Switch it to 16:9 and you should find the Picture Overscan option will be available from the Setup Menu. If you are unable to find the Picture Overscan option, then try fiddling with the Aspect settings. On Panasonic HD plasma displays, for the HDMI port you’re currently using, select Menu > Setup > Picture Overscan, and turn it OFF. Some users leave it off all the time, but I prefer the perfect edges all the time, so leave it on for SD.Īs stated above, the aspect ratio must be in auto (which is the default setting) or 16:9. This option might be available regardless of the input connection you are using. For HD it does not need to be on and is very easy to switch from on to off. This has to be separately set for SD and HD signals. This, thus prevents little edge artifacts appearing on your screen on Standard Definition viewing.įor the HD signals being sent through HDMI, the overscan option is only available when Aspect Ratio is set to Auto (16:9 signal only) or 16:9. The basic function of overscan is that it stretches the image a fraction so as to take the outer picture frame off of the screen. That is why overscan is enabled by default. As the display is 1024×768, this would result in some of the screen being unused.
If I send, for example, a display signal of 800×600 from my PC through the VGA connection, with overscan set to OFF, I will get the image at the center of the screen with a black border around. It’s not OS-dependent and if you’re luckily using a Mac, you might not be able to see all of the menus at the top of your Mac’s screen or the lower half of the Dock icons might be cut off. It was cut off about 5% on every side, like it was zoomed in.Īsked her about how she feels about it and the answer was even more ridiculous than the problem itself: “if I could only see the Start menu button…” She then explained how both Sony and Panasonic tech staff have come along for help, and tried to solve the problem using nVidia Control Panel, by means of some absurd fashion: resizing the desktop and adjusting horizontal and vertical dimensions to the desired screen size… Well, that’s definitely a proof to my “pizza-boy-turned-support-technician” theory. Last night, observing a friend’s Sony VAIO connected to a 42” Panasonic Viera 720p plasma display via the HDMI input, the screen was not displayed properly, with a significant portion bleeding out of the boundaries of the screen.
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