Using my widescreen tv as display

using my widescreen as a display , works well but i can t get the top menu bar or the bottom dock options to fit into the screen. i m guessing this is a format problem with my tv but i can t seem to get anything to work with that either. any suggestions about what i can do in my settings to get these to fit????????? thx

Have you gone into the settings and played around with all the different resolution sizes? I had the same problem but now it fits perfect.
Most of them wont work, it'll just be a blue screen, but you should find one that works.

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