Watching FC footage on TV, through HDV/DV deck

Anyone know if it's possible to play an FC timeline on TV via an HDV deck? I have an old TV and want to use it to color correct. I'm using the latest final cut and a top-of-the-line sony HDV/DV deck. Using the decks RCA video out jack, I can see footage on TV when CAPTURING, but when I play a timeline, the TV is blank.

Shane's Stock Answer #25: HDV external Monitor Viewing
HDV cannot be played out of FCP via FireWire because its Long GOP structure is too taxing on your processors to spare the system resources needed to drive an external monitor.
To view HDV on an external monitor you are going to need to purchase a capture card, like the ones Blackmagic or AJA offer. They will both play out HDV in real time. The catch is that you cannot view this on a regular TV or NTSC monitor. Since this is HD, an HD monitor will be needed.
HOWEVER, both cards are capable of down converting the signal so that it can be displayed on an SD monitor. This won't be color accurate however.
The best option you have is the Matrox MXO...$1000. This coupled with an Apple 23" display gets you color correction quality...but, it isn't compatible with COLOR yet. (I wrote a full review of the Matrox MXO here.)
And there are the Decklink Intensity and Intensity PRO cards as well.
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