begin quoting Gil Lamb as of Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:23:19AM -0800: [Missing attribution line! Who said this?] > >overlapped the edges of the TV (so I couldn't see the edges of the screen). > > I had set this up for a friend, and you just need to look in the HDTV > settings for over-scanning, or something with similar terminology. Turn it > off for the input you are going to use(HMDI, DVI, VGA, Component, SVideo, > Composite) so the image doesn't get clipped. There are no settings in the OS > for this because your HDTV is clipping the edges of your PC/MAC output, and > then it blows up the output to fill the screen, which results in a blurry > image.
I miss my Amiga. The AmigaOS gave me easy control of overscan and display size and placement. The patents on the interface have all expired by now. Surely that means that the cool and useful features of the interface can be widely used without fear... that's what patents are for, right? > As for getting a video card with DVI output, I would look on online for > video cards, because the ones in the local stores charge almost twice as > much as you can get them online. Local stores have rent to pay and excess employees that stand around waiting for you to walk in. If you _want_ brick-and-mortar stores to go away, then by all means refuse to pay more locally than the cheapest you can get online. Personally, I like to touch many things before I buy them. Make sure they are the right size, have a decent heft, etc. [Over 40 lines snipped without additional content: LEARN TO TRIM.] -- Always thing about the consequences of your actions: they're part of the price. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
