[mythtv-users] how to set up xorg.conf for overscan

[Ma Begaj]

just put in Screen part something like this
Option "TVOverScan" "0.55"

and restart X. Test the different values (between 0 and 1)

M.



2007/10/25, Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au>:
> LG lied through  their teeth when they said that their HDTV (RT-52SZ8R)
> is native 1280x720 - it trims a significant part of all edges, enough
> to make if difficult to use in text mode. It simply never displays this
> many pixels.
>
> This cannot be adjusted, not even from the special technician menus.
>
> I want to tell xorg.conf to send a 1280x720 DVI signal but use a smaller
> area as the drawable. I do not want to just tell the wm to void the edges
> or to set mythtv to a window (I know how to do that).
>
> In effect I want to tell it that my TV over-scans, and it should
> letterbox the screen and present a smaller area to all the applications.
>
> Using DVI it seems that all the blanking information is simply ignored
> so one cannot play with that, so letterboxing is the only option.
>
> TIA
>
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> Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)
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