Overscan: Revision history

7 January 2024

• curprev 18:3818:38, 7 January 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,674 bytes +286‎ →‎NTSC: cite the 2 other sources: ATSC and SMPTE 170M
• curprev 18:1618:16, 7 January 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,388 bytes +55‎ →‎NTSC: ATSC codified the 704-pixel-wide active area

31 December 2022

• curprev 00:5600:56, 31 December 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,333 bytes +82‎ →‎For game developers: 224x192 is 80% of width and height

14 May 2022

• curprev 14:4614:46, 14 May 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,251 bytes +122‎ Copyedit hedging of bets about nominal analog blanking
• curprev 13:4113:41, 14 May 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,129 bytes +156‎ move the <ref> tag to clarify what 601 says and doesn't say
• curprev 13:0613:06, 14 May 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 9,973 bytes +134‎ Add a link to Rec. 601

11 May 2022

• curprev 13:2613:26, 11 May 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 9,839 bytes +161‎ →‎NTSC: Explicitly distinguish side border from hblank

9 July 2020

• curprev 02:0002:00, 9 July 2020‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 9,678 bytes +93‎ →‎For game developers: Nintendo has published its BG planning sheet as a PDF

19 August 2019

• curprev 21:1921:19, 19 August 2019‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 9,585 bytes +32‎ →‎PAL: 11:8 (0.8% too narrow) isn't enough better than 7:5
• curprev 19:4319:43, 19 August 2019‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 9,553 bytes +358‎ →‎PAL: Citation for 64489 being a notorious problem

5 October 2018

• curprev 17:4217:42, 5 October 2018‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 9,195 bytes +3‎ typo
• curprev 16:3416:34, 5 October 2018‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 9,192 bytes +470‎ Rewrite lead section

14 April 2018

• curprev 18:0818:08, 14 April 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 8,722 bytes −24‎ →‎For game developers: PocketNES does not have a wikipedia article any more, removing link

6 August 2017

• curprev 16:4016:40, 6 August 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 8,746 bytes +89‎ →‎For emulator developers: 1080p is also common nowadays

30 July 2017

• curprev 17:1817:18, 30 July 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 8,657 bytes +275‎ →‎For game developers: Link to border template

5 July 2017

• curprev 16:5416:54, 5 July 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 8,382 bytes −94‎ →‎For game developers: Left bias isn't quite as noticeable as I had thought, possibly because of 227.333 (NES) vs. 227.5 (standard) clocks

6 April 2017

• curprev 18:5818:58, 6 April 2017‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 8,476 bytes +12‎ meant to link negative Y scroll directly to the mention of it
• curprev 18:5718:57, 6 April 2017‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 8,464 bytes +351‎ providing an example of why emulators will normally hide the overscan by default

20 February 2017

• curprev 17:0217:02, 20 February 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 8,113 bytes +136‎ →‎For game developers: Diagram get

15 September 2016

• curprev 01:4801:48, 15 September 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 7,977 bytes −4‎ missing micro signs

18 June 2016

• curprev 01:0501:05, 18 June 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 7,981 bytes +164‎ →‎PAL: Dendy behaves like PAL NES in this respect

18 November 2015

• curprev 14:2514:25, 18 November 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 7,817 bytes +150‎ →‎PAL: Top scanline also cut off
• curprev 00:2500:25, 18 November 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 7,667 bytes +127‎ upgrade citation to Cite.php

29 July 2015

• curprev 07:3307:33, 29 July 2015‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 7,540 bytes +4‎ →‎Statistics: PowerPak

22 May 2015

• curprev 16:3416:34, 22 May 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 7,536 bytes +33‎ Prepare for later Cite.php-ification of the bare links in this page
• curprev 16:3316:33, 22 May 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 7,503 bytes +122‎ →‎PAL: This page is authoritative for the blanking of x=0-1 and 254-255

8 August 2014

• curprev 18:5818:58, 8 August 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 7,381 bytes +2‎ →‎PAL: pedantically use ≈ instead of = for the decimal expansion of the PAR

8 July 2013

• curprev 08:3008:30, 8 July 2013‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 7,379 bytes +4‎ →‎PAL: PAR is not DAR; revise scaling target for PAL

5 June 2013

• curprev 15:2715:27, 5 June 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 7,375 bytes +16‎ →‎Statistics: add a few borders to table

10 April 2013

• curprev 03:0703:07, 10 April 2013‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 7,359 bytes +102‎ →‎Statistics: may as well add my set
• curprev 00:1000:10, 10 April 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 7,257 bytes +675‎ Actual statistics; implications of 16:9 TVs for people who want to lay out the screen like Umihara Kawase

15 February 2013

• curprev 05:1205:12, 15 February 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,582 bytes +295‎ →‎NTSC: Pixel and a half to right of center

20 January 2013

• curprev 02:5102:51, 20 January 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,287 bytes +99‎ →‎For emulator developers: Familiar examples of 10:11 dot clocks

18 December 2012

• curprev 20:0320:03, 18 December 2012‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 6,188 bytes −6‎ Parodius Da? more like Parodius DEL

1 November 2012

• curprev 06:5106:51, 1 November 2012‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 6,194 bytes −1‎ →‎NTSC: neaten link

5 June 2012

• curprev 12:4012:40, 5 June 2012‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,195 bytes +85‎ →‎PAL: The border is always black, I'm told
• curprev 12:3912:39, 5 June 2012‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,110 bytes +107‎ →‎NTSC: The color of this border

11 December 2011

• curprev 23:4323:43, 11 December 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 6,003 bytes 0‎ →‎For game developers: 240 minus 24 at the top and bottom is 192

5 December 2011

• curprev 13:1413:14, 5 December 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,003 bytes +151‎ →‎PAL: 1328x960

31 August 2011

• curprev 20:0420:04, 31 August 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 5,852 bytes +726‎ →‎For game developers: Nintendo's guideline and the PocketNES guideline

28 August 2011

• curprev 01:1601:16, 28 August 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 5,126 bytes +66‎ →‎For emulator developers: non-square pixel ratios for scale before pad
• curprev 01:1501:15, 28 August 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 5,060 bytes +695‎ →‎NTSC: Pad then scale vs. scale then pad

26 August 2011

• curprev 11:4311:43, 26 August 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 4,365 bytes +301‎ →‎NTSC: non-square might be more familiar to SDTV geeks, and the calculation remains valid
• curprev 11:3311:33, 26 August 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 4,064 bytes +33‎ wikipedia now has an article about PAR

1 June 2010

• curprev 13:4513:45, 1 June 2010‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 4,031 bytes +251‎ →‎NTSC: Brief mention of other consoles with the same PAR

21 April 2010

• curprev 12:0512:05, 21 April 2010‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 3,780 bytes +17‎ →‎NTSC: link directly to the section

3 April 2010

• curprev 23:3723:37, 3 April 2010‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 3,763 bytes +41‎ →‎NTSC: wikipedia for 601

12 June 2009

• curprev 15:2115:21, 12 June 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 3,722 bytes 0‎ No edit summary
• curprev 15:2015:20, 12 June 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 3,722 bytes +3,722‎ Created page with 'The NES PPU always generates a 256x240 pixel picture. But there is a recurring misconception that the picture is 256x224 pixels on NTSC. This article explains how both ar...'