[mythtv-users] Tv Overlay with Nvidia and Sony HDTV

[Cory Tucker]

Aran Cox wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:30:41AM -0700, Cory Tucker wrote:
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>>Hi all,
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>>I'm trying to piece together my MythTV box and I'm almost there.  I have 
>>two problems remaining, 1) I can't get any audio (I'll save that one for 
>>later) and 2), I can't get my display to not have overlay on my TV.
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>I think you mean overscan.
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>>I have an Nvidia GeForce4 4400 using DVI out to my Sony 57" HDTV.  I've 
>>tried many different modelines from Jarod's guide, and a couple other 
>>sources, but I just can't get it to not overfill the screen.  I'm using 
>>the latest nvidia drivers (6111). 
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>You should try adjusting the overscan settings on your TV.  Look in your 
>manual or try to find the service manual for your television.  avsforum.com
>has mountains of information on this kind of thing, although not much is
>specific to linux and you will have to put up with *blech* a forum.
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>>Does anyone know how I can fix this?  Is it even possible, and if not, 
>>what should I do?
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>It's possible but it's a tweaky kind of process and you might spend some time
>at it.  I tried to adjust the overscan on my HDTV and basically what I discovered
>is that by the time I had shrunk the display down to fit all on the
>screen I had created some distortions in the image so I set it back to the
>defaults.
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What did you end up doing after you reverted the overscan back to the 
default?  Did you adjust the setting in Myth itself, or did you try 
something else?

>You can also experiment with the GUI size settings in mythtv.  Basically you're
>wasting a little resolution doing it that way but you don't have to know
>how to tune your TV.
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>Good luck...
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>Aran
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