SHARP 32D4U & MacMini DuoCore via HDMI

Wow, when I asked the Apple salesperson before I purchased the MacMini, he assured me that the display would come out crystal clear without issues.
Unfortunately that's not the case as I'm sure a lot of people are having with the overscan and black display bars.
Now I downloaded and played with DisplayConfigX, but I can't seem to find the settings for my T.V.
The Sharp LCD I'm running is capable of 1366x768 but it is currently being forced to run at 1280.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A SIMILIAR SETUP TO ME AND HAS GOTTEN THE IMAGE TO RUN AT 1366x768?
Please, I'm seriously considering returning the Mini on the fact that I was mislead to believe that I would be able to utilize my LCD TV. Thanks in advance for your responses.

Well - no help here either, but more of the same.
I connected the Mini to a JVC LT32A-61SU through DVI, and got 1280x720 as resolution. In itself, this is good enough for my use, intends to stit with some distance to the screen. But there is still one pretty annoying issue; the screen coverage.
My JVC TV is obviously one of the "good" ones, as it is detected by the Mini with at least the correct name. But the top gry bar (I´m new to Mac) is not visible (above the screen), resulting in several "shots in the dark" when I try to do configurations.
Now, I have discovered a way to see it a gain, namely to go into the "options" menu on the display particulars, and switch off the "overscan" feature. Then I get a picture that resembles what others are complaining about, with black secors surrounding the picture. And the picture quality is much poorer. Hardly satisfying.
Have as well played around with SwitchResX Control, but no success.
And I whom am converting to Mac to reduce my need for fiddling with drivers!
Is it the Intel desease that is spreading?
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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