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Yes, I have decided that all future tv’s I buy will be 1080p, confirm that they can do pixel perfect on AVSForum prior to purchase, set my HTPC to 1920×1080 and never think about it anymore.
The only issue is that you still need to make sure they do pixel perfect, or have a setting that enables it. Many 1080p TVs still have overscan of a couple percent…
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How do you know if a TV is pixel perfect?
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These days nearly all name brand 1080p TVs do. You almost don’t have to worry about it.
The key is to check the manual for the TV you’re considering and look for a setting in the aspect ratio choices. LG and Samsung call their pixel perfect mode “Just Scan”. A few vendors actually just call it “1:1”, or give you a choice to turn overscan off as some Vizio sets do. Panasonic is a bit of an oddball and makes it less than obvious as a sub-choice called “HD Size” you get no overscan by setting it to “Size 2” in their aspect ratio settings.
You can also easily find out as Naylia mentioned by checking the owner’s threads on AVS, and the reviews on CNET mention it, and any self-resepecting A/V review site/magazine will mention it, or at least the lack of a setting for it if a TV is missing it.
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