[mythtv-users] Stupid overscan question
Ben Dash
ben_dash at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 9 14:25:19 EST 2005
--- chris wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 08:36:09AM -0800, Ben Dash
> wrote:
> > Could someone please explain to me how overscan
> works?
>
> There's two types of overscan...
>
> > I'm using the nv driver for my xBox and the top of
> the
> > displayed screen is a little narrower than the
> bottom,
> > i.e. the bottom reaches the screen edge and the
> top is
> > inset a little.
>
> Positioning problems are more properly fixed by
> altering the modeline
> timings to reduce the retrace delay. If you apply a
> constant overscan,
> by the time you get the top of the image to the top
> of the screen you
> will lose far too much off the bottom of the image.
> I don't know if
> the XBox driver supports custom modelines or not.
Good advice. I found this page noting a whole load of
modeline options and will try some out tonight:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_HDTV
Thanks!
-----------------------------------------------------
| o |
| _ /<_ |
|(_)>(_) |
|Ben Dash |
|Ask free questions - http://bensqanda.blogspot.com |
|My Blog - http://bensdailythoughts.blogspot.com |
|Info - http://bensinformationstation.blogspot.com |
|Workouts - http://bensworkouts.blogspot.com |
-----------------------------------------------------
__________________________________
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
http://mail.yahoo.com
More information about the mythtv-users
mailing list