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Best way to fix heavy overscan on plasma when watching HTPC with intel graphics

post #1 of 8
11/2/12 at 6:33am
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What do you guys do ?
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post #2 of 8
11/2/12 at 9:18am
Move the sliders to around 60-65%
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post #3 of 8
11/2/12 at 10:14am
cant you tell your tv not to overscan? if you have a thx mode that will definitely do it. on most brands there is a way to do it.
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post #4 of 8
11/2/12 at 1:36pm
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Originally Posted by StardogChampion View Post

Move the sliders to around 60-65%

yeah I did that.

but I think it lowers the PQ. frown.gif

Hoping for a better solution.
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post #5 of 8
11/2/12 at 1:40pm
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cant you tell your tv not to overscan? if you have a thx mode that will definitely do it. on most brands there is a way to do it.

No. It's an older Hitachi 55" Plasma.

Just before the ISF and such became mainstream. It's not high end enough to have such a feature.

I remember back in the RPTV days and early HDTV days ISF calibration was a seldom though about thing.

Nice to see features like that today and the acceptance of such.

My projector came darn near 6500k right out of the box. That would have never happened five years ago, or with any ordinary TV you buy from a box store.

I wish I could disable the overscan in the user menu. I am sure I can in the service menu. I used to know Hitachi service menu like a pro back in the RPTV days. I can still see those stupid convergence grids.

Now I can't even remember if entering it is menu+input+power ?

I guess I could search online for the info how to disable or reduce in the service menu of the TV. That might be a better option than moving the sliders to 65%
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post #6 of 8
11/2/12 at 1:52pm
Wouldn't the setting "just scan" fix this?

The service menu looks like its here:

http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=25858
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post #7 of 8
11/2/12 at 2:47pm
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Originally Posted by Tiddles88 View Post

Wouldn't the setting "just scan" fix this?
The service menu looks like its here:
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=25858

I have a US version and the service menu is different than the AU version you linked.

I am not sure what "just scan" is.
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post #8 of 8
11/2/12 at 9:11pm
"Just Scan" is what some model TV call "1:1" or turning off overscan.

I noticed tonight setting up a new HTPC on my 2007 50" 720p Panasonic (also no option to turn off overscan) that the Intel Graphics Properties sliders now go by 1% not 5% and change the ratios as you slide them. It looks much better than it used to.
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