Why does 1080p through a VGA cable fit my HDTV but is oversized when through an HDMI cable?
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I have put together a new PC with a XFX GeForce GTX 260 graphics card and have it connected to my HDTV. First, I used an old VGA cable with a DVI to VGA adapter and plugged it in to my HDTV's VGA port. Running at 1920x1080 it fit the screen perfectly. Now, to avoid running another cable across the …
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Fix for: Why does 1080p through a VGA cable fit my HDTV but is oversized when through an HDMI cable?
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What you're seeing is called overscan. TVs have it as broadcasts in NTSC format sometimes did not fill the entire space on the screen. You'll need to look through your menus for a setting to adjust the overscan amount to 0%. You may even have to fin…
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