Possibly stupid question?

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Yes, part of the picture (in the 4 corners) will be cut off when the horizontal and verticle geometry of the screen is set up correctly. This is true for all round screen tv sets, both black and white or color.

The "safe title area" used to be the inner 80% of width and height, but modern TV sets are much more consistent on overscan (usually 3% or so), so it's not as critical.

I think I have seen a picture of a viewfinder with the round tube outline drawn on it, but maybe someone who was involved with early color production can say yea or nay.