12 August 2010 7 Comments

A Good HDTV Shows You Everything

A Good HDTV Shows You Everything

If you purchased a gallon of gas and it measured 5% short, would you still call it a gallon? When it comes to viewing high definition (HD) video on a high definition television (HDTV), many HDTVs have a nasty habit of hiding (destroying) visual information along the border of the video image reducing the detail [...]

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 [...]