Looks Pixelated or Poor Quality

[ryman606]

Hi, I just got my new LCD a little while ago its the SONY SDM-S73/B and when I am watching dvd's it seems just like they aren't nearly up to the quality you would see on any monitor or television. Also, like on my brother's laptop dvd's look amazing, crystal clear, isn't the lcd on a laptop just about the same as I would use on a regular one? They just seem like they are a decreased quality than they shouild be and you can see like the pixels i guess it seems blurry.

thanks for anyone's help.


Specs:
3.4HT ghz,
Radeon X800 XT
1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
160gb hdd
Soundblaster Audigy
17" Sony SDM-S73/B LCD

 

[Bennyb]

I've had this same problem, i just thought it was because it was on a computer where there are many more pixels lalalala, if anyone has a solution to this problem i'd be glad to hear it.

 

[BillR]

It’s kind of like buying money no object stereo only to find out that some CD’s don’t sound all that great. Take High Def TV for example, on a high def source it’s like watching a moving photograph however on a normal cable type analog signal the picture sucks big time..because the HD TV is able to resolve way more detail. Garbage in, garbage out applies here.

The better your monitor the more crap you are likely to see in a badly done transfer or production. Worse are the digital type monitors because you add motion artifacts and pixelation into the equations as well. LCD, DLP screens do not at this time look as good as a good old CRT based unit. Then will in time..but not today.

BillR

 

[ryman606]

It’s kind of like buying money no object stereo only to find out that some CD’s don’t sound all that great. Take High Def TV for example, on a high def source it’s like watching a moving photograph however on a normal cable type analog signal the picture sucks big time..because the HD TV is able to resolve way more detail. Garbage in, garbage out applies here.

The better your monitor the more crap you are likely to see in a badly done transfer or production. Worse are the digital type monitors because you add motion artifacts and pixelation into the equations as well. LCD, DLP screens do not at this time look as good as a good old CRT based unit. Then will in time..but not today.

BillR

Thanks dude, but why do Laptop screens look so much more better than regular lcd monitors from what I have seen? I mean i shelled out 450$ for my monitor, I would expect dvd's to look better. Is there nothing I can do then?

 

[Bennyb]

Ummm, to respond to that:

Lord of the Rings, which IMO is in no way poorly produced, and when played through my dvd player onto my TV looks so incredibly crisp its amazing, but when i put it into my dvd drive it looks like absolute poo.

 

[Neurofreeze]

1) Is your LCD 18-bit or 24-bit?

2) Your DVD drive and software have a LOT to do with how well movie DVDs play. What're you using? Like every multimedia, it requires tweaking.

3) LoTR's high production quality is not opinion, it's fact.

 

[spectrumbx]

Thanks dude, but why do Laptop screens look so much more better than regular lcd monitors from what I have seen? I mean i shelled out 450$ for my monitor, I would expect dvd's to look better. Is there nothing I can do then?

This is very true. DVDs on my laptop is way better than on my LCD or most LCDs I have seen.

It has nothing to do with garbage in garbage out. TV on my CRT is just owesome using the leadtek tv card I have in my sig. Looks much better than on any TV, but it is garbage in beauty out.

 

[BillR]

If you look at a picture, almost any picture on a 12" screen, then blow it up (27" 32" etc) you see more. More picture, more detail, more problems. Holds true on TV as well as Computers.

LOTR is indeed very well produced, on my lap top it looks great, on my Samsung 172N it looks not so great. On my Envision 9110 it looks fantastic. As was pointed out by others a lot has to do with what your using for playback..not just your monitor.

DVD is 480 lines, either in interlaced or progressive scan, depending on what you use to play it back as well as what your using to view the movie. My Pioneer Elite Pro 530 HDI TV with a Sony 999ES DVD player (in progressive scan mode) crushes anything I have in my computer room to view movies, or TV. On the other hand, it sucks as a computer monitor

Everything is a sum of the total parts, a good monitor needs a good video card and cable to work right, same with audio and TV.

BillR

 

[ryman606]

Ok so I am using Power DVD 5, with a radeon X800 Xt, what is there for me to tweak?

 

[Bennyb]

Same, Except with a 9800pro on a Samsung 172x...

 

[[nCn]Preacher]

I have a new 213T and DVD's look fantastic @ 1600x1200if you are using digital output from your video card. Even on analog, they looked pretty good on my 192N @1280x1024.

Just FYI, I am running a GF4, nothing special.

Oops... didn't see you post your video card.

 

[ryman606]

What do you mean by digital output from my video card?

thanks

 

[BillR]

I have a new 213T and DVD's look fantastic @ 1600x1200if you are using digital output from your video card. Even on analog, they looked pretty good on my 192N @1280x1024.

Just FYI, I am running a GF4, nothing special.

Oops... didn't see you post your video card.

I have to agree, my 213T does movies very well indeed. I'm using a 9800 Pro 128. DVI does make a big difference as well. I'm using powerDVD as my software playback, nothing special but I have seen much worse.

Enjoy

BillR

 

[BillR]

What do you mean by digital output from my video card?

thanks

Don't know what connections you have on that monitor. If it's just VGA that's analog. If you have a wider (probably white) connection with a lot of contacts that would be DVI (digital).

Also, before you judge your monitor's performance take some time to set it up. Very few if any LCD's are even close out of the box. Google "gamma correction" and you will get a ton of help in that area.

Enjoy

BillR