[mythtv-users] How to fix overscan through Onkyo Receiver

[dargllun]

On 24.11.2010 15:13, dargllun wrote:
> On 24.11.2010 14:58, James Berwick wrote:
>> On 11/24/2010 5:37 AM, Andre wrote:
>>> Was worth a try, that mode solved some similar (but not the same)
>>> problems for me.
>>>
>>> Maybe there is some subtle difference when passed through the receiver
>>> that triggers some auto setting in the TV? There has been some
>>> discussion in other threads about TVs that automatically choose
>>> overscan/1:1 or rgb-full/rgb-limited depending on the input signal,
>>> maybe this related to your problem?
>>>
>>> There is something in the Samsung's where you must name the input PC
>>> (I think) to get 1:1 (no overscan) and RGB-full. Panasonic Viera's
>>> only allow 1:1 when set to game mode.
>>>
>>> Andre
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>> Hmm, that's a possibility. I currently have my input named MythTV on the
>> receiver, I could try naming it back to PC when I get home.
>>
>> That being the case, how hard would it be to just tell MythTV to center
>> itself inside the display area with a smaller working area? I tried the
>> 'Screen Setup Wizard', which resized the screen but left it hugging the
>> top left corner so things were overscanned with a ton of blank space on
>> the bottom and right.
>
> The OSS radeon driver's xrandr implementation supports the overscan
> property for this. You could check if the nvidia driver offers something
> similar.

Sorry, I meant the _underscan_ property, of course.

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