Oh. Huh. But what's the point of TV manufacturers still practicing this technique in the 2000s? Surely even po' ol' cable TV's got its technological act together by now...
If hardware with notable overscan was the exception and not the rule in the current home electronics environment (I refer not only to sets in store but those already plugged in across millions of homes throughout the U.S.), I might agree with you.
Hmm, yeah work to circumvent a deficiency on the end of a $15 piece of software, or force people to invest hundreds, if not over a thousand, of dollars to alleviate the problem. Dude, I'm not following you at all...