Laserschwert said:

CatBus said:

The safe areas are ill-defined these days

Pretty much every video, DVD, compositing and 3D software I've worked with during the last 15 or so years used the 5%/10% guides, so I'm pretty sure that's the most common ratio for them.

Agreed, but authoring software always trends conservative (nothing wrong with that). The percentage of sets out there requiring such extraordinary treatment is now very, very low and you already see game designers (which tend to be more cutting edge) pushing closer to the edge.

That said, until the last first-gen CRT HDTVs fail (and they were built like tanks, so they'll last decades still), I'd use your chart.

EDIT: And I'd especially keep using large overscan values for the left/right borders, because those are relevant to SDTV's, of which there are still millions. The top/bottom ones are only relevant for 16x9 sets.

And like AntcuFaalb, I love me some CRT image. I personally don't think the color's that great, and the clarity obviously isn't there either, and then there's the overscan. But the motion... the motion on a CRT is puts even plasma to shame, even in spite of telecine judder. And what other display tech can you buy that will easily last thirty years?