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<p><tt>-----Harry Devine wrote: -----<br>
</tt><tt>>Jens.Peder.Terjesen@devoteam.com wrote:<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
</tt><tt>>> -----Harry Devine wrote: -----<br>
</tt><tt>>> >OK, so I just got my 46" DLP Samsung HDTV back today (long story),<br>
</tt><tt>>> >and I<br>
</tt><tt>>> >have it connected to my Myth box via an HDMI->DVI cable. Most of<br>
</tt><tt>>the<br>
</tt><tt>>> ><br>
</tt><tt>>> >screens look OK, but some of them seem to have text chopped off of<br>
</tt><tt>>> >the<br>
</tt><tt>>> >bottom and the top of them. Also, my main desktop, which is XFCE<br>
</tt><tt>>> >installed via Mythbuntu 8.10, appears to have the taskbar along<br>
</tt><tt>>the<br>
</tt><tt>>> >top<br>
</tt><tt>>> >chopped off. I can access it if I move my mouse up there and<br>
</tt><tt>>click,<br>
</tt><tt>>> >but<br>
</tt><tt>>> >I can't see anything on it.<br>
</tt><tt>>> ><br>
</tt><tt>>> >I have some screen captures here:<br>
</tt><tt>>> ><a href="http://www.ourapplecart.com/video.html">http://www.ourapplecart.com/video.html</a><br>
</tt><tt>>> >for anyone who cares to look and see what I mean. I don't know if<br>
</tt><tt>>> >its<br>
</tt><tt>>> >an overscan thing, or if its just something that I have to deal<br>
</tt><tt>>with.<br>
</tt><tt>>> > I<br>
</tt><tt>>> >have an nVidia GeForce 9400GT card and am using nVidia drivers<br>
</tt><tt>>> >177.82.<br>
</tt><tt>>> >I tried looking at the nvidia-settings, but nothing that I set in<br>
</tt><tt>>> >there<br>
</tt><tt>>> >seems to make a difference. Also, I tried adjusting the GUI<br>
</tt><tt>>offsets<br>
</tt><tt>>> >on<br>
</tt><tt>>> >the frontend using the "Screen Setup Wizard" option, but that<br>
</tt><tt>>didn't<br>
</tt><tt>>> >make any difference either.<br>
</tt><tt>>> ><br>
</tt><tt>>> >Anyone have any thoughts or ideas?<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
</tt><tt>>> You say you have just got the TV back. From service or repair?<br>
</tt><tt>>> It could be digital and/or optical overscan since this is a DLP<br>
</tt><tt>>> projection TV. Maybe they adjusted the optical overscan during<br>
</tt><tt>>> service/repair?<br>
</tt><tt>>><br>
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</tt><tt>>Yeah, it was in for repair. It had power supply and color wheel<br>
</tt><tt>>problems. I just went through the TV's menu and while I can adjust<br>
</tt><tt>>things like color, contrast, etc., I don't see anything about<br>
</tt><tt>>overscan<br>
</tt><tt>>or adjusting the image at all. I can set the size to either 16:9 or<br>
</tt><tt>>4:3, but there isn't anything about adjusting the actual image.<br>
</tt><tt>> Maybe I<br>
</tt><tt>>have to hook my DVI-> VGA cable back up and put the input to the PC<br>
</tt><tt>>input? Or am I just in "deal with it" mode?<br>
</tt><tt>><br>
</tt><tt>>Thanks,<br>
</tt><tt>>Harry<br>
</tt><br>
<tt>On my Sagem DLP projection TV it is possible to adjust the image size when connected via VGA but not via DVI.<br>
</tt><tt>I guess you have two possibilities. Try DVI or see if XFCE allows for a non-standard setting of the desktop size.</tt></body></html>