Video Card Component Output and Borders

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Kenji Miyamoto · Post by **Kenji Miyamoto** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:12 am

I'm trying to use the built-in component output of my video card (a GeForce 9500 GT) to output to my LCD television, but the areas around the edges are cut-off. For example, if I watch mplayer -fs, around forty pixels along each side aren't visible, blocked by the border of the television, regardless of display mode. Is there a way I can mitigate this?

My current setup involves using these options to configure the display:

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Option     "TVStandard" "HD720p"
Option     "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x720 +0+0"

DooBeDooBeDo · Post by **DooBeDooBeDo** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:24 am

This sounds like it's caused by overscan have you checked out the docs? file:///usr/share/doc/nvidia-drivers-180.60/html/chapter-16.html

Kenji Miyamoto · Post by **Kenji Miyamoto** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:40 pm

How do I correct it on the nVidia drivers? I've seen two options:

Use some slider related to overscan in nvidia-settings. I've gone through every setting there, and there is no such slider. Apparently it was removed.
Option "TVOverScan" "1.0". As far as I can tell, that doesn't change a thing.

I tested these with xterm -geometry 1280x720+0+0.

DooBeDooBeDo · Post by **DooBeDooBeDo** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:05 am

Does

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 Option "TVOverScan" "0.0"

change anything?

Kenji Miyamoto · Post by **Kenji Miyamoto** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:09 am

DooBeDooBeDo wrote:Does
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 Option "TVOverScan" "0.0"
change anything?

It doesn't change anything. I've tried 0.0, 0.5, 0.9, and 1.0, and none of them change a thing.

Kenji Miyamoto · Post by **Kenji Miyamoto** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:41 am

Does anyone else have any suggestions?