Play dvd or quicktime over two monitors

im not sure this goes here, but.... i'm wondering if there is a way (through other software or not) to watch a dvd or a quicktime video over two monitors, basically, to stretch it across both monitors for viewing.
I have two 20" lcds at 1650x1080 each.
Thanks!

I am not sure about software options...it might work with a hardware device like this, depending on your graphics card capability:
<http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/dh2go/digital/home.php>
from:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4387166#4387166
Now, if you strech the video across both monitors, how can you multi-task and get any work done???

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