Satellite A300-1OM - No sound on TV using HDMI

I have a Toshiba Satellite A300-1OM, and also a Toshiba HD TV with HDMI input ports.
I recently bought a HDMI to HDMI cable and attached the notebook to the tv and turned the tv to the HDMI channel, and the notebook confirmed this by making the 'new device attached' noise.
However, when I try to use Fn+F5 and output to the tv, nothing happens. When I choose to use the tv as an external monitor the tv shows the external screen, though only covers the centre of the tv, just slightly larger than my notebook screen, instead of being the full screen as i'd hoped. The sound also remained on the notebook instead of through my tv speakers.
I then tried the 'HDMI Output' software that came with the notebook, and only got the 'This is only effective when the PC is connected to a TV which supports HDMI Control through the HDMI cable' message.
Finally I tried the graphics options by right clicking on the desktop and choosing to output to monitor, then using graphics properties I managed to increase the resolution on the TV until it almost fit the entire screen, but not fully, and again the sound only came out of the notebook.
I am hoping to be able to watch HD video files from my laptop, but it seems that video output on my TV is still only notebook quality instead of HD as I had hoped.. I tried watching "Lost.S05E11.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.mkv" once i'd finally output my notebook to the HD TV to an almost full screen size, but didn't recognise the difference between video on TV and on Notebook.
Can anybody help? I've read several other similar posts, i've checked BIOS and HDMI is enabled in the display section, but still can't resolve my problem.
Thanks!

Hi
>I am hoping to be able to watch HD video files from my laptop, but it seems that video output on my TV is still only notebook quality instead of HD
> didn't recognize the difference between video on TV and on Notebook.
Do you know what HD quality means?
The HD TV supports an max resolution of 1280 720 px and full HD means that the TV would be able to show the HD movies using the 1920 1080 resolution.
A simple old TV supports a resolution of 768 x 576.
Every notebook screen is able to show the HD videos in HD quality because the display supports the same or higher resolution!!!
Therefore you will not notice any difference on notebook or HD TV playing HD quality videos!
Furthermore the sound is not coming through the TV speakers because you didnt choose the HDMI port as a default sound output (device).
Check this step by step instruction:
Click Start
Settings
Control Panel
Hardware and Sound
Sound /Digital Output Device (HDMI)
Click the Set Default Button

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