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12 November 2007 3 Comments

Why Overscan is Evil

Compare the bottom and right sides of the charts.

I posted an article that highlights one of my biggest HDTV pet peeves: video overscan. I titled the article “A Good HDTV Shows You Everything!” and it includes some real-world examples (pictures) that should give the reader an a good idea of what to look for in a new HDTV in order to avoid this [...]

Tags: evil, good, hdtv, high definition, overscan, sucks, television, underscan
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