Hi,
I have a 55" 6 series Samsung LCD (not sure exactly what its full name is) and I've noticed a strange problem with it. When playing my PS3, if I set the picture size on the TV to 16:9, it crops off a little big of the picture on all sides. If I set the TV to stretch, it leaves a very thin black bar on either side of the picture (the PS3 is set to 1080p via a HDMI cable). The same problem occurs when I watch astro on my beyond box on 1080i. I thought that since I have a 1080p TV, and I'm using 1080 sources I would get pixel to pixel matching, and have a perfect fit. Why is it that when I set the TV to 16:9 it crops the picture?

After a bit of research, I think it may be something to do with 'overscanning' but I don't know what that is, or how to effectively turn it off.

Help will be appreciated

Thanks

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Added on April 7, 2010, 1:25 pmDoes anyone have any ideas?

This post has been edited by THEALB10N: Apr 7 2010, 01:25 PM

There is an option called 'fit to screen'. This is perfect for my PS3 and DVD player, but doesn't work well with the astro byond box.

When I watch some SD channels, there are these white dots at the top of the screen, and on most of the channels theres a small black bar on all sides fo the picture. Even on the HD astro channels there are a few lines of black pixels on either the top and bottom, or the sides of the image.

Is it possible to select 16:9 for HDMI 1 (astro) and FIT TO SCREEN for other inputs?

By the way, I have a LA55B650 I believe. Its either B650 or A650. I got it in november of 2009 if it helps.

If I set the TV to overscan, will it distort the HD channel images too?

OK well I managed to fix the issue. I set the astro HDMI to 16:9, which overscans the funny dots, while I set the DVD player and PS3 to FIT TO SCREEN so they display properly.

One othr thing, is it necessary to actually calibrate the TV? I have a calibration thing on one of my blu ray movies but don't know how to use it!

Mine doesn't. It has a mode called FIT TO SCREEN