Samsung LCDs, 1:1 Pixel Mapping, HDMI for HTPC

[themule]

Hey everyone. I'm still looking for my first HDTV and I'm starting to target the Samsung LN-S4095D. One thing I've read is that the Samsung LCDs do not do 1:1 pixel mapping and have an overscan of about 2%. I've also read that they will not accept a PC-driven signal over the HDMI input. Will these be problems for running SageTV into the TV? It also has a VGA input, but I imagine that would offer worse picture quality, is that correct? Thanks in advance for any info

[GTwannabe]

How about the 42" Westinghouse 1080P LCD? It usually sells for $1600-1800 and does 1:1 pixel mapping over DVI. I think it's a little buggy with HDMI w/ 1080P, but I don't actually own one yet.

[UFGrayMatter]

Originally Posted by themule

Hey everyone. I'm still looking for my first HDTV and I'm starting to target the Samsung LN-S4095D. One thing I've read is that the Samsung LCDs do not do 1:1 pixel mapping and have an overscan of about 2%. I've also read that they will not accept a PC-driven signal over the HDMI input. Will these be problems for running SageTV into the TV? It also has a VGA input, but I imagine that would offer worse picture quality, is that correct? Thanks in advance for any info

I have a Samsung LCD working perfectly w/ Sage w/ DVI -> HDMI input. There is the normal overscan but Sage's setup corrects for it.

[themule]

So I would be able to use the SageTV overscan/underscan settings to get the full picture on the screen? Could this also be done through the NVIDIA display settings? Any advantages/disadvantages to one way or the other?

[sleonard]

SageTV's Overscan correction would get the Sage UI and video 100% onscreen but the Windows Desktop and other app's would still suffer. nVidia's overscan correction would put everything 100% onscreen but suffer the loss of 1 to 1 pixel mapping.

Scott