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| Thread ID: 68652 | 2006-05-06 10:43:00 | New Lcd Screen - Avi,s Mpegs, Vobs Look Pixelly | Term_X (560) | Press F1 |
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| 452736 | 2006-05-06 10:43:00 | Hi Team today i bought a cmv 712a lcd screen, and looks great as far as windows goes, love the look. But when im playing any kind of video like avi's or mpegs for vob files, there is a distinctly pixellish look about the video . they loookd absolutely fine on my old piece of rubbish 7 year old crt screen. what the hecks goin on here, is this normal for playing video on lcd's? is there a resolution, refresh rate etc that will make a diff here?. current settings are 1152 x 864 screen res, colour quality is on "highest 32bit", refresh rate is 75 mhz, color settings are all default, gfx card is gamecube 9200 se gamebuster , windows xp pro with sp2 |
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| 452737 | 2006-05-06 10:56:00 | With LCD's you should always run them at the resolution which the screens are designed for, otherwise you'll notice distinctive pixellation/grainyness. Doing a quick Google search suggest that you should be running this monitor at 1280x1024 screen resolution. Suggested refresh rate appears to be is 60hz. Try these settings and see if that helps. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 452738 | 2006-05-06 11:34:00 | thanks somebody , its improved quite a lot, from where it was very noticeable to not so noticeable, my friend just came over and said "yeah video always looks a tad worse and pixelly on lcd screens", and to "sit back a bit and it looks fine" but the point is, i didnt have to do it before with a crt? interesting. will a higher spec card be necessary to completely lose the pixelly look for video on an lcd? thanks for the help folks :-) Term X |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 452739 | 2006-05-06 19:49:00 | Getting a new video card may help a little, but . . . that "pixely" look is a trait of all Lcd screens and only really seems to vary when you spend lots of money on a high end model . But they generally seem to be getting better than before . I have heard that a lot of hard core gamers actually prefer the big old bulky CRT's for picture quality . |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 452740 | 2006-05-06 22:03:00 | Bear in mind that the nature of LCD screens mean that they are made up of individual pixels, whereas CRTs are a bit finer through their use of phosphor particles on the inside of the screen. You will get used to the LCD very quickly though - it will look strange and pixelly for a week or so, then you wouldn't know the difference. | somebody (208) | ||
| 452741 | 2006-05-06 22:32:00 | are you playing the video full screen? last time i used some random player and when it goes full screen the resizing thing doesn't work all that well and looks all bad then with like..mpc it's fine also..the video card thing i've got this older comp.. and because i grabed it's video card from an even older comp even though when using the comp normally it's fine but when playing video..these lines appears on the video so.. yea..jz some thoughts.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 452742 | 2006-05-07 01:01:00 | thanks for the input folks, looks like its something im going to have to get used, think i was just immediately shocked at how noticeable the pixels/grain looked with video but as somebody was sayin, the crt's have finer particles vs the individual pixels of a lcd . just how it seems to be with lcd's. after a day now , i am getting used to the look of the video and as mentioned before, after adjusting the res and refresh rate, the video didnt look as pixelly as before. also heard also that gamers seem to prefer the crt's due to the finer grain/quality. thanks for the input!! Term X |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 452743 | 2006-05-07 01:50:00 | Nah you must've just bought a crap LCD. The good ones look awesome. | E|im (87) | ||
| 452744 | 2006-05-07 03:53:00 | As stated earlier, the LCD screen is made to run best at 1280x1024 (Native resolution) DVDs (vobs) are only 720x576 and AVIs most likely are less than that. (unless you get high definition AVIs) LCD screens work differently to CRTs and displaying anything that is not at the native resolution will look blocky & pixelated. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 452745 | 2006-05-07 04:08:00 | thanks for that cyabro i actually do have a high res avi and it looked perfect when compared to my other avis and also dvds.it all makes sense now, thanks for that! :-) |
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