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I have searched and searched for info on this and not been able to find a definitive answer.
I am wanting to buy a mac mini and a 40" LCD TV. I have narrowed my options to the Sony Bravia KDL40W3000 in first choice or the Samsung LE40F86 in second place, depending which will work with the Mac.
I don't want a VGA connection, I want full 1080p via HDMI.
The issue is will the screen display (without hacking) at 1080p correctly without overscan.
The Sony I believe has a facility called Full Pixel which should allow 1:1 pixel mapping, as does the Samsung, under a function called Justscan.
Can anyone help me out here please?

Paul,
I own a Sony KDL-46W3000 and can confirm that you can get a full-fledged 1080p DVI-HDMI connection from the new Mac Minis.
You are right that the Sony has a full pixel resolution settings, so no overscan or black border issues.
It's a bit funny how it works: While Display preferences shows "1080i", the signal actually is 1080p, confirmed by the TV's signal info box that you can make appear. This setting was the default since I hooked up Mac and Sony out of the box.
Yesterday I played around for the first time with all kinds of screen resolutions, and when I switched back to 1080i in Display prefs, I actually got real 1080i all of sudden and not 1080p anymore. This also confirmed by the Sony's signal info. 1080i was visibly a worse signal: not as smooth as 1080p and when moving windows vertically and slowly, the movement makes lines appear and disappear with a little flicker (not too bad, but a big difference to 1080p).
The only way I found to get back my 1080p was to use the checkbox "Show screen resolutions in menu bar" and select my old resolution from the popup of "previously used" resolutions. Mind you, both 1920x1080 resolutions are labeled the same. (This trick I read online somehwere).
So while 1080p works, it is not listed as such in Display prefs. Weird, I have no clue why, hopefully this gets enhanced in the next 10.5 release.
The Sony screen gives a really good picture. Just make sure to switch off all those extra signal-correction stuff that Sony puts in their standard or vivid settings. You also might be surprised that at 40inch you will need to get quite close to your screen to see all the details. My 46inch is ten feet away and some websites and small fonts are becoming hard to read. I'm not in need of glasses, 1080 lines is just a fine resolution...
Greetz
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