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- noun television The
additional area around the fouredges of avideo image that is not normally seen by theviewer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some programs can tolerate this fine (most TV broadcasts expect significant overscan, meaning that the edges will be behind the frame of the TV) but of course on others it's just as crazy as stretching.
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Contrary to @cizko's suggestion, the "overscan" function has long been there.
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Vertical: 768 pixels, 60Hz scan rate (comes out at 59.856 but I typed 60) Negative Sync with 'overscan' turned on in the Displays control panel.
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HDMI generally has some "overscan" to the image where Displayport and DVI-D do not.
The Inquirer 2009
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"overscan" in the display settings and it's looking good again.
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"overscan" area, but it appears that the new LCD HDTV's show the whole frame without cropping.
VideoHelp.com Forum 2009
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"overscan" in the display settings and it's looking good again.
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DVDs played on a computer or on some (but not all) modern flat screens do not have overscan.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Things That Are Ticking Me Off Today 2010
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The other is "signal" (or video) processing, which includes things like sharpness, noise reduction, overscan, motion compensation and deinterlacing.
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The other is "signal" or video processing, which includes things like sharpness, noise reduction, overscan, motion compensation and deinterlacing.
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