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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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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 NTSC and PAL
analog television standards do not
specify official overscan amounts, and
producers of
television programming use
their own guidelines...
- 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...
- scan rate
Horizontal blanking interval Luma
Nominal analogue blanking Overscan Raster scan Safe area
Television lines Vertical blanking interval White...
- 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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subsequently to 2 MB chip RAM.
Denise is the main
video processor.
Without using overscan, the Amiga's
graphics display is 320 or 640
pixels wide by 200 (NTSC) or...
- 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...
- 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...
