Monitor HD video in FCP shot on Canon 7D using prosumer HDMI monitor

Hi all,
I recently purchased two items. A 17" MacBook Pro (i7) and a Canon 7D. I would like to come up with a cheap, temporary alternative to buying a Matrox MXO mini box and PCI Express card to monitor HD video.
My question is:
Can I monitor full screen HD video from Final Cut Pro on an HDMI monitor using an Apple mini-DVI cable connected to a non-Apple DVI-HDMI cable?
The idea here is I want to keep my laptop showing the FCP layout and have the HDMI monitor showing just the video output. If this is possible what is the protocol for setting it up? I'm imagining I'm going to have to do some mirroring on in some places and mirroring off in others.
There is a minor caveat. I'll be shooting 1080P and watching it in 720P, but I really don't care. I'm not looking for broadcast quality, just a reasonable monitoring solution that allows me to watch it on something more like a normal output monitor.
Thanks,
Patrick

Hey sc,
This is actually as simple as plugging in an external monitor to your MBPro which it will recognize as a 2nd monitor; do NOT set it to mirror your desktop. In FCP, set your View > Video Playback setting to 'Digital Cinema Desktop Preview'. Your timeline will still appear on the laptop screen, but it will output full-screen video to the external monitor.
To clarify: your laptop does NOT have mini-DVI. It's a mini DisplayPort connector. You'll need the proper adapter to go out to your monitor; depending on the connections it has it's either a mDP to HDMI or mDP to DVI. In this case, I don't think it makes a difference which one you use, it just depends on what ports the monitor has.
FYI get the best monitor you can afford for this. Even if you're not looking for critical color or interlacing (which you will NOT see if you use this monitoring method) get a decent monitor. I've tried using a really cheap LCD with my Canon 7D (both for editing and during a shoot) and the image was such crap that I could barely use it to check focus...

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