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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-09-03 12:17 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 17:05:23 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> For example, my 2008 Sony 32" LCD TV is 720p/1080i but supports   
   >> 1080p (even though it isn't advertised). Nevertheless, if you run   
   >> 720p or 1080p content on it, you'll notice that some of the content   
   >> isn't on the screen. The sides are missing some content.   
   >   
   > That’s called “overscan”. It’s a legacy from the early days of analog   
   > broadcast TV, I think due to design limitations of CRT displays or   
   > manufacturing tolerances or something. But basically it means you lose a   
   > few percent of the picture around the edges.   
   >   
   > I’m not sure how much of that carries over to digital broadcasts. I think   
   > it still has to, for backward compatibility.   
      
   I'm glad to learn what it is. Either way, there is a _chance_ that it   
   might have affected Joel when he decided to connect a PC. I would be   
   happy to learn that I'm wrong, but I can't think of why else such a   
   thing wouldn't work other than the HDMI port being disabled because the   
   display drivers aren't installed.   
      
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