[ubuntu-uk] Intel GM965 to an LCD tv

[Tyler J. Wagner]

On Saturday 10 July 2010 15:46:40 pete wrote:
> And I have discovered that my LCD tv 'overscans'! that is the desktop
> and shells edges are hidden by the edges of the physical screen! after
> much googleing around I have been unable to resolve this (forgive me for
> this but winxp has a 'underscan' button in the graphics driver software
> that fixes the problem! although ubuntu does not.) the current
> workaround I am using is a frame of empty panels (toolbars) to take up
> the space at the side of the screen that i cannot see.

Pete,

I had a similar problem problem my HTPC and TV. The TV doesn't correctly 
report the 1080p resolution in the EDID data. I used DTD Calculator in a 
Windows VM on another machine to generate the overscan data. I blogged a 
complete solution. I hope this helps.

http://www.tolaris.com/2009/04/14/enabling-1080p-video-on-the-shuttle-x27d-
htpc/

Regards,
Tyler

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