Connecting to HD LCD?

I have an old G4 that i hooked up to a phillilps 47" 1080p display. The G4 recognizes the resolution and the picture looks great, but the edges bleed off the screen. So the top bar is not visible and only half the dock is visible. Does anybody know how to fix this?
thanks

The right way to fix this is on the TV. Refer to the user manual for your TV and see what it has to say about making a computer connection. Hopefully there is some mention about display modes and a method for turning off overscan. It may not actually use the term overscan, so it can sometimes be easy to miss the reference in the user guide. But just follow whatever instructions are there for making a computer connection and things should come out alright.
Be aware that not all TVs are computer savvy and it may not be possible to turn overscan off on your model. This is especially true for rear projection TVs, non-standard resolution TVs (e.g. 1366 x 768), and TVs that are more than a year or two old. In cases where the TV itself does not have a method for defeating the overscan condition, some people claim to have success using a program like DisplayConfigX or SwitchRes X to reduce or eliminate overscan, but no specific instructions can be given for exactly how because it varies model-by-model and usually is not even possible for most TVs, so consider that a last resort.

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Sorry Walter, but according to the Terms of Use (which you agreed to the first time you logged in to the Discussions and can be found if you click on the "Help" link to the right):
Do not post a URL unless it directly answers a user's question.
The URL you post does not answer David's original question. Also, it could potentially void his warranty because a firmware hack (and this is indeed a link to a "hack") is an unauthorized alteration to the hardware of his computer. ("Software" can only be installed on the hard drive and that hack is not installed on the hard drive, it's installed on the firmware on a chip inside the logic board.)
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