[mythtv-users] How can I fix over scan on nvidia 9500 GT

Josh White jaw1959 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 16:31:03 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Mike Holden <mythtv at mikeholden.org> wrote:

> John Nissley wrote:
> >>/I know there is a big write up about how to do this but I just can not
> > /seem to get things to work and was hoping some one could give me
> > something to try.
> >
> >>/I have an HDTV with a few hdmi ports.  I have a 9500 GT nvidia card
> and=20
> > /am using a DVI to HDMI cable to connect to the TV.  I have serious
> over=20
> > scan that I have fixed for the most part with customer setting in the
> > appearance section of the set up menus.  This works but is not really
> > what I want.
> >
> > I wonder if the make and model of the TV might be relevant here?
> >
> > That might allow someone to read the TV manual, but perhaps you can give
> us the URL to
> > the pdf, or even tell us what it says?
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Sorry about that.  The TV is a Panasonic TC-P50S1 (Viera S1 Series)
> >
> > I have tried a few things mentioned.
> > In the input label there is one that says computer.  It does not appear
> to make a
> > difference.
> > I am not sure how to set the nvidia driver to 16x9 mode in the conf file.
>  This computer
> > does not have a keyboard attached so I guess I will need to connect the
> wireless and
> > mouse to it I can run the nvidia setup app.
> >
> > Thank you for all of the suggestions so far.
>
> Input label isn't what you want, that only changes how it's labelled when
> you change
> inputs. Changing this will, as you say, make no difference!
>
> Is there a setting referring to "HD Size"? If so, set it to size 2, which
> should be no
> overscan.
>
> A quick Google shows various reviews that say you should be able to set the
> TV for zero
> overscan, whether that is through "HD Size", "direct pixel", "1:1",
> "overscan" or some
> other name is for you to find out! Have a look through the settings pages
> or the manual!
> I'm sure my Panny is called "Overscan" in the menu.
>
> You shouldn't need to tell the nvidia that it's 16:9, as edid should take
> care of that
> and sent 1080p 16:9 automatically. In my other email, I referred to setting
> to 16:9
> rather than auto, but that is a TV setting I am on about, not on the
> computer. May be
> listed under Aspoect or similar, and will probably have modes such as Auto,
> 16:9, 14:9,
> 4:3, plus some zoom ones.
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"Input label isn't what you want, that only changes how it's labelled when
you change
inputs. Changing this will, as you say, make no difference!"

My Samsung begs to differ.
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