Imac airplay mirroring shut video

Hello,
I'm using airplay to connect my imac to apple tv and watch on the tv the screen of my imac, is there a way to keep watching the mirroring screen on the tv but having the screen of the imac shut down?
I would like to sabve energy but at the moment the two screen stay open in parallel, if i close the screen of the imac then the tv screen goes black too.
If I use it to watch a movie with vlc then when I close the imac screen, on the tv I can only hear the sound but the screen stays black too.
Any help?

You are displaying OS X 10.7.5 Lion. You need OS X 10.8 or newer to mirror. Your iMac also needs to be MID 2011 or newer, check that your one is the mid 2011.
If not a third pary app called airparrot will help.

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Restart your router. (Also try removing it’s power cord for at least 30 seconds)
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