Screen outputs on the mac pro

can you get a dvi to hdmi lead as would like to link it up to my t.v and us it on that or is there any other way

Yes. You can either get a DVI to HDMI cable or a DVI to HDMI converter and then use a standard HDMI cable. There are some problems that can crop up depending on the type of TV you have and what type of thing you are going to do (movies are pretty much ok no matter what, using as a huge monitor can sometimes cut off your menu-bars and such), and has been discussed in MANY threads.
I would suggest doing a search for HDMI on the message board to find out what type of TV's have been tested. Then again, the converters are so cheap, you might just want to try it out yourself if you already own everything.

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