How do I get my DVDs to play full screen on a second screen?

I downloaded OS X Lion a few days ago and went to watch a movie on the second screen that is hooked up to my macbook pro. Instead of going to full screen on my TV, the movie moved itself back onto my computer and filled my second screen with a gray picture. Why does it do this, and is ther any way to play a DVD on a second screen in full screen? I have tried mirroring but the movie will not fill my TV screen like it used to with the old system because it is limited to the shape of my computer screen.

This is a general problem with the full screen mode under lion. Every time you bring whatever application in full screen mode the secondary screen is not usable anymore. As workaround you can only switch the primary screen onto you TV screen as long as you watch movies.
I know that this is no final solution but the only alternate is to roll back to SL. (I did so, and now I wait until Apple fix the problem)
Unfortunately Apple devellopers don't watch the community discussions. If you want to inform them about this problem please use the following link:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
I did it also and discribed the problem there. My hope is that if many people do the same this problem gets higher priority and will be resolved by apple devellopers.

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