1024x768 Resolution on a 16:9 Pioneer Plasma 4350

I am about to purchase a Dual Core Mac Mini. I currently have a 43" Pioneer Plasma TV, model 4350. The resolution is 1024x768. I want to ensure that the mini will work fine with the tv. I really would not like to play with overscan or underscan or mess with a program like DisplayConfigX.
Also, I am planning on using the VGA connection as opposed to the DVI connection? Will this work well.

I also am hoping to see a definitive answer to this question. It's not a mini, but we sometimes use a Pioneer PDP-4304 (43-inch/1024x768) plasma with a (2004) 15-inch G4, aluminum PowerBook (widescreen 1280x854 pixels) via a VGA cable and the Apple adaptor.
Out of the box, the PowerBook always finds the connected Pioneer plasma and autosyncs to this display (which automatically gets added to the OS X System Preference: Displays menu). OS X and the PowerBook's 64MB video card just finds and uses the correct resolution (1280x768/60Hz), with no overscan issues and no need for third-party, display (resolution) management software like Display ConfigX. However, this widescreen PowerBook does have a native resolution that is slightly different from the plasma's 16:9 aspect ratio (more like 15:9 I think) and it uses square pixels. The Pio uses (horizontally) rectangular pixels, and so the PowerBook output is scaled down vertcally by a few pixels -- though it's barely perceptable).
A 2004 12-inch G4 PowerBook and a 2005 iBook (each 1024x768 pixels and not widescreen) also autosync to the Pio with no problems. However, like standard definition TV, this PowerBook and iBook default to make use of the center portion on the 16:9 plasma (Again, the computers use square pixels, the 43-inch Pio plasmas use rectangular pixels).
I would think that the Intel-based mini's combination of OS X/ and integrated graphics also would autosync and connect seamlessly with any Pio plasma (knock on wood).

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