Words slightly off screen

Hi, I have a question for everyone. I use HDMI for video on my PS3, when I first booted up for video it was automatically set at 1080i so I left it at that setting. I have noticed on two occasions (MGS4 & Darkness) that things like subtitles are either slightly offscreen or cut-off somewhat. Anyone else have/had a similar problem, and if so is there any way to remedy this? Here's a link to my TV:

My TV

i have the same issue and its because my tv is an older CRT hdtv...is yours like that...because some trailers for me are cut off but then real games aren't cut-off

umm that happened to me on my hdtv iunno why but when i use it on my pc hd monitor it fits

maybe even if ur tv supports 1080i, in which mine does, the picture really is too big to fit which is problem of mine, the tv really isnt big enough and it cant be squeezed. my hdtv is like old so im not really sure

This is just my two cents, so if I am wrong somebody please correct me. I believe it has to do with displaying 1080i. I have a 20 inch LCD and it is not widescreen, but it is able to broadcast a very compressed/scaled 1080i picture. In other words, I can play 1080i games, but it is shown on my measly 640x480 TV. 1080 is the resolution that an image is displayed i.e., 1920x1080. Your TV does not have a width of 1080 pixels, but is able to broadcast a 1080i image and scale down to your TVs resolution, 1280 x 768.

I experience the same problem of items appearing off screen. In some games I can adjust the screen, but in others I cannot. I just think it has to do with the way that the PS3 broadcasts 1080i. Are you up-scaling your PS2 games? I've only played Resistance at 1080i and I didn't have any problems with that, but my PS2 games are off center when I upscale them to 1080i.

my hdtv is lcd by the way, but i connect my 360 to it via vga, cuz also if i connect with component the screen is still too small, so i use vga which actually looks better too

so really it all depends on the tv

This is just my two cents, so if I am wrong somebody please correct me. I believe it has to do with displaying 1080i. I have a 20 inch LCD and it is not widescreen, but it is able to broadcast a very compressed/scaled 1080i picture. In other words, I can play 1080i games, but it is shown on my measly 640x480 TV. 1080 is the resolution that an image is displayed i.e., 1920x1080. Your TV does not have a width of 1080 pixels, but is able to broadcast a 1080i image and scale down to your TVs resolution, 1280 x 768.

I experience the same problem of items appearing off screen. In some games I can adjust the screen, but in others I cannot. I just think it has to do with the way that the PS3 broadcasts 1080i. Are you up-scaling your PS2 games? I've only played Resistance at 1080i and I didn't have any problems with that, but my PS2 games are off center when I upscale them to 1080i.

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I have noticed that with GoW I & II when I play in 480p Widescreen the very left side of the screen is cut off but other than that it is ok, I have not tried it with other PS2 games. As for PS3 games, I only have 3 games and Darkness is the only game as far as subtitles and parts of the picture being cut off goes, that has done that. I have tried everything I can think of to remedy this but I suppose its just something to live with for the time being, its a minor complaint to be sure, but annoying nonetheless.

its called overscan, and theres not a whole lot you can do about it. sorrywillpark73

yup pretty much