[mythtv-users] overscan compensating display manager?

[John and Holly Klug]

Ronald Frazier wrote:
> I'm not sure of the OPs actual intent, but most HDTV that aren't
> FullHD (ie 1080) run at a native resolution slighly higher than 720p.
> 1,366x768 is (I think ) the most common, but perhaps OP has an oddball
> tv.
>   
My TV is a widescreen tube type with native 1080i, which is overscanned 
about 50 pixels around the edge.  1080i with my NVidia driver shimmers 
like mad, but maybe images will be fine.
> Also, I've never toyed with it significantly (so I may be way off
> here) but the one time I did play around with resolutions on my HDTV
> (under Windows, using powerstrip and the nvidia control panel) I ran
> into the issue that I could adjust the size and position at all the
> custom resolutions (like 1,366x768), but when I ran it at 720 or 1080
> resolution the adjustments were disabled and I couldn't resize.
>   
Nvidia says there is an option in control panel in vista to resize the 
desktop.  I assume it is just adjusting the size of the desktop to fit 
the screen, not changing the scan of the TV.  Almost all KDE programs 
have --geometry options, comparable to X, but as far as I can tell it is 
ignored by kdesktop.  I haven't figured out how to add options to kwin.