Use TV As Second Display

Hi guys,
You know how in Final Cut Pro there is a feature that lets you preview onto a DV cam or other firewire device, this lets me send my final cut project to my camera which is connected to my tv so I can preview my output, I got thinking of using this differently. Is there any 3rd party app or anything that will let me send whatever is on my screen to the camera and onto my TV, like a poor-man version of the TV adapter. I know the text will be hard to read and stuff but I just want to beable to have for example my quicktime movies play on my tv so I don't have to watch on my computer monitor.
Thanks in advanced,
Travis

Part of the Mac Mini spec...
S-video and composite video output to connect directly to a TV or projector (using Apple DVI to Video Adapter, sold separately).
Not FREE, but only $20: Apple DVI to Video Adapter
Is that a solution you can live with?
Beavis2084

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