Overscan setting on Plasma

[Garth Man]

Hello

I have a Pana 42THPZ85, and noticed that when i turn on the overscan setting on SD TV material it makes the screen fit, but leaves some of the picture out, though if i turn it off I can see the whole box of the picture. I notice this yesterday when watching Beetlejuice on TCM, and Dexter on ITV. Though Beetlejuice showed this more.Anyone else noticed this?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, this is correct. Overscan should be on when watching SD sources to avoid seeing the 'noise' that is generally found around the edge of the picture. However when watching a 1080 source, turning overscan off can give a sharper picture.

 

[Garth Man]

Thank you for the reply and Info, just annoying really cos my old Panasonic CRT was fine.....

 

[Anonymous]

The difference on your CRT is that overscan would always be on, so you never had the option to switch it off and see the full picture.