Powerbook 17" S-Video Out to TV monitor

Hey all,
If we go out of the S-Video out on a Powerbook 17" 1.5Ghz, and in to a television's Video In, is there a way to use the TV monitor for video only? Like how you can do that on a G5 tower, take the video out and make it extend your real estate.
I don't want the TV screen to be a copy of what's already on the Powerbook's screen. I want to see Logic in the Powerbook, and the quicktime movie from Logic on the TV screen. Does anyone know if this is possible?
Thanks in advance!
ETMi

I've done this with my powerbook, only I had the DVD player app on the TV, and was using the laptop LCD for other apps. It worked just fine. In fact I did it on two different TVs, once using s-video (w/optical sound out even) and once with DVI.
I can't speak to your specifc application (Logic) but I don't know why it wouldn't work the same way.

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