i guess its one of the unfortunate things about using a tv as its not really designed to be used as a pc monitor
hate to hijack, but whenever i try connecting to the TV (40" panasonic 1080. i think its p) through VGA (no hdmi cable ), it always insists on displaying the picture in 4:3 aspect, no matter what resolution i pick or setting i change on the TV. dont really like having two huge black bars either ide of the picture