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Underscan vs Overscan - What's the difference?

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Overscan is a related term of underscan.



In television terms the difference between underscan and overscan

is that underscan is the situation where a video does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations) while overscan is the additional area around the four edges of a video that is not normally seen by the viewer.

underscan

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Noun

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  • (television) The situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations).

    • Related terms

    * overscan

    overscan

    English

    (wikipedia overscan)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (television) The additional area around the four edges of a video image that is not normally seen by the viewer.

    • Related terms

    * underscan

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