Full quality Video Output

Hi I wanto to use my Imac to play videos, are NTSC videos compressed on MPEG2 Full DVD Quality or H264 NTSC Standard, I want to play it to external TV to play only the video, I tried VLC and connected the TV as second monitor and configured VLC to play video on second monitor, it works, but quality is poor and blurry, if I play the same video from DVD player or from my PC to the monitor it looks full quality but from VLC in that way on the Imac I told you the bad quality problem, What software can I use to play videos getting the BEST quality on my TV?? I have also a CANOPUS that I can connect to Firewire port on my pc I use that to get video signal output but VLC on my Imac didn't recognize the Canopus? What can I do to play videos on my TV on the best quality? what software or what configuration?? Thanks

In Extended Desktop Mode (Mirroring Off) you can drag the QuickTime video to the external TV monitor and then Enter Full Screen.
{quote:}Can I do that on quicktime? have the controls and playlist and modify it during playback in main monitor and video playback ion my TV?{quote}
No, I think that your are going to need something stronger than VLC or QuickTime to accomplish that?
Head over to the iMovie or Pro Applications: Video sections of the forum and check around there to see if one of those will suit your needs.
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa?categoryID=1
Perhaps
iMovie 11> http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
or
Final Cut > http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/

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