Calibrating a Panasonic Viera with MacBook

Hi Everyone,
I am using a DVI to HDMI cable to connect my MacBook to a 42" Panasonic Viera HD Pasma. Leopard recognizes the TV has PANASONIC-TV and provides a default calibration with the same name. The problem is the colors are nor at all accurate and the resolution does not seem to be different that the display of my MacBook. My MacBook res is 1280-800 and the TV is 1920-1080. Is there a better free way to calibrate the colors the in System Preferences?
Any help is appreciated.
Here are the details of my MacBook:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03
SMC Version: 1.4f12
Serial Number: 4H62916XWBW
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Hi Tim; It sounds like your MacBook is set to output in Mirror Dispaly mode. This will set the external monitor to the same resolution as the MacBook. Try setting it to Extended Desktop mode to see if it goes to the proper resolution, it may also improve the colors.
Good Luck
Stedman

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