Which HDTV resolution

Not sure where to post this one so I'm going to copy and paste and try a couple of forums and hopefully I can get a quick answer.
Thing is, I ordered a new TV today (arrives Saturday), a Pioneer 436SXE, but I'm now wondering whether to go back to the store and swap it for an LG 50PX4D.
Reason being that the resolution of the pioneer is 768 x 1024, which seems a bit strange since 720p HD TV is 720 x 1280. Now it may well be that the conversion is seamless but it seems a bit pointless to me.
So I'm all ready to go back to the store, after all the LG is 50" against the pioneers 43" and the res. is WXGA (1366x768).
The down side is that the LG is £ 200 more, doesn't have a digital sound processor (but I'm not a super quality audio guy anyway) and apparently blacks are blacker on the pioneer.
However, just as I've about decided on the LG, I consider the output of the mac mini I want to connect to it with a HDMI connector/switch. I assume the mini has a 768x1024 output, which ties up very well with the pioneers screen at 768x1024.
So now I am completely undecided, and if I'm going to change the order, I really need to do it tomorrow.
Questions I have are that I assume the pioneer will work well with the mac mini, but what about the LG. I'm sort of guessing that the TV will resize the output from the mac mini, but how will it look, will my picture get stretched or can I rely on the TV using different sized pixels and it simply being down to aspect ratio which I believe is 16:9 for both TV's. Or will the output from my mac mini simply use up 768x1024 pixels on the LG and leave the rest black.
Anyone with any input please provide it, as I say I need to decide soon.

Got the 50" Plasma and a 17"MBP, guess I'll just get the cable and see how it works, before committing to the mac mini.

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