Mini to old regular TV

Hey I'm connecting the Mini to my regular TV using the Apple DVI-to-Video adapter, now the picture on the TV doesn't sit right, it doesn't fill the whole screen, and it goes a too up and right, meaning I have black lines on the bottom and on the left, anyway to change the positioning?

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Terry Jackson1 wrote:
where did you get the:
James Press1 wrote:
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