Philips 642 Overscan

[Afterlife]

Ive searched the forums and seen others have had a problem with this but cant see any mention of a fix because the topics usually go, off-topic.

Is there a fix for this without re-encoding the avi?

Thanks!

[jagabo]

Aside from getting a TV that doesn't overscan (some studio and medical monitors don't overscan), or a Divx/DVD player with an underscan option (my old Liteon LDV-2002 has the ability), there's nothing you can do but add a black border around the edges and re-encode.

[Afterlife]

Ah really eh, ok well that sucks as I dont really wana spend the time re-encoding this stuff, as when I re-encode its no longer optimized for the PC, I wanted a DVD of DIVX as backup files that I could also watch so in the future when BD are cheap I could move from DIVX to BD. Guess ill just have to live with the overscan, shame its a huge overscan tho

[jagabo]

Guess ill just have to live with the overscan, shame its a huge overscan tho

Overscan is a property of your TV, not the player. You might be able to adjust the TV so that it overscans less.

[Afterlife]

tried 4 tv's same on all 4. Ah well thanks anyways!

[jagabo]

tried 4 tv's same on all 4. Ah well thanks anyways!

Yes, all TVs overscan by design.