Problem connecting MBP to HDTV

I ordered a DVI to HDMI cable and hooked it up to the my Toshiba HDTV and I get a picture, unfortunately it's not what I'm looking at on the MBP. Strangely it is the blue design that is the desktop background when you pull the MBP out of the box and it does not change if I open up programs, etc.
What do I need to do to get my MBP screen to show up on the TV?
Thanks!

you may have your screen in extended desktop mode, so the HDTV is just a second display that allows you more desktop space, that's why it's not showing a duplicate of what you see on its display. if you move the mouse pointer, you should see it goes over on to the HDTV and you can drag windows there etc.
if you want to change it to desktop mirroring, you should be able to do so in the displays pane in preferences. that way, both displays will show the same thing.

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