Front Row turn the system unresponsive

Hi everyone, I'm new here!
Well, I was trying to give some direct feedback about a bug to the Support division, but I didn't found any link to do that, so i will post my bug here. Sorry about my english, it isn't quite perfect so forgive me if something doesn't make sense, hehe.
Ok, this is my problem. When my Macbook Pro (rev. C) running Leopard 10.5.2 (with all last updates) is connected via DVI to my LCD TV and running Front Row, and after a while when my computer apparently goes to sleep, the screen goes dark and I can't return from that sleep state. I will explain this: Front Row is running happy (music) and then, suddenly, the audio starts to skip and pause until the LCD screen on my TV and my laptop turns black, but the audio keeps playing (without skips).
Then, when you try to wake up the computer, nothing seems to work or respond. It only shows a blank screen, audio running (but it can't be paused) and, if you disconnect the external display, nothing happens in the primary one. The only solution seems to restart the whole system, as you can't really see what's happening on the OS as the screen shows nothing.
Does anyone has a similar problem? It's this specific to my laptop? I will be happy to hear (or read actually) some feedback about this one.
Cheers from Chile!

Hi
There doesn't seem to be a Front Row Feedback option so here's the Mac OS X one:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Steve

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