HDMI Picture Shown Incorrectly Borders Cut Off

[reibuehl]

Hi,

I am trying to get my MiSTer FPGA connected to an older Philips 37PF9731D/10 LCD TV via HDMI. With the default video mode (1280x720@60) I get a picture but it is cut off on all four sides by a bit - in different cores and also in the Linux console. I tried switching to other video modes but didn't get a picture on any other, not even on the TV's native 1920x1080 mode.
Is there a way to scale the complete picture down a bit or another way to fix this?

Reiner

[12characters]

Check the screen format adjustment on your TV. On a Philips, I believe that you want to set it to "Auto Format".

[aberu]

Doing a quick google search says that TV doesn't even support 1080p at all. It supports up to 1080i which MiSTer does not output.

https://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/37p ... fu_eng.pdf - Here's the user manual.

Press option on the remote then go to Picture format, and then Auto Format as 12characters just said.

[jlancaster86]

An LCD TV from 2006? Honestly, it would be more trouble than it's worth.

[reibuehl]

I have two possible settings on the TV - Auto Format and Wide Picture - available. Both show the same behavior but with Automatic Format the TV additionally tries to resize/zoom if it detects black areas which makes the situation even worse...

So I guess I have to accept it or get a new TV if there is no way to adjust the scaling

An LCD TV from 2006? Honestly, it would be more trouble than it's worth.

I have thought about getting a new one but it is so hard to choose a new one... the ones that have a builtin DVB-T receiver seem to be all "smart TVs" that are slow to start, try to flood you with advertising or have other annoyances. I don't need all the smart TV stuff since I have a Fire TV for Youtube, Netflix and such that. I would just like to have a DVB-T/T2 receiver built in as a "fallback" for normal TV.

[jlancaster86]

I have thought about getting a new one but it is so hard to choose a new one... the ones that have a builtin DVB-T receiver seem to be all "smart TVs" that are slow to start, try to flood you with advertising or have other annoyances. I don't need all the smart TV stuff since I have a Fire TV for Youtube, Netflix and such that. I would just like to have a DVB-T/T2 receiver built in as a "fallback" for normal TV.

Yeah, you'd have a hard time finding a non-smart TV these days. I don't like them either.

I purchased a Samsung smart TV at the end of 2020, and I just ignore the smart features. If you don't use them, you wouldn't know they were there.

External DVB-T tuners are still available and don't cost a lot.

If you want something specifically for MiSTer, I'd recommend a PC monitor (with VRR) over a TV.