Poor video quality in Win7?

Ryan_Fpv

Ryan_Fpv

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I just installed win7 64 bit and got a new monitor (Samsung BX2450 24" 1920x1080 LED backlit) a few days ago.
I've noticed that the video quality is awful. It's like the graphics of a 15 year old computer game. It's all broken up into little squares and ick.

I have the most recent driver version and ATI CCC version for Win7 64bit.

I understand that the videos aren't 'Full HD' and that if I'm running them full screen there will be some quality lost, but even when I have the window sized to 1/8th of the screen or the resolution on 1280x720 it still looks awful.
This is happening in WMP and PowerDVD, and for both proper DVD's and 'other' movies.

I booted into Windows XP SP3, which is installed on my other HDD in this machine, and the movies played fine without any errors.

How the hell do I fix the video quality in windows 7? Has anyone else experienced this and figured out a solution?
 
You've adjusted the resolution to the recommend one for your monitor in win7, right?
 
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Yep. Windows 7's screen resolution (as well as CCCs) is set to 1920 x 1080, which is the recommended resolution according to the adjust screen resolution page.
The quality is excellent in everything (general applications, games, pictures, etc). It's crystal clear. It's only videos which are messing up.

Even if someone know of a way to change the video playback quality settings in windows media player? I couldn't find it.

Also, something that I just noticed. When I skip forward during a movie using the seek bar it stutters for a second. This is movies on the hard drive, not on DVD disc.

I have WMP set to adjust the video size to 100% and it still looks crap, so I really don't think it's a matter of the resolution stretching the image which is distorting it.
 
Would you mind giving us a print-screen? It may be colour related (eg, 8bit, 24bit, 32bit) etc. Also, I'd try VLC media player... that player is the god of all video players on the web.
 
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That's how it looks for DVDs. Everything else being lower quality is much worse.

Colour settings are at 32bit.
I'm downloading VLC now and will let you know if there's any improvement.
 
Haha I knew it! I always use VLC too... It comprises of the most comprehensive video-playback codecs.

Glad your problem is sorted mate, and happy to help.
 
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