Old Toshiba Big Screen..

NismoUSA

Hey guys,

New to the electronic forums, so I don't know if this is in the right place but here it goes..
I have an old Toshiba flat screen (which is fat) and the picture is too big for the screen.. what I mean is whatever is playing, whether it be my cable or xbox, the picture does not fit the screen. Is there a way to adjust this so the picture is perfectly placed in all corners?

Many thanks!

Sherardp

Is there an aspect button on the remote of the set. Perhaps your zooming it and not realizing it.

cnh

Agreed, Older Toshibas, and I don't know what model you have or what kind of flat-screen, have a minimum of 5 aspects from Natural (a 4x3 picture format (SD) or 16 x 9 for HD, to a FULL stretch mode that takes 4x3 and fills the screen, and a few zoom aspects in between. Find the button on your remote and cycle through them?

cnh

NismoUSA

I do have that, and I've been through it, but each one doesn't fit the screen right. The only one where I can see everything is the Natural setting but displays two gray bars on right and left..
Could there be any other way to adjust the picture?

millerman 3732

Is it an HDTV? 16:9 or 4:3? Is your cable Hi-Def? How is your X-Box hooked up?

billbillw

What you are referring to is called 'overscan'.

Older CRT based TVs always had a certain amount of overscan built into them by design. 3-5% is typical. Older broadcasts were designed around this and framed the image with some extra room around the edges, but newer broadcasts (and video games) are generally designed to look good on fixed pixel displays like LCD/Plasma. They do not leave much, if any framing around them.

There are usually adjustments for overscan, but they are buried in the service menus or sometimes they are manually adjusted by trim pots. Its not something an ordinary person can easily adjust.

NismoUSA

millerman 3732 wrote: »

Is it an HDTV? 16:9 or 4:3? Is your cable Hi-Def? How is your X-Box hooked up?

It is an HDTV, but its not hooked up via HD.. and the rest, I dont know.

NismoUSA

billbillw wrote: »

What you are referring to is called 'overscan'.

Older CRT based TVs always had a certain amount of overscan built into them by design. 3-5% is typical. Older broadcasts were designed around this and framed the image with some extra room around the edges, but newer broadcasts (and video games) are generally designed to look good on fixed pixel displays like LCD/Plasma. They do not leave much, if any framing around them.

There are usually adjustments for overscan, but they are buried in the service menus or sometimes they are manually adjusted by trim pots. Its not something an ordinary person can easily adjust.

hmmmm, I guess I'm going to have to find someone who knows this stuff and have them fix it. aaaahh!

Thanks!

AsSiMiLaTeD

Yep, I've got a big 57" Toshiba RPTV that has a phenominal picture and I don't want to get rid of it, but I also have overscan. A TV repairman won't be able to fix it for you most likely, you'll need someone that does ISF calibration.

There are only a handful of guys in the country that I('m aware of that still do this, PM me if you need any help tracking them down and I'll see if I can dig up some names for you.

NismoUSA

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

Yep, I've got a big 57" Toshiba RPTV that has a phenominal picture and I don't want to get rid of it, but I also have overscan. A TV repairman won't be able to fix it for you most likely, you'll need someone that does ISF calibration.

There are only a handful of guys in the country that I('m aware of that still do this, PM me if you need any help tracking them down and I'll see if I can dig up some names for you.

PM'ed