now DVDs are played directly with Front Row through QuickTime.
-Doug
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See http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSXTechnology_Overview/SystemTechnology/chapter_4_section3.html
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