Cropping of sides of my video image with matrox mini

Hey everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone else is having the same problem I am with a Matrox mini to Dell HD monitor set up. The side edges of my image are getting just slightly cropped off. I do have the monitor set to 1:1 and the external video settings in FCP are set correctly.
Matrox technical support has a clip of my footage and can reproduce the problem but they don't know why it is happening. Their "engineers" have been looking into if for over 2 weeks and haven't solved it. They have tested my footage on two Dell HD monitors. I asked them to test on a real video production monitor but they said they don't have one!
When I asked B&H about this they said that it was probably due to the monitor (maybe because I bought the matrox from them). They said I shouldn't be using a Dell monitor because it doesn't have underscan. I know that the Dell monitor is not a real video monitor but I thought with the matrox that it should work just as well.
Anyone else having this problem??
I'm editing 720p60 footage on a new 17" macbook pro, going out to the matrox via matrox expresscard connection to hdmi, going from matrox to dell hd monitor via hdmi.

First off, I know the product manager for the MXO, and I e-mailed him this post. He said that they have over 100 broadcast monitors there, and in the tech support area, so you must be dealing with a very green tech support guy. Call back, get someone better.
Second...I don't know why the Dell is doing that. But this is a computer monitor, so who knows what it is doing. This is the fault of the DELL, not the MXO2 Mini. The MXO 2 mini sends out a full sized signal...I know this as I have one sitting right here (I keep it in my computer bag at all times), and I connected it to my laptop and then to my HD CRT that DOES have Underscan. And sure enough, it shows the full image. So the fault is not with the Mini, but the monitor.
Third...you are using a computer monitor with HDMI inputs...this isn't an HDTV. But because of the HDMI inputs you will be able to adjust the monitor to bars. Still, this is FAR from ideal as a way of color correcting. The MXO and Dell combination (via DVI) is a decent way of seeing good color, it compared well to my HD CRT. But it isn't the best, it is a budget option. Computer monitors offer 6-bit color...not 8-bit...not even close to 10-bit. HDTVs I believe can do 8-bit...so they are better than computer monitors.
Fourth...
I'm editing a film that has a lot of tracking shots so I REALLY need to know exactly what is at the edge of a frame when I'm deciding where to cut.
Ok then...use the CANVAS to look at this. The Canvas shows you the entire image. Even if you use Motion or AE, their window shows you the FULL image...and offer title safe guides. NO need to use the monitor to figure out your tracking shots.
Fifth...
The finished product will be transferred to film so I will really need to see the entire image.
If you are transferring to film, something that doesn't come cheap, why are you using the bare cheapest way of monitoring your image? One that is far from ideal. If I were transferring something to film, I'd want the best I could get. Heck, and HDTV would be better than what you are using now. But really, I'd rent a broadcast monitor with component inputs for use with the Mini. Not as good as SDI, but much better than a Dell computer monitor with HDMI inputs.
The mini is designed for people on a budget. I love the box and use it for many things. But I would NOT use it in combination with a computer monitor to grade a project going to film.
Shane

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http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-illustrator-cs6/cropping-images-with-clipping-masks/
I'm new to Illustrator and need step by step instructions!
Thanks!

Christine,
As Larry said, and as I said in the first post:
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You can see the shortcut when you use the dropdown; it is Ctrl+7 for Windows.
At least in the old days, you could also use Alt/Option+O+M+M (easy to remember, Object>Mask>Make).
It is easy to skip/overlook the exact steps.

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I've tried to undo the action.
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Please detail ALL you have done so far in the way of troubleshooting? Need this info to avoid the been there done that scenarios.
it's the only copy of this video.
Where did you get the video from?
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See this iMovie Help topic:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3a883915
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John
Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added Note

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T.I.A.

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I have what I think should be a very simple task. I have a 1 hour video of a school show. I want the soundtrack to remain intact. I simply want to take still images and replace the video images for certain chunks of the school show. The result should be a smooth original audio with the original video interrupted for 4-5 second periods with other images. For a bonus, it would be nice if the stills cross faded to the original video (without affecting the audio).
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In some PC programs, I know you can split the video independently of the audio and then delete the video clip and replace it with a still image. It does not look like iMovie is that intuitive.
If there is another way to do this, I would love to know about it.
Please help.
Thanks

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Drag the photo to the video frame where you want it and drop it. When a pop-up menu comes up, choose Cutaway.
[See this Tuturial for more|http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/imovie_09stone.html#cutaway%20pip]

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Thanks.

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