[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[Phil Wild]

2009/7/6 Dale Pontius <DEPontius at edgehp.net>

> Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:21 AM, jedi<jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> >>>> The documentation is wrong and TVOverScan no longer works in xorg.conf
> >>> It isn't so much that the documentation is wrong, it's that none of
> >>> the newer cards support that feature. Instead you need to construct a
> >>> custom modeline via one of the various modeline tools out there.
> >>> This is the same procedure we all had to do for CRT's back in the
> >>> early 90's with XFree86, you can even blow up some old TV's just like
> >>> in the old days before computer monitors had safety circuitry added.
> >> xvidtune used to be real handy for this.
> >
> > xvidtune still exists
>
> And my 8400GS refuses to allow xvidtune to tune anything.
>
> But the custom modeline things sounds interesting.  I've heard however
> that when TV-out is in use, modelines are all ignored and only a small
> set of modelines internal to the blob are used.
>
> Can anyone who actually owns an 8400GS (or other 8x00 card) give more
> specifics?
>
>
I am a little confused here. Is this a general problem with all 8400GS
cards. The reason I ask is that I don't see an issue with mine. When I first
fired up my mythtv system on my Samsung 1080p panel, I noticed the overscan
as the gnome menu was off the top of the screen. i simply went into the meny
system of the tv and told it to "just scan". After doing that, I have the
full 1920x1080 image presented on the panel with an assumed 1:1 pixel
mapping.

Phil
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