Multiple videos playing on multiple projectors from a G4 15" titanium

I want to play multiple DVD or Quicktime videos from my laptop or a MediaGate on multiple video projectors. I found an S-Video and a VGA distribution amplifier and I'm trying to decide which to go with. If I use the S-video I can connect the MediaGate directly into the s-video Distro Amp. In that I case I would need to access the MediaGate via the projector to 'play' the video. Anyone know if this can be done?
The second scenario is to connect my computer directly into the VGA Distro Amp. I wouldn't need the MediaGate in this case. But would I be able to detect the projectors plugged into the VGA Distro Amp as displays by my Mac G4 15" titanium laptop??
Any insights would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks!
G4 Powerbook 15"   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  
G4 Powerbook 15"   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

So are you trying to run several independent displays or just distrubute (mirror) a single display to all the projectors? If you are trying to run multiple different videos, I don't think that can be done. You might be able to run up to three using this, but I would do some homework and make sure it will work for what you have in mind.
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/home.php
Matrox recently announced that they now support Mac (hooray!) with this product. People have been using them for some time with Macs, but now it's official.

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