Intel Mini - HDTV with DVI or HDMI Problems

Hello
With my Samsung LE32 and the Intel Mini I get overscan in HDTV resolutions like 1280x720, so I used DisplayConfigX to go from 1280x720 (overscan) to 1240x680
128 Front Porch 19
80 Sync 5
240 Back Porch 38
1688 Total 750
As you can see in the following images:
http://www.romanargenta.com/personal/imagenes/display1.jpg
http://www.romanargenta.com/personal/imagenes/display2.jpg
http://www.romanargenta.com/personal/imagenes/display3.jpg
the image is pinned to the top left corner.
Playing with the Front and Back Porches seems to do nothing.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

The website for DisplayConfigX has a wonderful FAQ section that explains very well it's operation. Unfortunately, most of everything in that FAQ applies to displays that are based on CRTs with magnetic deflection systems. For example, the whole section on "How to get rid of overscan."
For a modern, matrix addressed technology such as LCD, DLP, LCOS, Plasma and whatever, most of the FAQ does not apply. It would be nice if the author updated the FAQ with such a disclaimer to stop giving people false hope that overscan, image centering and such things can be controlled by DisplayConfigX on their modern displays when almost certainly it cannot.
Can you possibly control overscan from your Samsung? Either directly through any user settings or, if need be, through a secret service mode? I think that will be your only hope.

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