well actually, i have it hooked up just fine and can see my desktop and everything on the screen. My problem is playing a movie on my laptop and having it display on my TV. I have it hooked up using a standard monitor cable fwiw. I have these Divx movies ive downloaded but when i play them on my laptop the divx player shows up on my TV but the actual movie doesnt, it just shows a black screen.

Help please.