Macmini with Compaq CRT MV520 monitor and iMovie HD

I just purchased macmini and am using an old Compaq CRT computer monitor, at 800 x 600, with it. The quality if fine and, for the most part, it works well. But when I try to open iMovie, it gives me an error message telling me that I need to raise my screen resolution to above 1024 x 720. Under 'Display' in System Preferences, there is only one option for screen size that is above 1024 x 720, but, when I change the size to that one, the monitor gives me an error message that says that it is an unsupported resolution.
Does anyone have any solution to this problem?
Thanks in advance for any responses.

reading the specs of your 15" monitor, I do read:
Technical Details: 1,024 x 768 maximum resolution
but iM is a socalled "one window" app, means, all features have to fit in a single screen... of some min. resolution...
no, no solution for that.. except, buying a monitor with a larger resolution... :-/

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