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Oversized video (video doesn't fit on display after calibrating) jesusffs 04-07-2008
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Posted by jesusffs on April 7, 2008, 5:54 pm
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I have set my Vista operating system to 1360 x 768 and also setup Vista Media
Center's Display Calibration options to use 1360 x 768 resolution, but when I
watch a video it's hugely oversized and doesn't fit. When I watch the sample
video of the billiards players for example, the video isn't tall enough or
wide enough to see everything.

I have tried a Nvidia 6200 pci-e card and am currently using a ATI Sapphite
HD 2400XT (both had newest drivers) and using a DVI-HDMI cable for
connection. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
:) Ryan

Posted by Curious on April 7, 2008, 7:01 pm
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HDTVs normally overscan the inputs over these HDMI/DVI in order to emulate a
standard CRT TV.
If your HDTV has a VGA interface use that for PC desktop applications since
normally VGA interfaces are not overscanned since the VGA interface is
designed for PCs.
The latest card drivers from the Nvidia and ATI Websites have overscan
compensation capabilities so you can shrink the output so that when it is
expanded/overscanned it fits properly.
>I have set my Vista operating system to 1360 x 768 and also setup Vista
>Media
> Center's Display Calibration options to use 1360 x 768 resolution, but
> when I
> watch a video it's hugely oversized and doesn't fit. When I watch the
> sample
> video of the billiards players for example, the video isn't tall enough or
> wide enough to see everything.
>
> I have tried a Nvidia 6200 pci-e card and am currently using a ATI
> Sapphite
> HD 2400XT (both had newest drivers) and using a DVI-HDMI cable for
> connection. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
> :) Ryan


Posted by jesusffs on April 8, 2008, 2:10 am
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Yes I had been using VGA up until a few days ago, and switched back for a
test after reading your post (hadn't tested it on new ATI HD 2400 card) but
it still doesn't fix the Media Center videos when played. The overscan
options in the ATI Control Panel adjust the display on my desktop but do
nothing for the videos when they're played in Media Center. I also messed
with almost every other option in the ATI Control Panel and I didn't find
anything that made the video resize when played through Vista's Media
Center....
:( Ryan

"Curious" wrote:

> HDTVs normally overscan the inputs over these HDMI/DVI in order to emulate a
> standard CRT TV.
> If your HDTV has a VGA interface use that for PC desktop applications since
> normally VGA interfaces are not overscanned since the VGA interface is
> designed for PCs.
> The latest card drivers from the Nvidia and ATI Websites have overscan
> compensation capabilities so you can shrink the output so that when it is
> expanded/overscanned it fits properly.
> >I have set my Vista operating system to 1360 x 768 and also setup Vista
> >Media
> > Center's Display Calibration options to use 1360 x 768 resolution, but
> > when I
> > watch a video it's hugely oversized and doesn't fit. When I watch the
> > sample
> > video of the billiards players for example, the video isn't tall enough or
> > wide enough to see everything.
> >
> > I have tried a Nvidia 6200 pci-e card and am currently using a ATI
> > Sapphite
> > HD 2400XT (both had newest drivers) and using a DVI-HDMI cable for
> > connection. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
> > :) Ryan
>

Posted by Curious on April 8, 2008, 2:53 pm
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Apparently ATI and NVIDIA handle underscan compensation defiantly. ATI is
only doing it between your desktop and your graphics card input and not from
any sources to the graphics card to the graphics card output.
I use a Nvidia card so regretfully I can not offer any more suggestions.
> Yes I had been using VGA up until a few days ago, and switched back for a
> test after reading your post (hadn't tested it on new ATI HD 2400 card)
> but
> it still doesn't fix the Media Center videos when played. The overscan
> options in the ATI Control Panel adjust the display on my desktop but do
> nothing for the videos when they're played in Media Center. I also messed
> with almost every other option in the ATI Control Panel and I didn't find
> anything that made the video resize when played through Vista's Media
> Center....
> :( Ryan
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> HDTVs normally overscan the inputs over these HDMI/DVI in order to
>> emulate a
>> standard CRT TV.
>> If your HDTV has a VGA interface use that for PC desktop applications
>> since
>> normally VGA interfaces are not overscanned since the VGA interface is
>> designed for PCs.
>> The latest card drivers from the Nvidia and ATI Websites have overscan
>> compensation capabilities so you can shrink the output so that when it is
>> expanded/overscanned it fits properly.
>> >I have set my Vista operating system to 1360 x 768 and also setup Vista
>> >Media
>> > Center's Display Calibration options to use 1360 x 768 resolution, but
>> > when I
>> > watch a video it's hugely oversized and doesn't fit. When I watch the
>> > sample
>> > video of the billiards players for example, the video isn't tall enough
>> > or
>> > wide enough to see everything.
>> >
>> > I have tried a Nvidia 6200 pci-e card and am currently using a ATI
>> > Sapphite
>> > HD 2400XT (both had newest drivers) and using a DVI-HDMI cable for
>> > connection. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
>> > :) Ryan
>>


Posted by jesusffs on April 8, 2008, 3:16 pm
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Well if you have some suggestions for NVIDIA cards, I have my 6200 pci-e card
sitting right here, I'll pop it in and mess around w/ the Control Panel
options if you think it would solve the issue. Thanks for all your support so
far,
-Ryan

"Curious" wrote:

> Apparently ATI and NVIDIA handle underscan compensation defiantly. ATI is
> only doing it between your desktop and your graphics card input and not from
> any sources to the graphics card to the graphics card output.
> I use a Nvidia card so regretfully I can not offer any more suggestions.
> > Yes I had been using VGA up until a few days ago, and switched back for a
> > test after reading your post (hadn't tested it on new ATI HD 2400 card)
> > but
> > it still doesn't fix the Media Center videos when played. The overscan
> > options in the ATI Control Panel adjust the display on my desktop but do
> > nothing for the videos when they're played in Media Center. I also messed
> > with almost every other option in the ATI Control Panel and I didn't find
> > anything that made the video resize when played through Vista's Media
> > Center....
> > :( Ryan
> >
> > "Curious" wrote:
> >
> >> HDTVs normally overscan the inputs over these HDMI/DVI in order to
> >> emulate a
> >> standard CRT TV.
> >> If your HDTV has a VGA interface use that for PC desktop applications
> >> since
> >> normally VGA interfaces are not overscanned since the VGA interface is
> >> designed for PCs.
> >> The latest card drivers from the Nvidia and ATI Websites have overscan
> >> compensation capabilities so you can shrink the output so that when it is
> >> expanded/overscanned it fits properly.
> >> >I have set my Vista operating system to 1360 x 768 and also setup Vista
> >> >Media
> >> > Center's Display Calibration options to use 1360 x 768 resolution, but
> >> > when I
> >> > watch a video it's hugely oversized and doesn't fit. When I watch the
> >> > sample
> >> > video of the billiards players for example, the video isn't tall enough
> >> > or
> >> > wide enough to see everything.
> >> >
> >> > I have tried a Nvidia 6200 pci-e card and am currently using a ATI
> >> > Sapphite
> >> > HD 2400XT (both had newest drivers) and using a DVI-HDMI cable for
> >> > connection. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
> >> > :) Ryan
> >>
>

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