HD sucks?

[njiska]

Another Tip: Most TVs do NOT display the full image by default, they actually cut off the borders of the image. For broadcast or cable TV this is sometimes necessary, but for videogames or blurays, you want the full image. Look around in the settings of your TV and make sure you get the full image. (sorry if someone already said this, I just skimmed the thread).

That's overscan. It's a common issue with tubes because of how they work, but it should never be an issue on direct pixel addressed displays. I know some LCDs and plasma's have a 95% zoom option (fuck knows why), but I didn't think it was that common. Have you encountered a lot of displays that do it by default?

[neorichieb1971]

I force 1:1 pixel mapping on external inputs. I have no idea what the TV does to the original images through antenna.

[StarCreator]

That's overscan. It's a common issue with tubes because of how they work, but it should never be an issue on direct pixel addressed displays. I know some LCDs and plasma's have a 95% zoom option (fuck knows why), but I didn't think it was that common. Have you encountered a lot of displays that do it by default?

Overscan zoom is almost always on by default even on HDMI inputs these days, simply because a lot of TV stations don't bother clipping the garbage older standard definition programming put in the overscan area when upscaling and customers complained about it being visible. We even have one 1080p LCD TV where it's impossible to turn the overscan zoom off.

Is there software out there that can convert 30 or 25 fps material to 24 fps? I have a HD camera that captures @ 30, it would be cool to see how self-shot stuff looks @ 24 frames.

You could do it but it wouldn't look anywhere near good - you'd essentially be chopping out every 5th video frame, which just makes the motion jerky. You could compensate by blurring frames together near the axed frame, but it comes nowhere near to actually having a 24 fps source in the first place.

[njiska]

That's overscan. It's a common issue with tubes because of how they work, but it should never be an issue on direct pixel addressed displays. I know some LCDs and plasma's have a 95% zoom option (fuck knows why), but I didn't think it was that common. Have you encountered a lot of displays that do it by default?

Overscan zoom is almost always on by default even on HDMI inputs these days, simply because a lot of TV stations don't bother clipping the garbage older standard definition programming put in the overscan area when upscaling and customers complained about it being visible. We even have one 1080p LCD TV where it's impossible to turn the overscan zoom off.

That is just shitty. On a happier note, I've finally tracked down the holy grail of tube televisions. If all goes well i'm getting a 34XBR960.