Connecting to a plasma TV

My imac resolution is 1900x1200 and i've found that my tv res is 1280x720 (50hz PAL). Now when i connect tv to imac the res on both imac and tv stay are good (as above) but as soon as i choose mirror image thats where the problems start. My tv stays on 1280x720 but my imac changes to 1280x800. I change my imac res back to 1900x1200 but it still doesnt display as normal (2 black bars at the top and bottom see pic) only until i either switch off mirror image or just unplug the mini dvi. Also my imac detects the tv as soon as it's connected weather thats with the tv on or not and weather the tv is set to the hdmi source. It seems that the vga output just works alot better with no messing around with settings.

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Then VGA is the way to go with your setup.

I will PM you if I ever find a way to get Front Row working on only the TV. It's something I want to figure out as well.

Peace.

The only way i can get font to work on the tv and not the mac is to make the tv the primary screen. When watching movies via hdmi the picture is good i just would not use it as a main screen as the text is sometime hard to make out.

cheers