ISSUE!! HDMI connection to external LED TV

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Here is the thing. After upgraded to SL 10.6.2, I can't get correct display of my external TV via HDMI.
My MBP connects to the TV via minidisplay - hdmi adapter. The computer recognized the tv as TV and gives me 1080p 1080i 720p and other lower resolutions. I choosed 1080p and the screen of the TV became really funny. Everything on the screen seems over sharpened and not clear at all.
In 10.5, the tv is recognized as a standard computer display using the same connection method mentioned above. The display quality is super, the resolution showed in the display option is 1920*1080 instead of 1080p(in 10.6).
Can anyone sort out a cure?
thanks,
Message was edited by: Larry Zhou

I have a new 24" ViewSonic HDTV 1080p and it is just... horrible as monitor. I used an LG 720p briefly (too small though for anything but video) and it was what I would expect a monitor to look like and be, readable text, no fuzzies, etc.
I've owned a number of ViewSonic monitors so I was surprised (and, ALL the Amazon reviews were so positive! what, they were written by family and friends of employees??) Even as a TV it is so sub-standard.
I've tried on 10.6.2 and Windows 7, and seems like varies by make/model...

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