Overscan is a behaviour in certain television sets in which part of the input picture is cut off by the visible bounds of the screen. It exists because...
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Safe area (television) (section Overscan)
The NTSC and PAL analog television standards do not specify official overscan amounts, and producers of television programming use their own guidelines...
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Display resolution (section Overscan and underscan)
television inputs, many manufacturers will take the input and zoom it out to "overscan" the display by as much as 5% so input resolution is not necessarily display...
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the image. Nominal analog blanking should not be confused with overscan, as overscan areas are part of the actual 4:3 or 16:9 image. For SMPTE 259M-C...
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240 with overscan), or 400 (or up to 480 with overscan) if interlaced, for NTSC-compatible video modes; or 256 (or up to 288 with overscan), or 512 (or...
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by overscan being negligible. Moreover, for those who watch such films on computer monitors or newer TVs, both of which have little to no overscan, the...
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or 525 for NTSC; somewhat fewer scan lines are actually visible due to overscan and the VBI). In modern-day digital terminology, NTSC VHS resolution is...
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the certified TV sets to support 1080p24, 1080p50, and 1080p60, without overscan/underscan and picture distortion. Most widescreen cathode-ray tube (CRT)...
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Broadcast television systems (section Overscan)
scan rate Horizontal blanking interval Luma Nominal analogue blanking Overscan Raster scan Safe area Television lines Vertical blanking interval White...
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to 640×400 (up to 16 colors) for NTSC (704×484 overscan) and 320×256 to 640×512 for PAL (704×576 overscan.) The system uses planar graphics, with up to...
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