View Full Version : Is adjusting overscan worth the hassel?
fplbob321
09-15-2003, 10:44 AM
I just got DVE a couple of days ago. It has a really good overscan pattern. From what I have found on this site, it looks like I'll have to do a re-convergence. I really don't trust my eyes and am not 100% with using the service menus although I have made some simple adjustments in the service menu with no problems(red push). Any thoughts?
mikehbkwm
09-15-2003, 10:49 AM
i havent got my DVE disk yet what does the overscan pattern show, i mean what percent of overscan do you have.......
If you're happy with the picture and with the amount of overscan, then you should be OK. Normal HDTV overscan is about 4-6%. What did you have?
Sometimes people change the overscan so that they can see the "tickers" at the bottom of screens when they are in "non-linear stretch". This should relate to about 4%.
If you do change the overscan, do not go below 3% as you'll start seeing stuff at the top of the screen (dots) that you don't want to see.
fplbob321
09-15-2003, 11:06 AM
It looks like I have 5% overscan. I've been watching my Hitachi 51F500 in 16:9 standard, and like a lot of people said, I have gotten used to it. I used to watch in 4:3 expanded but no longer. From your reply, I probably won't adjust my overscan. Thanks for the info.
kevinw
09-15-2003, 11:17 AM
If you change your overscan, you will need to do a convergence in service mode as well. I recomend a mylar overlay for putting geometery into alignment and to aid in doing overscan. Look at this post
about a Toshiba and some info that may be helfull.
http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4441
