Lion video problem, solved, facepalm moment

I have read so much about video playback problems in Lion. I had it on my expensive new Mac Mini and was dumbfounded by the nauseating motion presented when playing video on my high-end television.
After hours of frustration, I had a "Well, duh!" moment. It was the second display I had plugged in to the HDMI port. I don't know if there's a solution to that problem or not, but it was causing the primary display's jittery, stilted motion. I now control the mini via my MBP using VNC, and the video is all but flawless.
I thought I'd share this in case others were unaware this is the root of their problem. Wether a solution exists that allows one to have two monitors attached and smooth video playback is unknown to me.

I have the same problems like in the 2nd post. I also get them, when i use Eclipse oder iTunes. So it doesn't depends on the application you use in the moment.
I think it is a OS problem. My temperatures are at a normal level when the artifacts appear. I hope 10.7.3. will fix it. The issues also disappears when i refresh the website for example.
I look forward to a fix. It didn't happend when i used Snow Leopard...

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Thank you for this.
I have been trying to install CS5 MC now for weeks. I first got it to install everything except After Effects and Premiere Pro. Then trying to follow all the suggestions on this forum I wound up not being able to install any part of it at all. Now..
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