[mythtv-users] TV Overscan

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Thu Feb 13 00:44:04 UTC 2014


On 02/12/2014 03:47 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Thursday, February 13, 2014, 12:28:41 AM, you wrote:
>>> I have a Panasonic TC-42PX14 Plasma TV. When using an HDMI input it has
>>> a 1260 x 720 display resolution. However, it also does overscan.

>
>> There are possibilities with adapted modelines, but that takes a lot
>> of testing and trial and error.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Here is some explanation about the logic off modelines:
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt
>> and here with a calculator: http://www.arachnoid.com/modelines/
>> You can find many more modeline calculators.

Those are very helpful. I'll need to let the concepts sink in a bit, but 
I'm familiar with a number of the TV related terms. I'll study those 
links and do some careful experimenting.

Thanks.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens



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