[Cbe-oss-dev] Problems getting 1080p in the PS3

[Jim Paris]

Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just bought a BenQ FP241WZ flat panel which is capable of 1920x1200  
> and has HDCP.  I have hooked it up to my PS3 through the HDMI  
> connection.  However, when I boot a Linux kernel from the ps3-linux  
> branch, I only get a resolution of 1688x964 that covers the whole  
> screen (minus the black margins due to the 16:10 vs. 16:9 aspect  
> ratio difference, which is OK), instead of the 1920x1080 I should be  
> getting.
> 
> If I force the kernel to boot into 1920x1080 by specifying  
> video=ps3fb:mode:170, then the framebuffer image goes off the screen  
> in all of the four borders, as if the screen was only capable of  
> showing 1688x964 pixels...

Hi Julio,

Sounds like overscan.  According to the user manual available at

  http://www.benq.ca/support/downloads/downloads.cfm?product=884&page=downloads&dtype=M

there is an monitor option in your "picture advanced" menu to turn
that off.

-jim