Widescreen Display is not

First off, this is not for the display connected to my powerbook. Everything works fine with that.
I recently purchased a widescreen tv (16:9 ratio), and it has vga ports, so I plugged my powerbook into it, and am loving it. The only problem is that the resolutions it gives are only for 4:3 displays.. Is there any way I can possibly change this, I'm not sure if it's a problem I can fix on my laptop, or if it is the tv. It isn't a huge concern, just would be nice.
Thanks in advance!

Some tv sets allow you to "simulate" a 16:9 ratio for 4:3 programs... usually it is a single button on your remote control labelled like "P.Size" or "><".
However the picture shown appears distorted, so it probably looks better in its original dimensions.

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The G4 AGP Graphics model originally shipped with an ATY Rage 128 graphics card. The ATI Radeon 9000 graphics card that is installed in your G4 is not the original card.
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