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On 2016-10-18, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10/18/2016 08:57 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> On 2016-10-18, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I have three different manufacturers and each one has it, but on mine it |
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>>> wasn't marked in the manual. |
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>> Not all TVs can disable overscan. The last time was shopping, many of |
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>> the Sony Bravias couldn't (that was a few years ago). On some TVs |
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>> I've seen, in order to disable overscan the signal resolution has to |
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>> match the panel resolution exactly... |
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> Yeah, I understand about the Sony TVs. A friend bought one in 2012/2013 |
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> and we even emailed Sony and their reply was it can't be done. |
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> Until I found an option under Setup called Screen or Screen Display, and |
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> set it to Full Pixel. That disabled the overscan. |
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Several other brands also have some odd, trademarked, phrase for the |
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"disable overscan" feature, so keep an eye out for display modes with |
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odd names invented by a marketting person who never quite understood |
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what that mode actually does. |
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If you ask about your model in some of the home-theater forums, |
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somebody usually knows. But, you've got to wade through those awful |
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web-UI based "forums"... |
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