<div dir="auto">Yaaay! That's good news!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 15:18 Brian <<a href="mailto:b_lists@patandbrian.org">b_lists@patandbrian.org</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 1/9/19 3:53 AM, Brian wrote:<br>
<br>
OK, further information in case anybody else is having the problem.<br>
Thanks to Olivier telling me the correct term for the problem, I've<br>
managed to do some research. If you plug 'TV overscan' into a search<br>
engine, you'll get a lot of information about the history of overscan.<br>
You'll also learn that there are a LOT of different terms for it, that<br>
it's switched on by default in most if not all TVs (because the<br>
manufacturers assume that you're going to use it as a TV rather than a<br>
computer monitor), and that there's no consistent way to turn it off.<br>
<br>
Some manufacturers have it plainly labelled as 'overscan' in the<br>
menus. Some Element TVs (the 40 inch model) have it in a HIDDEN menu<br>
that you have to know how to access, and apparently it resets the<br>
setting every power cycle.<br>
<br>
On the 31 inch model which I have, the solution is to go to the<br>
picture menu, selected advanced, and then instead of having HDMI Mode<br>
set to 'auto' (which you would obviously expect would be the best<br>
setting, no?) you have to set it to 'graphic'. THAT is what sets<br>
overscan off **on this particular model of TV**.<br>
<br>
<br>
Brian.<br>
<br>
<br>
> On 1/8/19 4:10 AM, Olivier Fourdan wrote:<br>
>> Hi<br>
>><br>
>> That's overscan, quite common with TV.<br>
>><br>
> <br>
> Well, possibly not surprisingly, now I've finally heard back from<br>
> Element, they're blaming my PC rather than their TV.<br>
> <br>
> I think this is BS on their part, I've tried every resolution of which<br>
> my graphics card is capable, all exhibit the problem, and the two<br>
> other different models of Element TV which I have here both work<br>
> WITHOUT showing the overscan. That seems to me to be quite enough<br>
> elimination testing to isolate the problem to the TV.<br>
> <br>
> So, I think it's back to Wal-Mart with it, and try another TV or<br>
> possibly even a different brand. At least I now know what to call the<br>
> problem! :)<br>
> <br>
> Brian.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>> Olivier<br>
>><br>
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