New Samsung Display

I've just purchased a new samsung 19" LCD tv (LNT1954) (1440x900) to use with my mac mini. It is hooked up with the supplied DVI to VGA adapter, and from there VGA to the computer. I had an acer (1440x900) resolution (hooked up identically) and it worked fine, but now on my samsung, there is a black bar at the top and left side of my screen. Apart from being shifted down and to right, the screen seems to be (fairly close to) proportionate. In my display settings, the highest resolution available to choose is 1376x768 (resolution of most samsung tvs), so my mini won't allow me to choose a 1440x900 format. My mini is recognizing that it's a samsung because there is an option for samsung's preset colours in my colour menu. I'm wondering if possibly samsung has a default setting of 1376x768 that is uses for its other tvs that hasn't been reconciled for the 19" model.
Is there a way to force my mini to go to a 1440x900 resolution, or is it the tv not allowing my to input anything more than 1376x768?
Thanks
Mac mini   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Your Samsung is a TV, not a monitor. Page 34 of the user manual says the highest supported resolution in PC mode is 1360 x 768. Lame. Return it and get your money back if you need a computer monitor.

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