[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[Krzysztof Adamski]

On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 15:31 +0100, wrote:
> Tortise wrote:
> > 
> > Out of interest what is the model and brand of your TV?
> > 
> > I know some more recent Samsungs, for example, display all the pixels using a
> > VGA input.  It is a variation of some smarts towards answering the problem
> > and if your set does this then you are ahead of those whose sets don't
> > correct at all, however it would be better if the option was available on all
> > inputs.  Your TV is almost certainly expecting to display a video image that
> > your manufacturer thinks should be overscanned on all inputs - except the VGA
> > - which is clearly expecting a PC's output.  They have presumed that you
> > would not wish to display a PC image on any of the other inputs.  What did
> > their promotion literature say, this may be consistent with the promotional
> > material and not overly misleading?

I have a 4 year old Samsung DLP TV, on the DVI and HDMI inputs you can
change the picture size, the options are: Wide TV, Wide PC, Expand, and
4:3.
All except for "Wide PC" do a bit of overscann, the "Wide PC" fills all
of the screen with nothing hidden.
On the VGA input, I get a 1 inch black border around the screen which I
can't get rid of.
I have not looked at what overscann exists on the analog inputs.

This is all with the 1280x720 resolution, it is a 720p TV. Once I tried
to run Myth at 1920x1080 resolution, but the overscann was bad, so I
gave up without much trying to reduce it.

K