The JammText display is getting chopped off. How do I fix this?
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Sometimes the connection between your computer and TV or display may not be translated correctly. This can cause overscan or underscan. Overscan is when some of your TV image gets cropped off the screen; underscan is when the image does not cover the entire TV screen. See the below pic from Apple for a visual.
To fix overscan on Mac: Go to System Preferences, then Display. A pop up window should show up on every display you have connected (see picture below). Click on the Gather Windows button at the bottom of the popup window on your main display to gather all the popup windows. Find the popup window that has the name of your display in the title bar. Adjust the Underscan slider to adjust the display output. The more you slide to the right, the more the display will zoom in. Slide it until your display shows correctly on your TV/monitor output.
To fix overscan on Windows: Right-click on your Desktop and click on Display settings (see the picture below). Click Display, then scroll down and click on Advanced display settings (this will be a small blue link). On the next screen scroll down to the bottom and click on Display adapter properties. This will bring up your graphics card settings. From here it depends on what your card is. Most Windows laptops come with integrated Intel graphics cards. For these laptops, click on the Intel Graphics Control Panel. Select the second screen under Display, then select Customize Aspect Ratio under Scaling. Slide the horizontal and vertical scrollbars to the left and hit Apply. You can tweak these values to fit the screen exactly. If you have a different video card, consult your video card's documentation.
