Is anyone experiencing this. I have massive amounts of overscan. Also, when HDMI is connected a 20 or so pixel high black bar is added to the the top of the bottom task bar. It also noticeably scrunches everything above it on the XOOM. It is unuseable in HDMI. I thought it was the OC Kernel so I went back to a stock kernel and it still doesnt work. I tried two seperate hdmi cables, I am now at a loss. Please help.
I have not used a dock as I don't have one.
The problem is not with the Xoom, but with your TV. Plasma TV's especially like to overscan so that the picture can be panned around to prevent burn in.
On my 60in Pioneer Elite, I had to change a few settings for the signal to display 1-1. I had to change the input to 'PC mode', and then change the 'Orbiter' to a different value (Orbiter is the automatic panning I mentioned).
Good Luck with your TV's settings. Some cheaper LCD's also overscan, which doesn't make sense because LCD's do not have burn in problems like plasma's.
rquellet said:
The problem is not with the Xoom, but with your TV. Plasma TV's especially like to overscan so that the picture can be panned around to prevent burn in.
On my 60in Pioneer Elite, I had to change a few settings for the signal to display 1-1. I had to change the input to 'PC mode', and then change the 'Orbiter' to a different value (Orbiter is the automatic panning I mentioned).
Good Luck with your TV's settings. Some cheaper LCD's also overscan, which doesn't make sense because LCD's do not have burn in problems like plasma's.
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Panny has a menu setting where you can set 1:1 pixel mode, but it has to detect a 1080p signal.
I forgot to mention that I have never had this problem prior to the xoom with many sources. I have a vizio and can't seem to find any overscan settings. there is one setting that seems to be autoadjusting to the xoom but i cant tweak it to work, only look slightly better. As the xoom is being altered that leads me to think the xoom is to blame. since It's getting squished on the XOOM.
EDIT: It now decided to stop working altogether.. other sources, xbox 360, htpc, file server PC, blu-ray player and AVR receiver are all working. I have read about people who couldn't work HDMI over the xoom. This is the first time I have ever had this problem. On the same TV the evo works flawlessly.
mine looks perfect no overscan but sometimes if you let the orentation change it messes up.
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I do not believe the issue to be with the Xoom. I've tried HDMI with different displays, different sizes, and the results are not always equal.
For example, on one older Insignia 19" LCD display with built-in HD tuner, I noticed that several pixels are cut off on the bottom and top. On a different LCD, a 24" Acer, the image displays perfectly. On a 40.5" Sony LCD, I had the same issue as with the Insignia, pixels cut off on the top and bottom.
I could try this on several other HD displays I've got around here, but I'll bet the image issue will be hit and miss.
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I forgot to mention that I have never had this problem prior to the xoom with many sources. I have a vizio and can't seem to find any overscan settings. there is one setting that seems to be autoadjusting to the xoom but i cant tweak it to work, only look slightly better. As the xoom is being altered that leads me to think the xoom is to blame. since It's getting squished on the XOOM.
EDIT: It now decided to stop working altogether.. other sources, xbox 360, htpc, file server PC, blu-ray player and AVR receiver are all working. I have read about people who couldn't work HDMI over the xoom. This is the first time I have ever had this problem. On the same TV the evo works flawlessly.
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Not to sound like a ****, but it's your TV. Vizio is an economy brand and they know that the vast majority of people will be happy with overscanning or never know about it. Next time buy a better TV. This problem is just a classic example of economics when it comes to TV's.
I bet if you hooked an iPad 2 to this TV - or heck a PC over HDMI - you would have the same problem. Please do not blame/bash the Xoom for this.
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I don't think its his TV, I have a panasonic plasma and it overscans. When ln the home screen the google search. Button is cut off a bit on the left. The right is also cut off too. When I plug in my macbook it doesn't do this, so I'm leaning towards a xoom issue...
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bguzmanz2 said:
I don't think its his TV, I have a panasonic plasma and it overscans. When ln the home screen the google search. Button is cut off a bit on the left. The right is also cut off too. When I plug in my macbook it doesn't do this, so I'm leaning towards a xoom issue...
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Do you plug your MacBook in through HDMI or VGA? A lot of TV's have a PC Input over VGA that does not overscan. I have never seen a plasma that does not overscan on HDMI(by default). This is done so the image can be panned around slowly to prevent screen burn in as I mentioned previously.
Just got my HDMI cable and I'm having the same problem with overscan. I do have a cheapie LCD (max res 1024x768) but I don't have this issue with my PS3 or HTPC. I'm betting that's because I've got the HTPC setup with a 1024x768 res and the TV autodetects the PS3 at 720. I believe the Xoom is having this issue because of the 1024x800 resolution.
OK so after all that, I'm convinced this is a TV issue and I can't see any way to change this in the TV options. Is there any app/fix/hack available to get this working?
Edit: Just had a thought... has anyone tried changing the resolution on the Xoom with the LCD Density Changer app? I don't have root but if that works then the list of reasons I should root just got longer.
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Vizio makes bad a$$ T.v.'s I have a 60" Samsung and a 47"Vizio and side by side are almost of equal picture quality.
The only problem I have ever had with the Vizio is with component in - pictures went very green - and I really think it was a problem with the actual device(wii).
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Not to sound like a ****, but...
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Well yeah, ya do.
I've got a Samsung LED tv and it still does the overscan, has nothing to do with the quality of the tv. And I as well have a Vizio in my bedroom, love the thing, worth every penny. Maybe someone can make an app that'll scale the hdmi out correctly...heres to wishing...
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I've got a Samsung LED tv and it still does the overscan, has nothing to do with the quality of the tv. And I as well have a Vizio in my bedroom, love the thing, worth every penny. Maybe someone can make an app that'll scale the hdmi out correctly...heres to wishing...
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Are you rooted? If so can you try LCD Density Changer? I have no idea if it'll work but it's the only app I can think off that may change the Xoom's screen resolution.
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Are you rooted? If so can you try LCD Density Changer? I have no idea if it'll work but it's the only app I can think off that may change the Xoom's screen resolution.
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Tried, doesn't do anything for me... :-(
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The black menu bar on the bottom rising is not an error. It is intentional so the picture outputted is a perfect 720p mirror. All the Xooms do this. As for the stretching this does not happen for me. You can see this in action on my own display below if you wish.
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The black menu bar on the bottom rising is not an error. It is intentional so the picture outputted is a perfect 720p mirror. All the Xooms do this. As for the stretching this does not happen for me. You can see this in action on my own display below if you wish.
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Didn't know this thread was still going. I know what you are talking about, the display on the XOOM squeezes to attain 1280x720... but it still was overscanning on the TV so I was talking about two seperate issues.
I have the same issue when testing on two samsung LED screens and a Sony bravia lcd. I read on the moto forums that this is an issue with the device not syncing correctly to certain tvs but the last post was end of march saying we were waiting on the update from motorola.
It sort of sucks because it is a good hunk of the screen cut off
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I have the same issue when testing on two samsung LED screens and a Sony bravia lcd. I read on the moto forums that this is an issue with the device not syncing correctly to certain tvs but the last post was end of march saying we were waiting on the update from motorola.
It sort of sucks because it is a good hunk of the screen cut off
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Any chance you could provide a link to the moto thread?
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https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/351168
There is also a lot of info and testing done there
Is the nvidia shield Flex cable durable, i ask because of this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49665696
I sold my xperia play because i don't want to have flex problem, do anyone have had problems with the shield flex?
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Is the nvidia shield Flex cable durable, i ask because of this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49665696
I sold my xperia play because i don't want to have flex problem, do anyone have had problems with the shield flex?
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I think as all devices using flex cable you have a chance to broke it sometime in the future, but not as fast as a Sony device, it depends also on how much you care your device, i have 3 months with my shield playing and flying my drone all time and i don't have any kind of white screen either problems with the screen because of flex.
0mega007 said:
Is the nvidia shield Flex cable durable, i ask because of this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49665696
I sold my xperia play because i don't want to have flex problem, do anyone have had problems with the shield flex?
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I bought mine from a guy on ebay that said it would not power up. Since I am a tech i figure I could fix. it. For 40 bucks I figure win win.. Turns out the unit powers fine and works great all the time on HDMI. The issue is the flex cable is bad and screen back light comers on but there is no image. Sometimes if you open it just right and stop at the right point it will work. But close it and good luck getting the display to come up again. Due to how new these are I am having a tough time finding a new cable or LCD since the cable is actually part of the LCD. So it is up to you but I think some of the units out there have inferior cables.
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I think as all devices using flex cable you have a chance to broke it sometime in the future, but not as fast as a Sony device, it depends also on how much you care your device, i have 3 months with my shield playing and flying my drone all time and i don't have any kind of white screen either problems with the screen because of flex.
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oh snap, flying a drone? Hadn't thought of that application. What's a good drone to look for, and any concerns/issues with the one you own?
intel352 said:
oh snap, flying a drone? Hadn't thought of that application. What's a good drone to look for, and any concerns/issues with the one you own?
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I use the parrot ar drone 2.0 with the official shield aplication to fly it, and its the best option to beggin on the drone world the problem is that you will expend like $400 for a drone plus more batteries if you want to have a lot of fun, the aplication is 100% compatible with the shield you can do flips and record video at 720p search at youtube flying drone with nvidia shield and you will see what im talking about