Mac mini duo - sony KDF-E60A20- HDMI

common situation...bought a mini to use as a HTPC, installed displayconfigx and sysresx. nothing works. picture is either too big or too small. Apple support has been no help (the display is not compatible). I have seen some people get this to work but I have been adjusting parameters in my licensed copy of displayconfigx with no success and now I am back to square one with the desktop being too small for the display. I did not want to post without working on this for a few days and doing some research but now I am ready to trash this thing.
any suggestions would be helpful.
thanks.

Sony's article suggests you should just be able to use an HDMI to HDMI cable.   Dropping to DVI drops audio support.

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