MBP and LG Le5300

Hi,
I am connecting my MBP up to a 32" LG LED (LE5300) tv using DVI - HDMI cable. When I do this I can see the screen the picture looks bad...it is better when I do DVI - VGA. I am not sure if there is a driver update for lg tv's that can fix this or something. I cannot use the vga adapter as I have a pc going into that port...need help
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The issue seems to be related to likey the display driver for the video card or the dvi - hdmi cable. Just plugged by macbook air to the tv (mini dvi - hdmi) and it looks fantastic...need to determine how to update NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600M display driver.
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Best of luck to everyone who has this issue - thats what we get for being early adopters.
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