Macbook pro and 720p hdtv

I've connected a mbp (17" high resolution, 256mb NVidia video recently purchased with Leopard) to a JVC HD-61G787 HDTV via Apple's DVI to HDMI cable. (FYI, the TV is 720p, not 1080p.) This configuration works in that I can see stuff on the TV screen, but unfortunately that's about all I can say for it.
If I set the TV resolution to 1280x720 (via the system preferences' display option), text is 'readable' but nothing to write home about. It's fuzzy and many characters appear to be colored red. It's also hard to distinguish between the letters "e" and "o", and "t", "f", "i", "l", ect.
If I set the TV resolution to 1920x1080 (interlaced), text is barely readable (forget about distinguishing beteewn the "e"s and "o"s et. al.) This does, obviously, afford much more 'screen real estate' to work with which is something I'm striving for.
Does anyone have advice on how to configure this so it's realistically usable? Some more FYI stuff: I downloaded JVC's user manual <http://resources.jvc.com/Resources/00/00/91/LCT2063-001D-A.pdf>, and let's just say it wouldn't be worth the paper it was printed on if it was printed. Further, the TV's menu system is completely pathetic; I could find no options in it that could be even remotely helpful in configuring the TV.

Grandpa2 wrote:
You need to go into System Preferences - Monitor and make sure that you have Mirroring set to On. This will exactly duplicate what you see on your MBP on the TV. The system should also automatically set the proper resolution on the TV.
Setting to Mirroring isn't necessary if it's run with the lid closed. Running with the lid closed is actually best because then the resolution will only be that of the TV and it won't have to pick one monitor's resolution or the other.
There is a way to have the clamshell closed while you're watching the TV, but you need to change a setting which escapes me at the moment.
Apple Portables: How to use your computer in closed clamshell (display closed) mode with an external display
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131
george johnsen wrote:
so how is the picture when you connect it?
Well it should be a pretty nice full digital picture, if you go through HDMI. It will be like having another computer monitor. If you go through one of the other ports on the TV, like VGA or S-Video, the picture will be worse.

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