External monitor fullscreen

Pretty straight forward issue. My external monitor extends the edges of the screen out past the viewable portion of the screen itself. IE when I put youtube/vlc/anything into fullscreen all the edges are chopped off. Top bottom left and right. I tried all sorts of adjustments on the TV I think this has something to do with the macbook. Any suggestions?

Hello there, NogDog21.
The following Knowledge Base article should help resolve issues with your display:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
Particularly:
How do I select additional resolutions on my display?
You can use the Display pane of System Preferences to specify how your display works. Not all options appear for all display models. By default the best resolution for your display will already be selected in System Preferences.
To select a different resolution, use the Scaled option. Some additional resolutions may be available when you hold the Option button.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro D.

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Frank's Tech Help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMNLOVn8hes
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I'm curious to know how you handle a second monitor. Coming from Gnome I was used to have some more comfort with that.
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1. I plug in the monitor and nothing happens automatically. Can this be done automatically?
2. Anyway, not a problem, I can use arandr to activate the external monitor. But how can I for example map the second desktop of openbox to that screen? That is, the first desktop should be mapped to my laptop screen, the second to the external monitor.
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Regards

orschiro wrote:1. The list of windows opened through ALT+TAB is only visible on the second screen. However I want it to have on my laptop screen.
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Otherwise, I get this problem too. It seems like some people believe it's a problem with the player or flash itself rather than the window manager. (Think about it---the window manager isn't going to choose the resolution at which flash displays video.) I've simply resigned to live with it and watch full screen flash on the monitor that it shows correctly on.
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