Hooking up an HDTV to my PC

It's a real pain in the ass! I wonder why it's so hard. I hook up my brand new Samsung lrn-3228wx LCD tv to my pc and it doesn't work right at all! It's plugged into my x850xt pe card in the DVI. I use a samsung dvi-hdmi cable. When i turn on my tv it automaticly(sp) clone my desktop, with a bad resolution and it mixes up the main monitor, right now my tv is the main/primary display and there's NOTHING i can seem to change to make my crt the primary one. ITS HELL! Its either that or the resolution on the tv is funny/doesnt fill the screen/whatever. Why cant ATI make it SIMPLE!!??? I use the control center. Is there any how-to/guide or whatever anywhere to help me have a normal extension on my tv? I want extended desktop on the tv so i can watch movies/animes but i want to play games on it sometimes too. BUT i MUST find a way to keep my CRT as the PRIMARY and my tv as the SECONDARY!

Thanks for any help if any :