Using Monitor to Watch DVD

I recently got a Samsung monitor which I use to hook up to my macbook. I usually use it as my only screen, but there are times that I want to watch a DVD and work at the same time. I am trying to figure out how to get either Front Row or the DVD player to work full screen on my monitor while I have word or some other program open on my macbook screen. I have it set up so that my monitor is arranged above my macbook screen. I can get the DVD to play full screen on the top, and I have programs open below on my macbook screen, but anytime I click on the macbook screen, my DVD player leaves full screen and goes to a tiny window. I don't know how much sense that made. Any suggestions?

Front Row won't work at all like that. You can't use the "full screen" mode of the DVD Player application without it being the front-most application. But, you can set the DVD Player to "maximum size" with the window in the other screen and continue to work on the MacBook's screen.
-Doug

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