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G5 dvi connection problem

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When I connect the G5 DVI to Video Adapter, my cinema display which is usually at 1680 x 1050 zooms in to 480 or bigger. The display on the TV looks great but my desktop looks terrible, too big. Apple told me that I have to manually connect and disconnect the dvi adapter. Is there a way to have my default resolution on my desktop while being connected to the tv? Is there a toggle that shuts on and off the dvi port? Thanks,
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When connecting a second display (monitor or TV), you have two possibilities, mirroring and screen spanning.

Mirroring means it shows the exact same thing on both screens, while screen spanning extends your desktop from one screen to the other.
Screen spanning allows a different resolution for each screen, while mirroring automatically puts both displays on the same resolution, which is always the one of the screen with the lower resolution (in your case, the TV).
That, on the other hand, makes everything look bigger on your monitor.
 
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So if my tv is lower resolution, which it is, there's nothing I can do except unplug the connection manually?
 

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