MaximRecoil
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If you use the height and width controls to adjust the image slightly outside the bounds of the screen in order to make it fill the screen completely with no black borders around it, does this cause any harm? I seem to remember reading somewhere that this was harmful, but I can't remember where. I think it was in a monitor or machine manual.
I know that there is "overscan" built into most signals that are sent to TVs, but TVs have a bezel that covers part of the tube (while arcade monitors don't necessarily), so I don't know if there is really overscan going on, or if the image is still within the bounds of the screen, and only appearing to be overscan due to being partially covered by the bezel.
I know that there is "overscan" built into most signals that are sent to TVs, but TVs have a bezel that covers part of the tube (while arcade monitors don't necessarily), so I don't know if there is really overscan going on, or if the image is still within the bounds of the screen, and only appearing to be overscan due to being partially covered by the bezel.
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