[MPlayer-users] How to adjust for overscan on HDTV?

Sat Dec 30 02:49:55 CET 2006

On Friday, 29 December 2006 at 21:27, Scott Milliken wrote:
> Maybe I'm just blind and can't find the correct answer, but here's my 
> query...
> 
> I have a MythTV box set up on an ASUS M2NBP motherboard, which has 
> DVI-Out and integrated NVidia 6600 series graphics.  Using Powerstrip 
> I've been able to get the closest Modeline that will work for me, which 
> still has some level of overscan.  The "overscan" option in X appears to 
> only work with TV Out, but since I'm going out via DVI (using a 
> DVI-to-HDMI cable) to the TV I can't do that.  What I want to do is have 
> MPlayer always take up 1145x680 pixels, offset 77 pixels from the left 
> and 20 pixels from the top.  That's what my visible screen is.  I looked 
> at setting the X and Y with the -x 1145 -y 680 command line arguments, 
> but that doesn't appear to do the trick.  I also tried the -geometry 
> command line argument, also without the desired result of MPlayer 
> filling up the entire visible area, but *only* the visible area.
> 
> How do others handle this?

Your TV should have an option to turn off this stupid underscan.

An acquaintance of mine had the same problem with is new Sharp 46" 1080p TV
until we found that setting.

Regards,
R.

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