Prevent Mac OS X from changing resolution

I have a Mac Mini connected to my Sony 46xbr8 HDTV, and every time I turn the TV off, Mac OS X changes screen resolution to what seems to be arbitrary one. Just now it switched to 1280x1024, screwed all windows up along the way, and even if I connect to it via a Remote Desktop and change the resolution back to 1920x1080 - the system menu remains 1280 pixels wide, and the rest of the space where the menu should be is empty.
Is there a way to prevent Mac OS X from changing the resolution (other than leaving my TV on at all times)?

So, is there no other way to prevent Mac OS X from changing resolutions, when the TV is off??? It wouldn't have been a problem, if it didn't change all open window sizes, but every time I turn on the TV - all windows become tiny...
I've installed Windows 7 in BootCamp on the Mac Mini, and God, it works SO MUCH BETTER than Apple's own OS on their own computer!!! It does indeed look like now Windows 7 "just works", and Apple's Mac OS X - "just doesn't"... So far it looks like Apple is losing it...

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