How to fit screen using a dva to s video adapter

when i hooked up my Mac mini t my older big screen tv, using a dva to s video adapter the screen resolution automatically set to 480 tv. This plays movies that I have downloaded to a aux. hard drive just fine, but when I go to internet to view anything else, the picture is too large, and will not fit the screen. If I try to reset the resolution the screen goes blurry, and I can't see anything.
Is there a setting in the Mac mini that I can change? The resolution change in settings will not work.
Thanks

S-Video is Standard Definition Video only, and assuming you and your TV are in NTSC land, that is a maximum of 720x480 pixels. Pretty small/low resolution. You need to use a different input to your TV, like VGA (or "PC" as it is sometimes referred to on TVs) - i.e. a blue multipin connector with 3 rows of 5 pins each row?
... or get an HD TV, or a proper computer monitor.

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