OPPO Digital OPDV971H help. (1 Viewer)

[davidRivera]

I found the following review on cnet.com about the OPPO Digital OPDV971H:

"Plasma owners beware. Player underscans, but firware updates are prolific."

This is my first post. I am a novice in the Home Theater dept. What does this person mean by the player underscanning? Can that do some kind of damage to the plasma? If it can, I don't see how it could and I need some explaining. Is this guy talking about that since I have a plasma with this player it will not be used to it's full potential? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[christianCA]

i have no idea...:frowning:

 

[Ronn.W]

On some plasmas (and other displays) the player does not fill the entire screen. It's almost unnoticable, but it will have a border running around it of a few pixels. Overscan is when the pic is bigger than the screen, underscan is when the pic is smaller than the screen.

I have a plasma, and the oppo does not underscan on mine. I also have feeling that the people who warn most about underscanning are afraid to go into their service menu, where there usually is an option to fix it.

 

[Citizen87645]

The concern with underscanning would be burn-in. Black border in the picture area rather than in the area under the bezel.

 

[davidRivera]

Thanks Ronn.