Playing DVD in Full Screen on external monitor?

Hi,
Recently,i have been trying to play DVDs using Apple DVD Player in Full Screen on an external 20 " monitor.
However,when i click something on my primary display on my MBP,apple DVD player(on the external monitor) will exit Full screen and goes into Maximum size.
So,my question is What can i do to make sure Apple DVD Player will retain its Full Screen mode(on my external display) while i continue with my work on my MBP's display?
Any help would be much appreciated...
Macbook Pro 15.4' Mac OS X (10.4.8) Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz
Macbook Pro 15.4' Mac OS X (10.4.8) Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz

This is a problem for most software on the mac, especially games. My experience has been most software uses the primary - in this case the macbook lcd - as its display monitor. There are a few ways to fudge it to force it on another screen, but quite frankly I find that the only way to use a macbook pro and external monitor is with the lid closed.
This is generally the best solution as the menu bar is always stuck on the primary anyway.
To use the macbook closed simply wake the computer from sleep with an external keyboard or mouse the laptop and the primary will now be the external monitor.
The only real downside is how do I now use the isight????

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