how come dvds look so much uglier on computers than on tvs?

[ManBearPig]

reason? seems so much more pixelated.

 

[flatblastard]

I take it you are viewing these movies on an LCD monitor, correct?

 

[Dman877]

Maybe its the componenets you watch them on? DVD's look awesome on my comp, it's a crappy intel onboard video and a 19 inch samsung lcd, /shrug.

 

[smthmlk]

high resolution monitor vs. ultra-low resolution television screen. interlacing, etc. you can see more of the artifacts from compression on your monitor than your tv can display.

 

[ManBearPig]

im not using lcd. im using a 6800gt and an nec fe991sb 19 inch monitor.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: smthmlk
high resolution monitor vs. ultra-low resolution television screen. interlacing, etc

Winnar

You're also generally watching movies much much closer to a monitor than you would be to a TV.

 

[Vernor]

Go back 4 more feet from the monitor, and tell us then...

 

[flatblastard]

I was getting to that, but was gonna take it further as in LCD vs CRT, didn't know what he/she had yet.

 

[Philippine Mango]

DVDs look way better on the computer then on the TV... How many inch TV do you have?

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
DVDs look way better on the computer then on the TV... How many inch TV do you have?

19

 

[yhelothar]

Are you using a CRT monitor?
If so, turn the resolution down to 640x480, and it should look as good as a TV.
But a TV will look better because it doesn't upscale the video, which causes artifacts and blurriness, and it has much better contrast.

 

[flatblastard]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Are you using a CRT monitor?
If so, turn the resolution down to 640x480, and it should look as good as a TV.
But a TV will look better because it doesn't upscale the video, which causes artifacts and blurriness, and it has much better contrast.

:thumbsup: what he said

 

[Woody419]

Originally posted by: Heen05
reason? seems so much more pixelated.

You are using crappy software. DVD's can be upscaled up to 1080i and look pretty crisp at over 6' wide using a projector.

PC's are generally regarded one of the best ways to view a dvd and can achieve as good results as a $1000 dvd player. To get this quality you gotta do a bit of reading and experimenting.
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[Jeff7]

What program are you using to watch the DVDs?
The only artifacts I can see on DVDs when I see them on the PC are minor compression artifacts, introduced when the MPEG2 data was rendered. I use PowerDVD, with hardware acceleration enabled in the Configuration -> Video section. No interlacing or pixelation artifacts, and almost no CPU utilization, courtesy of my Radeon 9800 Pro's MPEG2 decoding acceleration.

 

[hemiram]

The awful Nvidia DVD software that came with my 6800 is a joke. I couldn't figure out why DVDs that looked great on my old PC looked really bad on the new one. I had a copy of Win DVD that came with my Mobo, and it solved the problem. The Nvidea DVD player software is the worst I have ever tried!

One word- Blurry!

 

[John]

Originally posted by: hemiram
The awful Nvidia DVD software that came with my 6800 is a joke. I couldn't figure out why DVDs that looked great on my old PC looked really bad on the new one. I had a copy of Win DVD that came with my Mobo, and it solved the problem. The Nvidea DVD player software is the worst I have ever tried!

One word- Blurry!

NVDVD 2.27 shipped w/ my BFG 6800GT, so I updated it to 2.55 and the video look almost as crisp as PowerDVD 5. It's far from being 'blurry'.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Woody419

Originally posted by: Heen05
reason? seems so much more pixelated.

You are using crappy software. DVD's can be upscaled up to 1080i and look pretty crisp at over 6' wide using a projector.

PC's are generally regarded one of the best ways to view a dvd and can achieve as good results as a $1000 dvd player. To get this quality you gotta do a bit of reading and experimenting.
FFDshow Beginner's Guide
FFDshow downloads
AVS Forum HTPC
Secrets of Home Theater Video Software Reviews

Awesome! I got it working on my media player classic. Looks waay better.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I use a Radeon 9200, driving a CRT through the VGA port at 1024x768 @ 75Hz, and using the TV-out at 1024x768 @ 60Hz/NTSC, and I get awful "tearing" on DVDs, while watching them in MPC via the TV-out. I've switched to using either the VMR7 or VMR9 mode, using XP SP1, and they look a lot "cleaner" than in just regular overlay mode, but the tearing is really annoying. I'm using the 4.12 Cats.

Anyone else have that problem?