I have the Radeon VE Dual Head. It is a decent 2d card, but lacks a little in the 3d, but you said thats what he is looking for. As for watching movies, I will assume you mean DVD's, so that is what this applies to. The Radeon VE will only display the DVD on the primary monitor, you said "so he cab watch movies on his TV and play them on his PC, that is possible, but not at the same time. Other then that it is a great card.