Desktop overlaps the screen - SOLVED for Element 31" TV

[Brian]

On 1/9/19 3:53 AM, Brian wrote:

OK, further information in case anybody else is having the problem.
Thanks to Olivier telling me the correct term for the problem, I've
managed to do some research. If you plug 'TV overscan' into a search
engine, you'll get a lot of information about the history of overscan.
You'll also learn that there are a LOT of different terms for it, that
it's switched on by default in most if not all TVs (because the
manufacturers assume that you're going to use it as a TV rather than a
computer monitor), and that there's no consistent way to turn it off.

Some manufacturers have it plainly labelled as 'overscan' in the
menus. Some Element TVs (the 40 inch model) have it in a HIDDEN menu
that you have to know how to access, and apparently it resets the
setting every power cycle.

On the 31 inch model which I have, the solution is to go to the
picture menu, selected advanced, and then instead of having HDMI Mode
set to 'auto' (which you would obviously expect would be the best
setting, no?) you have to set it to 'graphic'. THAT is what sets
overscan off **on this particular model of TV**.


Brian.


> On 1/8/19 4:10 AM, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> That's overscan, quite common with TV.
>>
> 
> Well, possibly not surprisingly, now I've finally heard back from
> Element, they're blaming my PC rather than their TV.
> 
> I think this is BS on their part, I've tried every resolution of which
> my graphics card is capable, all exhibit the problem, and the two
> other different models of Element TV which I have here both work
> WITHOUT showing the overscan. That seems to me to be quite enough
> elimination testing to isolate the problem to the TV.
> 
> So, I think it's back to Wal-Mart with it, and try another TV or
> possibly even a different brand. At least I now know what to call the
> problem! :)
> 
> Brian.
> 
> 
>> Cheers,
>> Olivier
>>