Screen edges cut off issue?

[THX-1138]

Overscan?

[E. King]

2 hours ago, THX-1138 said:

Overscan?

No. Not all TVs have that setting.

The VCS screen fit is incompatible with many TVs due to a major flaw in the Atari OS.

[PowerDubs]

My VCS works great with my Sony Bravia.  No issue whatsoever.

[+Neon Wraith]

Get a Samsung.  Problem solved.

[E. King]

It is not all Bravias and also it happens with other brands too.

 

I just used Bravia as an example because that is the TV I was trying to use my VCS on today.

 

The VCS has a flaw in the Atari OS that is known issue and has not been fixed.

 

It is not the TV because the VCS fits the screen perfectly in PC mode.

 

It is Atari OS that is not correctly programmed to auto fit to screen.

 

I have no issues with other game systems on the same TVs that I have issues with the VCS.

 

Not all TVs have the settings to adjust to the VCS Atari OS screen fit flaw.

 

[PowerDubs]

If you don't like being corrected- don't make false clickbait headlines such as "Atari VCS Hates Sony Bravia TVs "

[E. King]

Never said all Bravias and the title is true the VCS hates Bravias

 

not all Bravias but many of them and other TVs too

 

It is a known issue that has gone unfixed

[RadiATIon]

4 hours ago, E. King said:

Never said all Bravias and the title is true the VCS hates Bravias

 

not all Bravias but many of them and other TVs too

 

It is a known issue that has gone unfixed

What's your exact model ?

[justclaws]

I had the problem on one old full-HD TV/monitor, but with none of my other screens.

In the last AtariOS update, I saw there was an overscan configuration change; the problem went away for me on the old TV.
On another TV where on first connection it was wrong, changing the TV setting to "Autofit" or often forcing 16x9 will work.

Yes, it's a Linux video-driver configuration issue; so Windows/Linux etc. gets information on the TV screen dimensions too.
Just possibly you could try a different HDMI cable, just as a control test, because it's very rare, and for me, it is now solved.

Some cables don't properly allow transmission of all data. As HDMI is digital, it seems illogical, but HDMI cables may be bad.

Typically there is a problem when using an HDMI-DVI or HDMI to VGA adapter, for the same reason, no returned TV status.

[scifidude79]

I've had this issue using Linux computers on my television, so blaming AtariOS is incorrect, as it's a larger Linux issue. But, I've always been able to correct it via TV settings. However, it was a bit frustrating until I found the correct settings. And, if your TV doesn't have them, it's downright annoying.

 

What people need to realize with Linux is that it doesn't have the support structure that your bigger companies like Apple or Microsoft have. There's no centralized command structure with Linux, it's a community of people around the world. When issues present themselves, it's often up to individual coders to find fixes, code them and then release them upstream to the Linux community. Then it's up to the people running the individual Linux distributions to test said fixes and implement them into their software via updates. Debian, which AtariOS is based on, is considered a very long term stable distribution. Debian often goes years between major version releases, so anything that is implemented into a release goes through the update channel. However, Debian is also known to be very slow at releasing updates compared to some other distributions due to the copious amount of testing they require before releasing something. This is to keep that level of stability that they're known for in the Linux community, but it can be downright frustrating when you're waiting for a fix to be available in Debian. There is a testing branch of Debian, which offers updates much faster, but it's a more unstable branch as the people using it are the ones testing updates before they're released into the stable branch.