Mirroring to my Sony TV results in my MBP screen dimensions (14:9) showing up

...instead of proprietary Sony TV's ones (16:9). I reset my MBP to factory settings and returned to Lion. Previously, on Mavericks, I was able somehow to set up this quite easy, but I forgot what I have to do to optimize screen size of mirrored MBP monitor for my Sony TV on Lion. Please, help me. I remember that (on Mavericks) it had a function "Optimize image(?) for Sony TV/computer" or smth. in sysprefs.
Kindest regards,
I.S.

I'm afraid I wasn't specific enough so I'm now correcting this: when I plug in my TV I see its native 1080p resolution but what else I do see are the black bars from the right and left of the TV screen, thus getting dimensions not of my TV but those of my Mac.
Kindest regards,
I.S.

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