External TV Widescreen Issue

Hi
COuld someone please help me. I have a Macbook Pro Core Dual and a 32inch widescreen Technosonic TV. For some reason when I plug the TV into the laptop it refuses to display in widescreen on my TV so i get 2 ugly thick black lines either side of the image on the TV. I have tried connecting using VGA, DVI, DVI-VG & DVI-HDMI. Could someone please suggest something else. Its frustrating cos i want to use front row on my tv but the picture just doesnt look right without Widescreen.
Thanks in advance

Well I am not sure if this helps but I have a core 2 and it works perfect with a Samsung LCD TV 32". Do you have the TV set to widescreen and not 4:3? Silly question. Sorry I have no help for you but it does work. Good Luck!

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