[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[Matthew Harrison]

Brian Wood wrote:
> The best solution was to use regulated power supplies, but that was very 
> expensive with voltages in the hundreds and currents in the hundreds of 
> milliamps, so this was not done except in the most expensive commercial 
> units. It was simpler and cheaper to just overscan the sets, and nobody 
> seemed to mind. It's why a TV picture is divided by a SMPTE standard 
> into "safe action", "safe title" and the "rest", so nothing important would 
> happen in the area missed by many TV sets. Typical manufacturer's solution: 
> screw the customer in the interest of making more money.
>
>   
That's quite a cynical view. Do you really think the customer would have 
paid lots more in order to get a fractionally higher visible resolution?

I would much rather spend my money on a better tube or decoding 
electronics than reducing a small amount of overscan to a very small 
amount of overscan and think it's quite an elegant solution.

Matt,