Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!super!udel!gatech!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Overscan overrated? Message-ID: <8808100913.AA00301@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 88 09:13:31 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 17 >Okay, I'll bite. Just why do so many Amiga people think that overscan is >such a big deal for desktop video? The big guys like PIXAR don't seem >concerned about overscan. So why shouldn't desktop video mirror the big guys. Broadcast video. Ever notice that the image on a standard TV channel fills the entire TV screen? Also, the actual satallite (broadcast) signal is LARGER than what you see on the TV. This is quite a bit over the standard 640x200 resolution, which makes overscan ideal for controlling the *entire* (or almost all) of the video bandwidth you are mixing with your broadcast video (or whatever). Also... having an extra 60+ pixels horizontally and 60+ pixels vertically is *nice*. For instance, full 80 column windows WITH BORDERS. -Matt