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Xi0N

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From: Bilbao - Spain

Registered: 2007-11-29

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[SOLVED] Image going over the size of my TV

I just upgraded my TV to a 47'' panasonic SmartTV from my old LV 32'' one.
I connect it via HDMI for video playback and xbmc use: The video card is a nVidia GT 240

The problem I'm facing is, at 1080p @ 60Hz, the image goes over the edges of the TV, like is bigger than the tv itself, so you lose some inches from each side.

At 720, the image looks to fit right but this is not the desired resolution.

I use nvidia-settings in order to tweak xorg.conf, but I had to add some options by hand for the fonts to have 96dpi.
Can anyone help me to find the solution for this?

I have a windows partition for gaming and when I booted it up for testing i faced the same issues.....

Thanks!!

Last edited by Xi0N (2013-07-21 20:14:23)

Max-P

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Registered: 2011-06-11

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Re: [SOLVED] Image going over the size of my TV

The problem is the TV itself. I have no idea why, but regular HD TVs usually cut a few pixels from each side, doing a slight zoom in. This is called overscan. You can usually disable this in the TV settings by setting the image size to "fullscreen" instead of 16/9.

Some quick Googling gave me this article, it seems pretty detailed (I'm learning myself right now why all TVs do this).

Xi0N

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From: Bilbao - Spain

Registered: 2007-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Image going over the size of my TV

Thanks for the response, I had to enable hdmi 1080p input or something like that.... I missed it before....