[mythtv-users] Help getting FC5 working on my TV

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/30/2006 06:13 PM, Timothy Bish wrote:

> I’ve been trying for a couple of days to get my FC5 machine to work 
> with my Sony 60XS955 TV. And to this day I can only get the desktop to 
> show up on the TV when it is Way oversized for the screen. I’m trying 
> to run at 1280x720. I’ve tried powerstrio on a windows setup with 
> another HD I have, but it seemed like no matter what I did it had no 
> effect on the display, the Windows Desktop always stayed the same to 
> big for the TV size.
>
> I was wondering if someone with a Sony TV similar to mine, GWIII I 
> think, could post an xorg.conf that has worked for you?
>

It's called overscan. All TV's have it, and it leaves you with a choice 
of any two of the following:

- full resolution
- no overscan
- 1:1 pixel mapping

It sounds like you're trying to get all three, but doing so is impossible.

Mike