DvDs on computer looks fuzzy. Is it just me??

[RaNDoMMAI]

HI

I have never watched a dvd on my computer but for some reason i watched one the other day. I installed powerDvd that came with something.

I have tried galditor, Austion power 3 and nightmare before xmas and they all look fuzzy.

I am using a
Mitsubishi 930sb
radeon 9200
win XP pro
Power Dvd

Could my vid card be to crappy to play dvds?

I like my monitor alot, everything is clear whn i use it normally.
I have tried all the bright modes and nothing helps.

I went to config and tried messing with the vivid setting, orginal, and others, but all look fuzzy.

anyone help would be great

Thx
~RaNDoM

 

[BFG10K]

In the PowerDVD settings have you enabled full hardware acceleration?

Also you might like to try ATi's DVD player instead.

 

[RaNDoMMAI]

yep got that enabled

is ati dvd player free??

thx
~RaNDoM

 

[BFG10K]

Yeah it's free. You should find it on your driver CD.

 

[RaNDoMMAI]

dont have a driver cd

got it OEM

also, i looked all over ati's web site and i cant find it

~RaNDoM

 

[BFG10K]

It's inside their multimedia package but I think it checks for their driver CD when it installs so you might not be able to run it.

 

[ponyo]

Try VLC player. It's free open source player. Google for it and see if you're get the same fuzziness.

 

[Nohr]

Originally posted by: Naustica
Try VLC player. It's free open source player. Google for it and see if you're get the same fuzziness.

VideoLAN

I haven't used it myself but a friend of mine recommends it.

 

[gsaldivar]

Since computer displays operate at a much higher resolution than a standard television, distortion and artifacts caused by MPEG compression (used by all DVDs) may be easier to notice when you playback your DVDs on your computer.

Try using PowerDVD to take a screenshot of a DVD (press C during playback), and compare the screenshot to the actual playback on your computer. Video cards can sometimes perform some transformations on a moving video image that can improve speed at the expense of quality. Comparing a saved screenshot directly from the software decoder (PowerDVD) to the moving video image on your screen can help rule out your video card as a source of the problem.

If you feel the screenshot is also fuzzy, try posting it online for the rest of us to see.

Good luck!

 

[RaNDoMMAI]

Hey guyz

I tryed that VLC player.

looks the same to me.

I took some screen shots, but i dont have any web space to post them at.

I would say the fuzzyness looks like i am watching a VHS if i had to compare it to something on TV.

It is definitey not DvD quality.

Could it be my DvD-Rom drive?

It is a really old one that came with my first compaq computer.

~RaNDoM

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: RaNDoMMAI

I took some screen shots, but i dont have any web space to post them at.

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[monzie]

DVD's on a pc are never as good as on a TV as CRT's (or TFTs) are just not designed for the job.

BUT they shouldn't be far off so...............

1) Are you playing full screen, and what monitor res are you using, tried lowering?

2)Are you zooming up (to get rid of borders)?

3)Interlaced? What method of deinterlacing are you using?

4)Your viewing distance is? (dont stick your face up to the monitor..........you dont to a TV do you?)......so step back a few feet.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: monzie
DVD's on a pc are never as good as on a TV as CRT's (or TFTs) are just not designed for the job.

BUT they shouldn't be far off so...............

1) Are you playing full screen, and what monitor res are you using, tried lowering?

2)Are you zooming up (to get rid of borders)?

3)Interlaced? What method of deinterlacing are you using?

4)Your viewing distance is? (dont stick your face up to the monitor..........you dont to a TV do you?)......so step back a few feet.

Of course they are, your monitor is simply a display device..more than capable of outputting far superior IQ to that of any TV. Viewing distance is something most users don't think of, you're right there. If it looks fuzzy, something is not right.