[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

2009/7/13 Matthew Harrison <lists at mwharrison.co.uk>:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan
>
> "With the accuracy attainable with digital type displays (e.g. plasma
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma>, LCD
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCD> etc.), the area presented to the viewer
> is precisely defined. For 1080i or 1080p material only the central 1776x1000
> pixels are presented to the viewer. For 720p material it is only the central
> 1152x648 pixels."
>
> I hope that doesn't mean that I have to scale HD video up in order to
> correctly display it on my 1920x1080 LCD.

I would take with a grain of salt some source from Wikipedia..

My direct experience with various 720p and 1080p displays show that
they always display precisely that. Not this 1152x648 or 1776x1000
nonsense...