I have a PC (Geforce 2080 Super video card) outputting to my 50 inch Panasonic P50ST60A via HDMI.
The PC video output is around 2 cm too large all the way around the sides.
I feel like I have solved a problem like this in the past through over-scan or some such but I have mucked around the TV settings and the PC video settings and so far no luck.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
While this didn't work it gave me some extra information. When I had the aspect ratio on 4:3 it showed the old-school squished square but the PC display was still cut off by a couple of centimeters.
Would this suggest that the issue is with the PC output perhaps?
You sir/madam are a life saver!
Weirdly, I had looked for this option but it wasn't there.
As the guy mentioned in the article, however, I had to first set the screen to 16:9 for the overscan option to appear.
Thanks again!
Must be an old TV, I don't think they use overscan anymore on modern displays.
Nvm. Googled it. Half brain moment.
Overscan is a behaviour in certain television sets, in which part of the input picture is cut off by the visible bounds of the screen. It exists because cathode-ray tube (CRT) television sets from the 1930s to the early 2000s were highly variable in how the video image was positioned within the borders of the screen. It then became common practice to have video signals with black edges around them, which were never meant to be seen by viewers. Overscan also helped hide noise and other artifacts at the edges of analog video signals.
Older LCD TVs may also have overscan enabled by default, which can cause problems when displaying digital content such as computer screens or high-definition video. Some TVs may allow you to turn off overscan or adjust the picture size and position manually.
Yeah I guess back then having a "border" in the signal was quite common. Or maybe even off centre picture, so you could crop in and fix that.
Probably useless but tried the aspect button on your remote?