IMac hooked up to HDTV - display and colours

Hi
I have hooked up my iMac to my HDTV Panasonic TC 26LX70
It works pretty well, i have 2 issues though:
Each time i hook up the imac to the hdtv, the display for my imac changes automatically. I tried to find the good setting in systems preferences but so far nothing great. I still have the display of the imac re-initializing eah time
The colours on the HDTV are not as good as on the iMac screens, they are more "HDTV" like, too bright, too flashy. How can i get the same ones than on the mac?
Please I would appreciate your opinions
Thx

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    * The colours on the HDTV are not as good as on the iMac screens, they are more "HDTV" like, too bright, too flashy. How can i get the same ones than on the mac?
    Please I would appreciate your opinions
    Thx

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