MacMini and LG RZ-32LZ55

Hello,
I am new here and new to macs and hope someone can help me. I have a brand new MacMini with OSX Lion that I am trying to get up and running but without much success. I am trying to use my LG RZ-32LZ55 TV as the monitor. I have a cable from Hama with HDMI on one end and DVI on the other end that I have previously used from my PC to the same TV without any trouble. But when I connect the MacMini to the TV using this cable, it just says "Going to DPM mode" ("Går till DPM läge" in Swedish) on the TV. So basically, I haven't even managed to get the computer initially set up yet.
I am going to try using the HDMI-DVI adapter that came with the MacMini together with a purely DVI cable tonight when I get home, but somehow I suspect that this won't help. I also bought a MiniDisplay-VGA adapter on the recommendation of a friend to try that means of seeing the screen, but of course, I would much prefer a digital image. I have also noticed several threads on this forum where people complain about VGA connections not working with their 2011 MacMinis.
Can anyone help me? I am feeling very frustrated and very lost at this point.....
Thanks!

No one has any thoughts? :-(
I tried connecting the MacMini to my smaller Samsung TV in the bedroom via MiniDisplay --> VGA and it worked fine. No problems. I then tried connecting with the MiniDisplay --> DVI adapter (instead of the supplied HDMI --> DVI adapter) from the Mac Mini to the LG tv and this time, I saw the white Apple startup screen, but then when things had loaded up, the Going to DPM mode showed up again and the screen went to black. One thing I noticed is that when I then logged into the MacMini via Screen sharing from my Mac Book Pro, the resolution of the screen sharing session was different than when the Mac Mini was connected to my Samsung TV (which is much smaller than my LG TV). So the Mac Mini seems to have detected something or other about the LG TV. But it still does not show an image...
One thing I noticed in the LG TVs manual was the following. Could it be a factor? But I am using a DVI-D cable....
Any help would be much appreciated. I would really like to be able to use the new Mac Mini as a media center in the living room with the LG TV....
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