Pixelmapping to Sony lcd

I have a MacBook pro 13" and Sony bra via kdl-46v5100 LCD. I am connecting them via mini display > hdmi at 1080p60. The output looks terrible. The screen doesn't fill my LCD. There thick black borders. I have overscan disabled because I want 1:1 pixel mapping. My Sony LCD is set to full pixel. Some reason the MacBook pro isn't outputting correctly. It's taking the 1080p and scaling it to a lower res. Is there a solution? I tried switch ResX but the stings are too confusing.

The only thing I can see is that it operates at 120Hz and you're sending it 60Hz ?
And I assume you're using 'Mirroring' but, on a 13" MBP the maximum resolution is 1280x800 so that would explain why you're not seeing 1080 as it can't do that locally.
If you have an external keyboard and mouse try closing the MacBook Pro lid (clamshell mode) and then waking it with the keyboard or mouse, this might give you a different output (long short but could work)

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