MacMini Output to Vizio 42" LCD TV

I recently purchased a Vizio 42"LCD 1080p set and have been having issues with my MacMini displaying on the TV. I cannot get the video output to the set no matter what I try. I've even tried my Corei7 Macbook Pro and still nothing. I have tried both the mini display port and the mini dvi on the MacMini. There have been moments where I've got the picture to flicker on and the TV actually registers in the display preferences but nonetheless still nothing. I've tried 480p all the way up the 1080p setting. I've tried different cables and all I can think of. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm running 10.6.5 on both machines and have tried cleaning both systems still to no avail. Thanks for your help and hope this problem can be solved.

David-
Thanks for the help. I've tried 3 different cables so not sure its the cable...I guess it could be but 3 bad cables would be odd. When I did get the TV to appear in both the display options and in SwitchRes I was of course able to choose a variety of resolutions and I tried all ranging from 480 to 1080p. Of course they would work but then shortly the monitor went offline and that was it.
Maybe you could help me a bit in SwitchRes. As of right now my monitor just says "Unknown Monitor" I tried creating custom resolutions but cannot choose them probably because it doesn't know the monitor??? Not sure I guess on how you exactly force the monitor to choose the preset you created. Anyway you could tell me where and how you made this work within that program? What about the 1.3a HDMI toggle does that have anything to do with the issue? I just find it weird that no mac I hook up to the TV is responding no matter what variation I try. The good thing is that SwitchRes does recognize something is plugged into the Mini unlike the Apple Display Preferences. Either way really appreciate the help. Hope I can get this sorted.

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