[mythtv-users] EPIA M10k: TV picture adjustments - how ?

[Michael Carland]

On Jul 26, 2005, at 4:28 PM, John Pullan wrote:

> On 26/07/05, James Stembridge <jstembridge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/26/05, Warpme <warpme at o2.pl> wrote:
>>> For example: height/width of the picture does not take up the whole
>>> height/width of the TV - so on my 29' TV picture has size approx. 
>>> 27' :-(
>>>
>>> Is there some way for adjusting this (like nvtv in nVidia world) ?
>>
>> Use an appropriate video mode. For PAL land that would be
>> 720x576Noscale, or for NTSC 720x480Noscale. This modes have a
>> reasonable amount of overscan and have the added benefit of better
>> image quality. For more information see:
>>
>> http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/unichromeTvOut.html
>>
> I tried following this, but I still end up with a black border around
> the picture.

Check your X log file, and make certain the noscale mode is being used. 
You may have a mistake in your conf file, or the version of your driver 
may not have that mode. The log file should give a clue.

-Michael