Setting up 32" HDTV along with 30" Cinema Display

I got my new Mac Pro last week w/a 30" Cinema Display and it is gorgeous. Today we purchased a 32" HDTV to use as a 2nd monitor and/or playback for when we're editing. However, as soon as we hooked up the 2nd monitor, the Cinema Display changed resolution/shape (it is in the #1 connection) and we do not have "control" over the 32" HDTV. Any help or resources to figure out how to set this up?
Thanks!
Carrie

We got things to work but had to purchase a spendy KONA Card (LHe) to get it to show us HD on the external HDTV. We can use the TV as a monitor as well (different resolution however) but we generally don't because the 30" Apple display is so pretty as it is.

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Your asking that question brings another to mind. If there are those, who have figured out, wherein the actual problem lies, i.e., with the monitors that have USB connectors built in, why didn't Apple just issue a recall on those monitors rather than having so much spurious and speculative information floating around out there on the internet?
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If I buy an external camera (iSight or whatever), can I configure it to function as my video-conference camera when the laptop is closed and connected to the Cinema Display? If so, how?
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