Using a 1080p display witha power mac?

my cinema display was stolen.  i bought an adaptor and hooked the dvi port to the hdmi on my cony 1080p lcd (kdl s5100).  the resolution seems to have "cut the crusts off my sandwich".  is there a fix for this, so i can see my sidebars and menus?

Oh man, sorry to hear about the theft.
Not familiar with that monitor, but At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware>Graphics/Displays and report like this...
NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT:
  Chipset Model:    GeForce 7800GT
  Type:    Display
  Bus:    PCI
  Slot:    SLOT-1
  VRAM (Total):    256 MB
  Vendor:    nVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x0092
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  ROM Revision:    2152.2
  Displays:
VGA Display:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
  Depth:    32-bit Color
  Core Image:    Supported
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Quartz Extreme:    Supported
Display:
  Status:    No display connected

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