Every year I find my list of HDTV pet peeves shrinking as
television manufacturers get the message and incorporate
incremental improvements into their latest offerings. Of course,
they are always careful not to add too many enhancements or
features to a new model as they fear alienating the owners of
last year's gear, or worse, cause potential customers to delay a
purchase as they await the release of supposedly better
technology. Compared to TVs from even a couple of years ago,
modern high definition televisions offer improved color quality
and dynamic range (contrast). Even so, I still find some
companies clinging to one outdated configuration that
unnecessarily compromises picture clarity and detail. Therefore,
I'm declaring war on HDTVs that overscan the picture - well, I'd
at least like the option to disable this annoying "feature".
Image overscan happens when a TV stretches the video picture
beyond the edges of its screen. Depending on the size of the
screen this can result in the loss of several inche