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<blockquote data-quote="2BitSculptor" data-source="post: 577632" data-attributes="member: 65661">Okay... I tried Powerstrip. It sorta worked. I cannot set the display res to 720x576 (PAL) without the TV sync going ballistic. As I said before, using NTSC res makes the display unusable for other computer apps (but I would only need a sub-D to S-video connector), so 800x600 is still my best option, which requires the use of the external PCtoTV converter to scale the whole display to NTSC for the TV.Squeezing the vertical on the display to where it should be (for the 20 pixel margin) also makes the sync go ballistic (I have to back it off to get proper sync). Horizontal squeeze works within acceptable limits. I still get overrun on the top and bottom, but not as much as it was. The top-of-screen text is 'just' inside the mask-frame of my TV (because the font has some head-space built-in - most evident in the larger font sizes). The descenders on the bottom screen text (in the fadelabels) run off-screen (although the RSS button has plenty of room). Many of the screen icons in the top left corner run off-screen.My suggestion: since I previously noted that the bottom line of text was displayed below the 20 pixel mark, using a smaller font or moving the line up 10 pixels will give adequate room to be marginally acceptable for NTSC 4x3 users in similar situation, as then the display can be adjusted down a bit more in Powerstrip to make room at the top-of-screen.This still doesn't deter me from attempting a true 800x600 skin <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />regards,Chuckbtw,&nbsp; JOZ, thanks for the link to Powerstrip ... now I have to come up with the $$ before the try-then-buy time limit runs out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2BitSculptor, post: 577632, member: 65661"] Okay... I tried Powerstrip. It sorta worked. I cannot set the display res to 720x576 (PAL) without the TV sync going ballistic. As I said before, using NTSC res makes the display unusable for other computer apps (but I would only need a sub-D to S-video connector), so 800x600 is still my best option, which requires the use of the external PCtoTV converter to scale the whole display to NTSC for the TV. Squeezing the vertical on the display to where it should be (for the 20 pixel margin) also makes the sync go ballistic (I have to back it off to get proper sync). Horizontal squeeze works within acceptable limits. I still get overrun on the top and bottom, but not as much as it was. The top-of-screen text is 'just' inside the mask-frame of my TV (because the font has some head-space built-in - most evident in the larger font sizes). The descenders on the bottom screen text (in the fadelabels) run off-screen (although the RSS button has plenty of room). Many of the screen icons in the top left corner run off-screen. My suggestion: since I previously noted that the bottom line of text was displayed below the 20 pixel mark, using a smaller font or moving the line up 10 pixels will give adequate room to be marginally acceptable for NTSC 4x3 users in similar situation, as then the display can be adjusted down a bit more in Powerstrip to make room at the top-of-screen. This still doesn't deter me from attempting a true 800x600 skin :D regards, Chuck btw, JOZ, thanks for the link to Powerstrip ... now I have to come up with the $$ before the try-then-buy time limit runs out. [/QUOTE]

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