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...

The NTSC and PAL analog television standards do not specify official overscan amounts, and producers of television programming use their own guidelines...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the certified TV sets to support 1080p24, 1080p50, and 1080p60, without overscan/underscan and picture distortion. Most widescreen cathode-ray tube (CRT)...

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...

scan rate Horizontal blanking interval Luma Nominal analogue blanking Overscan Raster scan Safe area Television lines Vertical blanking interval White...