Default resolution for a MacBook external primary display.

I had gone through the process of waking may MacBook with the lid closed to make my wide screen TV the primary display. I changed the resolution to 1600x900 from 1920x1080 which my TV does not support. Leopard did not revert to the previous setting when I did nothing. Now whenever I connect the TV as the primary display Leopard thinks all is well and my TV goes black and i can't see what is going on. Is there any way to reset Leopard default setting in this mode for the TV?
My attempt to try out different resolutions has gone horribly bad.
Help please.

With the Macbook 13", turn the resolution as high as it can go, millions of colors, refresh rate n/a. This was the default with my machine, and it's working fine.

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