Connecting MacBook to HDTV Samsung

I am trying to connect my MacBook to my HDTV. I have purchased the mini-DVI to HDMI female cable and connected the HDMI female cable with another HDMI-HDMI cable to my television. The Mac and TV are reading each other, its just that only my background from my Mac is seen on the television. When I go to System Preferences -> to Displays there is a "Gather Windows" button that pops up, that is not present when the TV and Mac are not connected. When I push the "Gather Windows" button a window with the title "Samsung" pops up that looks very similar to the other "Display" window. I am wondering how to connect my Mac and TV so that everything from my Mac screen shows up on my TV. If I am doing something wrong, or need another cable, or anything else all help is welcomed.

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In your Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Displays you should see two layouts of displays, one with a thick white line across the top, while the other without. The one with the thick white line across represents the display with the menubar and Dock, while the other without represents your display that doesn't have either. In this case, that should be representative of your TV. Wherever the TV rectangle is in relation to the Mac's rectangle is the assumed "position" of the desktop aligned next to the Mac. So if it is the right, you should be able to grab the titlebar of the window, and drag it over to the right hand side of the screen and have it partially appear on the TV if you keep dragging to the right. If it is some other placement, drag the window in that general direction. It may not instantly appear if your overscan settings aren't setup right. Also if you have a 1080i TV, you may need to switch to 720p resolution so that the overscan settings can be modified.

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