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A behavior in certain television sets, in which part of the input picture is shown outside of the visible bounds of the screen

Overscan is a behavior in certain television sets, in which part of the input picture is shown outside of the visible bounds of the screen. It exists because cathode-ray tube (CRT) television sets from the 1930s through to the early 2000s were highly variable in how the video image was positioned within the borders of the screen.

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Edges of Xubuntu desktop are cut off on my Sony TV?

I installed Xubuntu and it seems to work fine, with one exception. It identified my 55" Sony TV as a 37" Sony. Normally I wouldn't care except I can't set it to 1920x1080 resolution without the edges of the desktop getting cut off. When I enter…
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Ubuntu Server 21.10 on Raspberry Pi 4 - text displays off to the left on

I just installed Ubuntu Server 21.10 on my Raspberry Pi 4. Problem is I can't read everything that's displayed because the first 6 or 7 characters are off to the left off the screen (not viewable). How do I adjust or resize my view? I'm pretty new…
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Ubuntu 21.10 Pi KMS overscan setting Issue

I am running Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 4B and have run into an issue with the KMS driver and overscan. When running dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d the overscan settings apply correctly to keep the display from escaping the screen boundries. However, when I…
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Setting Up GeForce GTX 1650

I'm currently having difficulties getting my new GeForce card working on multiple monitors (one DisplayPort and one HDMI), and the open source and proprietary drivers are displaying different issues. For Nouveau: Overscan issues on the HDMI monitor.…
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HDMI overscanning

I'm using a pi4 with Ubuntu 21.04 and have it all hooked up to a TV via HDMI. The desktop is overscanned so much that icons are missing. I've tried changing the resolutions, but the same amount of overscanning persists. I also tried playing with the…
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How to use xrandr to fix overscan on a old samsung TV?

I just installed Ubuntu and my monitor is having a issue with overscan in the Y axis, more or less, 150 pixels. I tried using my TV control but i had no success. Using Windows works fine, so i guess it should be possible in Linux.
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Is there any utility in kde plasma 5 (Kubuntu) to quickly adjust the resolution to the TV (overscan)?

I am using an old TV as a monitor, and as is common with hdmi connections to these devices, I am having problems with overscan (the resolution options are reduced and the edges of the screen are cut off, making it impossible to correctly access the…
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How can I disable overscan on a secondary display?

I'm using Ubuntu on a laptop, and everything displays fine on the built-in display. I have a Digital Television connected as a secondary display via HDMI and there's overscan that I can't figure out how to get rid of. The television is a Vizio VA19L…
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HDMI screen does not adjust to the resolution

You see I have a problem with the system resolutions. I count a screen connected by VGA and a TV connected by HDMI. With the screen in VGA I have no problems. But with the television connected by HDMI the desktop leaves the screen, so it is not…
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