[mythtv-users] OT - aspect ratio and non-square pixel display

[Jeremy Jones]

I found one telling me how but after implementing I had several lock-ups so
I would rather find the solution that uses the TV's native resolution.

See other post on issue with displaysize in xorg.conference not being
followed by computer.

Jdj
 On May 20, 2013 2:48 AM, "Stephen Worthington" <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:

> On Sun, 19 May 2013 21:45:54 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have an older wide screen (16:9) plasma with a native resolution of
> >1024x768.  It will accept a resolution of 1280x720, but it overscans.  In
> >the past I just used a setting in the nvidia driver to compensate for the
> >overscan. At some point that feature of the driver went away.
>
> The feature did not go away, but was changed substantially and I think
> is now not controllable from the Nvidia GUI.  But you can still fix
> overscan problems by putting the appropriate lines into the xorg.conf
> file.  I believe it involves using the ViewPortOut option, but I have
> never used it myself so you should go looking for a good web page to
> tell you how.
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