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

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Oct 28 12:55:08 UTC 2007


On 10/27/2007 02:50 PM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> And so you think that no one anywhere feeds analog sources -- you know,
> those things which have wobbly pixels *into* this particular model of
> TV set?
>
> Overscan isn't to protect you from the monitor; it's to protect you
> from the source.  Non-digital sources almost always have it, and if
> they didn't, the civilians would bitch.
>   

Even the "HDTV" signals that contain upscaled analog have rough edges,
visible VBI data, and rainbows that are all fixed by overscan.

Mike


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