Black border with MBPro and 10.10.2 on external 3840x2160 TV (worked with 10.10.1)

Up to 10.10.1 have been successfully using external 3840x2160 TVs and monitors (Seiki and Philips) with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) and Iris graphics.
After the update to 10.10.2, when connected to my Seiki 4k TV the MBpro now produces a black border around the active area (2cm left and right, 1cm top and bottom). Before the update, 10.10.1 used the entire width and height of the screen (and so do my other FreeBSD and chromebooks in 3840x2160).
With screen capture (Shift-Command-4) the cursor on the screen shows coordinates 0,0 at top left and 3839,2159 at the bottom right, which makes me think that the graphics card is generating incorrect timings.Fonts, as you can imagine, are a disaster in this interpolated mode.
I would really like to have this regression fixed.

Baltwo
Thanks for the suggestion. :-D
I figured out the problem.
Embedded in the release notes of 10.5.3 (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1141) is this little cryptic statement.
"Fixes an issue in which certain attached hard drives may not show up in the Finder."
It turns out the 10.5.2 update broke some specific FW connectivity which were fixed in 10.5.3.
I started from scratch (on Father's Day - LOL) and ran the 10.5.2 Combo update over USB and it worked properly. I did rest of the updates over USB rather than risk FW issues again.
For people who require external HD bootability, this is a caveat that if your favourite interface is broken for driver (or any other software issues), it can create challenges.
My recommendation would be to use an enclosure which supports both USB and FW, which affords a better chance of success - including good FW and USB cables.

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