From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QjbgO-0002cY-Do for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:39:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2574D21C306; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:39:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3050121C04B for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so899497ewy.40 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:38:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0eXHQX1UQTqvRInDg3cRFqm92Ni+d1fEuZA6O9pe42w=; b=ERyNqde27zIlw29pIIAAbpngnnjw07wTBdoa5CsByrPwWMWTM+zQ35DG9QOz4y4+6D nWqw642S0hi3jPtEj/dfK/CFsDT2Dt1Ii4upE1Rqst4/STU1uHmV7PDhgbJVoJ3HbJCj mbXg6du1t3lJ4wrUktpZNXPFmZNFCQaPpckrI= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.98.207 with SMTP id v55mr3309796eef.49.1311187114331; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.50.203 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:38:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201107192200.40123.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <4E25AADC.7050607@gmail.com> <201107192200.40123.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:38:33 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 25c5a31366e4531be74bcb077464838f >> > --snip-- >> > >> >>> The TV is an LG 47LH90 and and it is said to do 1080p. =A0I looked f= or >> >>> ghosting in 16:9 mode instead of Just Scan mode and strangely the >> >>> shadows are there, but they're oriented top and bottom instead of le= ft >> >>> and right. =A0I can take another photo if anyone would like to see. >> >>> >> >>> Why do I need to select Just Scan in order to prevent all 4 edges of >> >>> the screen from being cut off? >> >>> >> >>> - Grant >> >> >> >> BTW I think you're on to something Stroller because the overall >> >> picture is definitely improved in 16:9 mode compared to Just Scan >> >> mode. =A0I just need to figure out how to prevent the edges of the >> >> screen from being cut off. >> >> >> >> - Grant >> > >> > Grant, >> > >> > By default most TVs overscan inputs due to broadcast signals at the >> > edges as the picture there is not well defined and can have white >> > overscan lines and such. The TV compensates by overscanning which >> > basically zooms in on the picture making (on my 46" Samsung TV) the >> > outer 1-1.5" of the picture disappear. >> > >> > On my TV it was fairly simple to turn this off, I just had to label th= e >> > HDMI input as "DVI PC" and it automatically turned off any picture >> > processing/overscanning. Yours may be similar. >> > >> > Sorry if there's typos, I have a bandaged finger and it's a PITA to ty= pe >> > with. I think I fixed all of them. >> > >> > Dan >> >> I found this: >> >> "We recommend using the Just Scan mode with 1080i and 1080p material, >> which assures zero overscan and proper 1:1 pixel matching for this >> 1080p display." >> >> http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/lg-47lh90/4505-6482_7-33485570.ht= ml# >> reviewPage1 >> >> Just Scan is what I've always used which has the ghosting problem. =A0I >> think I'm back to square one. > > Just a thought: =A0have you approached the OEM for the TV? =A0If you coul= d get to > some technical department they would hopefully advise if this is a settin= g or > hardware issue. That may be. I'll try that. Please let me know if you think this may be a software issue of some sort. - Grant