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how is your DVD playback experience 8600?

post #1 of 9
10/28/04 at 11:56pm
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i have a 8600 with wxga+ and ati 9600.

my dvd's playback slightly fuzzy (using gladiator), kinda grainy ish. i thought it would look superb , almost hdtv like.

so is the graininess what everyone sees?

very slight though. anyone know if my settings are off?
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post #2 of 9
10/29/04 at 12:16am
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Originally Posted by theorist
i have a 8600 with wxga+ and ati 9600.

my dvd's playback slightly fuzzy (using gladiator), kinda grainy ish. i thought it would look superb , almost hdtv like.

so is the graininess what everyone sees?

very slight though. anyone know if my settings are off?

I've never seen HDTV type quality watching a dvd movie on ANY pc, much less a laptop.

I've got the WSXGA display and my dvd playback is ok. Doens't look any different than what I see on my pc. I do like the wide screen for the movies!
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post #3 of 9
10/29/04 at 12:19am
Because of the expansion to fullscreen and such (not native DVD resolution) there will of course be some fuzziness/ graininess. Just sit back from the screen a bit and it will be unnoticeable

Stu
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post #4 of 9
10/29/04 at 1:36am
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thanks stu
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post #5 of 9
10/29/04 at 1:45am
i noticed the same.. then put it 5 feet away and it letter better. still not as good as im used to on the CRT monitor.. i figure that maybe it's less clear since we got widescreens (well, i used a divx... so if the screen is more wider i'll probably lose more quality)
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post #6 of 9
10/29/04 at 1:48am
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i'm not quite following you guys exactly... i thought these dvds were made for widescreen? the dvds i have are widescreen. shouldn't this make the image perfect on our 15.4?
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post #7 of 9
10/29/04 at 1:56am
no, DVD widescreen aspect ratio is 16:9. Dell's widescreen aspect ratio is 16:10.
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post #8 of 9
10/29/04 at 2:05am
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so we get small bars on the top and bottom if maximized? why would this create fuzziness though. thanks. just trying to learn something new.
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post #9 of 9
10/29/04 at 2:36am
Its fuzzy because the resolution of the DVD video is no where near the resolution of your screen. Hence the fuzziness.
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