[mythtv-users] how to set up xorg.conf for overscan

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 09:29:19AM +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> So you say that selling a unit saying it is 1280x720 which cannot (there is no
> way to adjust this to) display the whole 1280x720 (for any of the inputs - it
> trims my DVD player component input and set-top tuner component input) is just
> fine?
> 
> In this case there is no point for a discussion, it becomes a matter 
> of opinion paid for 1280x720 and got about 1180x680, I am annoyed   
> and you are not.

Your display should be using all 1280x720 physical pixels to display an
area of the analog signal presented to it which is less than the full
width and height of the signal area of that analog signal.

This is done because the timing of analog signals differs, and this is
what is called overscan.

If you're saying that the analog inputs *don't use* all 1280x720
pixels, that's a different matter entirely, not what is usually called
overscan, and certainly a reason to complain, yes.

Does the monitor have *any* fully digital inputs (preferably VGA), and
if so, how does it's behaviour differ with those?

(And what I'm *saying* isn't that your opinion is unimportant or wrong;
it's that your report is unclear.)

Cheers,
-- jra
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