Aspect ratio on menu screen

Hello folks,
I made a custom menu graphic (jpeg, psd) to put on the menu page and no matter how many ways in reconfigure the size it won't completely fill the space. There's always a pinch on the sides or the top and bottom. Any suggestions?

It sounds like you are talking about TV set ovescan that hides about 5% of each side of an image displayed on a TV set.
BTW, for NTSC your image should be 720x540 pixels.
F Shippey

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