Problems with resolution outcome on TV when authoring DVD

[jmayme]

Hello.
Discovered a problem when authoring a DVD today. A part of the picture does not seem be shown on the tv when I play the DVD. But when playing it on a computer it shows all the picture.
I set the resolution to pal DVD standard (720 x 576). I am not sure what to do. I am using
DVD Lab Pro. Are there any possible settings to change the resolution of the picture that will be shown on tv, or perhaps even the resolution of the video itself?
Would be happy for answers on this. Please let me know if you have any idea in mind.

[redwudz]

That's overscan, not a problem, just a effect. TVs lose some of the edges of video compared to a computer monitor It's usually about 5% or so. You can encode with black bars around the picture if you want to see 100%. Look up 'overscan' in the Glossary. <<<<<<

[edDV]

If you buy a broadcast monitor with "underscan" feature you could see the video out to the edges. Every other TV displays the outside edges of the video to the back of the plastic frame or not at all.

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_6_3/essay-video-resolution-july-99.html

Computer geeks think this is a problem, TV people (TV set makers and broadcasters) see overscan is a way to cover many issues and sins plus stop edge issue complaints.

A TV that can hold H and V size with stability over it's useful life would be a TV that costs 2-3x.

[jmayme]

Umm, well. There is no other way than encoding it again? I only got the m2v files that was encoded before. Shouldn't the dvd resolution be 720x576? Why would there be overscan while playing DVD? Sounds pretty wierd then... No settings that can be made in DVD lab?

[guns1inger]

All DVDs do this. Every DVD you buy does this. It is just a fact of life.

[jimmalenko]

It's actually more just an issue with CRT TVs AFAIK. I'm led to believe that LCD TVs still have an overscan region, but that it is greatly reduced in % of picture "lost" on average when compared to LCD.

And to the OP: For the hobbyist, short of getting a graphics card with a Video Out port so you can display output from your PC on your TV, then No, there is no other way apart from re-encoding.