ok. i bought a core duo mini to hook up to my 50" sony sxrd hdtv. there are some issues.
i have the mini hooked up to the tv using a dvi to hdmi cable, ordered right from apple. the problem is that even though i set the mini's resolution to max (1080i) and even though the tv recognizes it as a 1080i input, the damn picture does NOT take up the entire screen. it takes up maybe 14/16th of the tv, with blank areas being on the top and right. if i use the 'overscan' option on the mac, or on the tv, the bottom of the dock and the menu bar up top get cut off, but the display takes up the entire screen at least. switching the resolution on the mini to 720p makes zero difference, it does not take up the full screen.
the tv displays a full screen when i use a 1080i input from my cable box, or a 720p input from my xbox 360.
this sucks. i bought the mini because i have an imac, an ibook, ipods, airport express, etc. but if i can't fix this **** i'll have to return this and get :barf: an xp media center machine.
ok, next question. isn't there some software on the mini - "bonjour" - that is supposed to pull the music from my imac's itunes library and let me play it on the mini through front row? yeah, nothing comes up when i try front row. what gives? (i'm quite sure i'm just not setting something up that i need to here, i just don't know what i've got to do).
help anybody? this is literally the first time i've had a damn issue with any of my mac's.
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