I have an Acer Aspire 5951G laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M graphics card and 64-bit Windows 7.
I am pretty sure that none of the components (HDMI-cable, graphics card, TV) are malfunctioning. However, my laptop only detects the LG TV whenever the TV is turned off.
I have tried rebooting the computer while connected to the TV when the TV is on but no luck.