New MacMini with Samsung 32" TV

I bought a basic MacMini earlier this week to use with my Samsung 32" LCD TV (Model: LE32A457C1DXXU). Now, when I use the DVI to VGA adapter supplied to connect said MacMini to my TV, the TV goes to sleep, as if no input from the Macmini.
I have successfully connected the Macmini using the same cables to a smaller monitor as I thought it might have been the set up (you know, choosing languages, etc) that was the issue. Past that, and still no joy with the Samsung.
I have also successfully connected my older MacBook to the TV and that was fine, TV registered it, all worked perfectly.
What am I missing here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have an original CoreDuo Mac Mini. I had been successfully using it with a 32" Sony Bravia LCD TV for more than two years using the DVI-VGA adapter and a standard VGA cable. After updating to OS 10.5.3 or later, I suddenly lost support for the VGA connection. When I reverted back to 10.5.2 things worked fine with the VGA port. I recently needed to update to 10.5.4 and the same thing happened. So, I purchased the Belkin DVI-HDMI cable and now works again, but I had to buy an HDMI switcher because my TV only has one HDMI connection. I guess the video drivers in 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 for the Mac Mini seemed to be the culprit in whacking out the VGA output.

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