Disabling Overscan on Sony Trinitron

[The_Height_of_Folly]

Hello everyone,

I recently bought a used Sony Trinitron Wega. The model number is: KD-30XS955. It has an HDMI input and when I hooked it up to my Sony Vaio laptop today, I got a horrible overscanned picture. I've looked around in the TV's settings but haven't managed to get it to display properly. Looking around in my laptop's graphics options hasn't yielded any results either.

I would appreciate it if anyone knows of a way to solve this issue. I've been connecting my laptop to other TVs for years and never encountered this problem. Thanks!

 

[Tradesman1]

Is it set to 1080i?

 

[The_Height_of_Folly]

Is it set to 1080i?

Yes, the TV is 1080i and the laptop's output is 1920 x 1080 interlaced.

 

[Tradesman1]

Have you tried changing the screen aspect/ration i.e. may be 4:3 try 16:9 or vice versa

 

[The_Height_of_Folly]

Have you tried changing the screen aspect/ration i.e. may be 4:3 try 16:9 or vice versa

The 4:3 settings don't do anything unless I'm watching content in that format, like my Dreamcast. There are a couple Zoom settings but all they do is zoom in even further on the image. I see a vertical option to mess with the height but it's always grayed out. I've used my Xbox 360 on this HDMI input with the same cable and it works just fine.

 

[Tradesman1]

Will try and think of something else, have seen this but am drawing a blank

 

[The_Height_of_Folly]

Will try and think of something else, have seen this but am drawing a blank

Thanks for the help. I'll see if I can find something in the graphics manager that can fix this.

 

[The_Height_of_Folly]

I think my only option seems to be to go into the TV's service menu and try to adjust settings in there. All I can do from the laptop is do custom aspect ratios to get it to fit in the screen but it's still blurry and the colors are a mess.

 

[Tradesman1]

Can try yes, TVs are the best for 'clear' viewing, I tried 4 different 1080P 32" TVs before finding one that popped up a good screen for reading and stuff

 

[The_Height_of_Folly]

I have managed to get the overscan under control. The image is still a tad dark and has some red bleeding. Also, some objects have a weird shadow around their edges as if they were out of focus. I'll keep messing with it as I go along.

 

[Tradesman1]

I'd say have fun, but know it can be a PITA