[deathbymetal]

Personally I would love if Sony would include a way to adjust overscan in a future firmware update much like that in Metal Gear Solid 4. My cheap Vizio has heavy overscan on HDMI and so far I have not found any service menu code or way to reduce it and Vizio is no help.


On a side note I've heard other games include an adjustment like MGS could someone tell me which ones do?

 

[rdank]

MLB The Show does.

 

[MaxDam77]

I own a Vizio too. It is just like 4% or 5% overscan. It is not that much.

Are you playing MGS4 at 1080i or 720p? It seems there is less overscan at 1080i.

 

[deathbymetal]

I've noticed equal overscan on both and its not something that prohibits gameplay but is very annoying. I'll try 1080i again and see if helps any, but it would just be a nice addition in a future firmware update.

 

[Trat]

Would be a very welcome option for me too. I have very small overscan (like 1%) but its still to much IMO.

On a sidenote: Warhawk also has this overscan adjustment in the game. What I found perculiar with Warhawk: I had to adjust for overscan in the service menu of my TV and sqeezed vertical and horizontal aspects to the max to get rid of the overscan in XMB (also during movies and the webbrowser ofcourse. But I still have some overscan on both 720p and 1080p HDMI input). Warhawk shows black borders on its default setting now, but when I go back into the service menu of my TV and put the V&H aspects on default again, the borders are (almost) gone. This is the only game I've encountered this. Looks like XMB overscans like 5% on default and the devs of Warhawk compensated for this with their default setting.

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Originally Posted by MaxDam77 /forum/post/14344141


I own a Vizio too. It is just like 4% or 5% overscan. It is not that much.

Are you mad? 4-5% overscan? Not that much? I go crazy because I have like 1%. Just look at how much 4-5% is:

 

[Martez]

Most games and television programming don't put anything vital in there, though. And if it was that important to you, why not research it before you buy your set?

 

[deathbymetal]

It is not a vital thing to me but is something annoying. Also I tried 720p vs. 1080i vs. 1080p and got the same amount of overscan, roughly 5% (enough to annoy and cut of some things in the browser). Anyway if Sony ever does add this I would love them forever.

 

[Martez]

The PS3 browser? You can zoom that in and out.


I imagine it is annoying, yeah.

 

[DaveFi]

They definitely need to add it to hardware for all sources, not just games, as the BD/DVD player suffers a huge overscan on my display as well. One all-around overscan adjustment setup in the setup menu should do the trick.

 

[zBuff]

Why don't you guys just get your screens calibrated for no overscan instead? that's what I do.

 

[like.no.other.]

Funny you said that. I don't imagine anything but CRT based TV having overscan. My

Sony 34" CRT HDTV only have 3% and that is like a plus x100 on a CRT tube TV.

 

[curtlots]



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Why don't you guys just get your screens calibrated for no overscan instead? that's what I do.

I have actually had mine professionally calibrated, but still get severe overscan with some games. Particularly bad for me is GTA4, some of the display graphics are half or more off-screen. Unfortunately GTA4 doesn't have screen adjustments in the menu. BR movies through the PS3 are offset more to the top of the screen. 2.35:1 movies have nearly twice the black bar at the bottom as the top.


My convergence grid overlay lines up perfect with my TV's convergence grid when in the service menu. Go figure. BTW, my TV's a rear projection Toshiba 65HX81.

 

[Trat]



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Originally Posted by Martez /forum/post/14346158


Most games and television programming don't put anything vital in there, though. And if it was that important to you, why not research it before you buy your set?

The problem is not my set. It is the PS3...

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Originally Posted by Martez /forum/post/14346439


The PS3 browser? You can zoom that in and out.


I imagine it is annoying, yeah.

You can zoom in what you want, overscan is of course still there. Don't try to defend this. PS3 overscans and its problematic.

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Originally Posted by zBuff /forum/post/14348458


Why don't you guys just get your screens calibrated for no overscan instead? that's what I do.

I did that also, but you can only go so far with reducing overscan. Especially if the PS3 overscans this much. When I put a upscaling DVD player on the same HDMI port as my PS3 is on, I have massive borders now. My compensation for overscan is on max now, still I have like 1% overscan - only on the PS3.

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Originally Posted by DaveFi /forum/post/14347270


They definitely need to add it to hardware for all sources, not just games, as the BD/DVD player suffers a huge overscan on my display as well. One all-around overscan adjustment setup in the setup menu should do the trick.

That should do the trick indeed. I hope Sony adds this feature but I hope it doesn't depend on the scaler thats in the PS3... cause some people say it lacks this.

 

[deathbymetal]



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Originally Posted by zBuff /forum/post/14348458


Why don't you guys just get your screens calibrated for no overscan instead? that's what I do.

Perhaps I'm crazy but I don't want to sped almost as much getting my tv calibrated as I paid for it. Yes I know it could do "wonders" for my picture but currently I'm satisfied with my tv, aside from the overscan, and can't justify that big of an expense.

 

[Trat]



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Originally Posted by deathbymetal /forum/post/14349083


Perhaps I'm crazy but I don't want to sped almost as much getting my tv calibrated as I paid for it. Yes I know it could do "wonders" for my picture but currently I'm satisfied with my tv, aside from the overscan, and can't justify that big of an expense.

Correcting overscan is very simple: enter the service menu in your TV and change V-stretching and also H-stretching. Done. 2 minutes tops. Leave the color stuff over to a pro

 

[MaxDam77]



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Originally Posted by deathbymetal /forum/post/14349083


Perhaps I'm crazy but I don't want to sped almost as much getting my tv calibrated as I paid for it. Yes I know it could do "wonders" for my picture but currently I'm satisfied with my tv, aside from the overscan, and can't justify that big of an expense.

Can you post a pic of MGS4 ingame with an item and weapon equip to see how much overscan you have?


Just curious.

 

[MaxDam77]



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Originally Posted by Trat /forum/post/14345687


Are you mad? 4-5% overscan? Not that much? I go crazy because I have like 1%. Just look at how much 4-5% is

Well, I took that info from the cnet.com review on the Vizio VX37L. They say it has like 4.5% overscan.

I know I have overscan but not sure if I have that amount. I'll have to check with my Avia DVD test patterns. I mess so much around my latest CRT HDTV with the service menu. What made me go crazy was the geometry issues with the CRT that thankfully are gone with my LCD.

 

[Martez]



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Originally Posted by Trat /forum/post/14349007


Don't try to defend this. PS3 overscans and its problematic.

If it was the PS3, wouldn't that mean everyone has this overscan issue? I don't. Maybe I'm just not understanding the situation.

 

[Trat]



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Originally Posted by Martez /forum/post/14350027


If it was the PS3, wouldn't that mean everyone has this overscan issue? I don't. Maybe I'm just not understanding the situation.

Everyone has overscan on the PS3. Or else it would mean that all my other hdmi equipment would underscan. All my friends say they have it too: I emailed them this thread and they see it too.


Did you try this test pattern? Its for 720p output http://www.evilboris.com/wp-content/...0_overscan.gif


There is also one for 1080p, google it.

 

[Martez]

I'll give it a shot tonight, but with my set's 1:1 it actually shows me TOO much

On The Orange Box, for example, when I pause it the pause screen overlay doesn't reach the edge of the screen. A few other filters don't either and I have to turn on the overscan so the "clear" borders on the edges don't drive me bonkers. But like I said, I'll try the 720 and 1080 images tonight and post up the results.