[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[jedi]

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 02:04:46PM -0400, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:41 -0800, Allen Edwards wrote:
> >         Is there a way to use nvidia's normal overscan settings with
> >         the 8400gs? Or if I adjust the screen size with mythtv screen
> >         setup, how do I make it so the gnome panel isn't on top of
> >         mythtv?
> >
> > The documentation is wrong and TVOverScan no longer works in xorg.conf
> 
> It isn't so much that the documentation is wrong, it's that none of
> the newer cards support that feature. Instead you need to construct a
> custom modeline via one of the various modeline tools out there.
> This is the same procedure we all had to do for CRT's back in the
> early 90's with XFree86, you can even blow up some old TV's just like
> in the old days before computer monitors had safety circuitry added.

xvidtune used to be real handy for this.