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From: Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku <jigme.datse@×××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Getting X11 to "underscan"...
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 04:39:05
Message-Id: aa58d12a-328b-a073-d48a-48158e7d5646@datsemultimedia.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Getting X11 to "underscan"... by Daniel Frey
1 In terms of the make and model, it is a Panasonic Viera TC-P42S30.
2
3 On 2016-10-18 12:32, Daniel Frey wrote:
4 > On 10/18/2016 08:57 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
5 >> On 2016-10-18, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>
7 >>> I have three different manufacturers and each one has it, but on mine it
8 >>> wasn't marked in the manual.
9 >>
10 >> Not all TVs can disable overscan. The last time was shopping, many of
11 >> the Sony Bravias couldn't (that was a few years ago). On some TVs
12 >> I've seen, in order to disable overscan the signal resolution has to
13 >> match the panel resolution exactly...
14 >>
15 >
16 > Yeah, I understand about the Sony TVs. A friend bought one in 2012/2013
17 > and we even emailed Sony and their reply was it can't be done.
18 >
19 > Until I found an option under Setup called Screen or Screen Display, and
20 > set it to Full Pixel. That disabled the overscan.
21 >
22 > Again, not documented, but it was there. And it's never labeled as
23 > Overscan[ning] which would be the intuitive way to label it.
24 >
25 > With my other TVs none of them had it in the manuals, I found them by
26 > trying all the settings on the TV.
27 >
28 > Another option would be for the OP to post make/model of TV, maybe
29 > there's a non-obvious way to change it on his TV - you just never know.
30 >
31 > Dan
32 >
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