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29th Oct 2008, 03:14
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Hi,
Apologies first if the following is the most basic of questions! I've just bought a new monitor for my PC, a 22" LG 2252, and am finding that DVD's are appearing quite grainy, and not anywhere near as sharp as i had hoped. I was wondering if this would be due to the graphics card i have? I haven't upgraded the card since buying my computer 5 years ago - it's a Radeon 9200 series. I have no idea if this is a good card, or whether buying a newer card will improve my film watching, which is the primary use for my PC. If it would, which graphics card should i be looking to get? Any help in this would be extremely gratefully received! Cheers, Jimbo |
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29th Oct 2008, 03:56
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Have you checked all the resolution settings, and the colour settings on the monitor?
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29th Oct 2008, 04:39
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A SD DVD blown up to full 1650x1050 might look kinda grainy. Does this appear when it's run in windowed mode?
New graphics card probably won't change anything unless the current one is having a difficult time decoding the video and is introducing artifacts or overheating and introducing artifacts there as well.
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29th Oct 2008, 04:43
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Genuine DVDs? Ones downloaded or from the car booty will look crap, mostly.
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29th Oct 2008, 07:44
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Maybe its the software? Try VLC its pretty good.
And also another thing: Your computer is 5 years old, so it might just not be able to handle newer DVDs.
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