Problems Syncing with TV

I am attempting to use my TV as an external display to watch movies and such. I am using a DVI to HDMI cable for the connection.
When I plug the cable into the laptop (MacBook Pro) it will start to sync up but then will continually switch between the desktop and a blueish screen every few seconds.
On occasion this does lead to the Display application crashing and my having to reopen it. I got it to sync up last night after fiddling with the input selection on the TV. I did manage to get it to work. Now unfortunately I can't remember the sequence I went through to get it to work.
Anyone know why it is failing to sync up correctly? Is this an OS issue or a hardware issue?

Guess no one knows...

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