[OT] HDTV recommendations?

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> My 32" Sony Bravia is one of those 1366 x 768 models.  It looks
>> >  fine.  I've often wondered if the 720 line sets use the entire
>> >  display or just mask off 1280 x 720.  My Sony set has a "Display
>> >  Area" setting, which I can use to set the display to 3 modes, "+1",
>> >  "Normal" and "-1".  +1 displays in the original size, Normal is
>> >  recommended size and -1 overscans.
>>      
> A big part of the problem is that the scaling is hard to do right for
> that ratio.  There is less than a handful of brands that do scaling well
> it seems.  Sony is one.  LG is another.
>
> Sounds like the Sony actually lets you use only the proper 1280x720 then
> on the '+1' setting, while scaling on the normal setting.  The overscan
> setting makes no sense.
>
>    

I have it configured to +1, as I don't see any difference between normal 
and -1, both of which slightly enlarge the image.

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