underscan

Image border cropping

Underscan is a display setting where the image doesn't fill the entire screen, leaving a black border around the edges.

It's the opposite of overscan, which extends the image beyond visible boundaries.

Underscan ensures nothing is cropped at the edges but may leave unused screen space: I enabled underscan to see the full desktop on my TV.

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CRT

Vacuum tube display

aspect ratio · safe area · cutoff · boundary · visible area · adjustment · broadcast · HDTV · resolution · pixel

Opposites
display scaling

underscanoverscan

Display crops image edges

zoom · crop

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scan, scans, scanned, scanning, scanner, scanners, overscan, rescan, rescanned

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