Panasonic TX-32LXD80F as display for Mac mini???

Hallo,
I wanted to connect my mac and my TV via VGA cable, at first I see the boot screen and the blue screen but after that the displays black like nothings connected...
Does anybody know, what to do to use this TV with my mac??

Have you tried booting the mini in Safe mode? If not, try that, and see if you get a useable screen. Likely what is happening during a normal boot is that the mini is going to a resolution that the Panasonic won't support.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455?viewlocale=en_US
If you get a useable screen in Safe mode, try setting the resolution to 1024 x 768 and restart normally. Then hopefully you will get a useable screen from a normal boot. From that point, you can experiment with trying different resolution settings in Displays preferences and hopefully you will find a resolution that works well and that you can be happy with.

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