Retina MacBook. HDMI.

Hi all.
Just got my brand spanking retina MacBook (my first Mac, incidentally). Is there a way to view a video on my TV via the HDMI port with the MacBook itself closed? The issue I'm having is that the TV seems to be mirroring the display, which is obviously off when the shell is closed!...
Any advice appreciated and apologies if I'm missing something obvious.

You need to regenerate your .plist file for display options. That seems to fix it for everyone.
Instructions are here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4312536?start=45&tstart=0
Look for the posting by KenV54

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