Using dual monitor with FCP

Hi to all!
I´ve a NVidia FX5200 dual head (of course!) working wih FCP.
I bought a SVideo / Video Comp. to connect it to this board ... could it be possible to view my "canvas monitor" in a external monitor (normal TV, for exemple)? This way i would not have to connect my minidv to do the "normal" baypass ... is it possible?
Can i use this board to do it (?) or some other dual head model?
Thank you!
HBars

What you are proposing may be possible, but I'm not sure it makes sense.
You can use two monitors, of course, to get extra screen real estate and you don't need a fancy graphics card, most of them support two regular size monitors.
On ther other hand, you definitely want an NTSC monitor to view the real look of the video. Mirroring your computer monitor is unlikely to be a reliable guide. Connecting the miniDV via firewire and your TV/NTSC monitor to that isn't "bypass" - it's the direct way to get to a real video image to judge color, contrast, etc.

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