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Yes, you read that correctly. The 2007FP appears to have a fixed level of "overscan" on the composite and s-video inputs. Why they decided to soil an LCD fixed pixel display with overscan, I cannot even take a guess.
I noticed it while playing my PlayStation via s-video. I expected an LCD display to have zero overscan, however a sizable amount of the bottom and top edges are missing. I had the monitor set to the "aspect" setting, which maintains the aspect ratio of the input signal, but fills the screen as much as possible. Thinking this might be causing the loss of displayed area, I set it to 1:1 mapping. Even though the display area is only taking up about 1/4 of the screen, it is still missing the top and bottom edge. I can barely see my ammo level in Einhander, due to the bottom of the HUD being cut off.
After doing a few tests, it looks like this monitor has a fixed level of digitally applied overscan, approximately 5-7% on the bottom and top. This is absurd for a fixed pixel display. This has more overscan than my CRT television purchased in 7 years ago.
Long story short, the secondary reason I bought this particular monitor is to play PS1/PS2 games. Dell's design decision is extremely frustrating and renders the video inputs nearly useless to me. I would love for someone to come along and prove me wrong by pointing out a setting I overlooked.
I noticed it while playing my PlayStation via s-video. I expected an LCD display to have zero overscan, however a sizable amount of the bottom and top edges are missing. I had the monitor set to the "aspect" setting, which maintains the aspect ratio of the input signal, but fills the screen as much as possible. Thinking this might be causing the loss of displayed area, I set it to 1:1 mapping. Even though the display area is only taking up about 1/4 of the screen, it is still missing the top and bottom edge. I can barely see my ammo level in Einhander, due to the bottom of the HUD being cut off.
After doing a few tests, it looks like this monitor has a fixed level of digitally applied overscan, approximately 5-7% on the bottom and top. This is absurd for a fixed pixel display. This has more overscan than my CRT television purchased in 7 years ago.
Long story short, the secondary reason I bought this particular monitor is to play PS1/PS2 games. Dell's design decision is extremely frustrating and renders the video inputs nearly useless to me. I would love for someone to come along and prove me wrong by pointing out a setting I overlooked.