DVD player - grainy/crappy image

[pusman83]

I just got a 20" iMac and the DVD player makes the video either hyper-pixelated or really grainy. Is this because it is LCD or is it a software issue? How sharp is the image supposed to be?

 

[MisterMe]

I just got a 20" iMac and the DVD player makes the video either hyper-pixelated or really grainy. Is this because it is LCD or is it a software issue? How sharp is the image supposed to be?

Without knowing the source of the DVD, we cannot answer that question.

 

[decksnap]

Well DVDs look pretty crappy on my 20" Apple Cinema Desplay. I believe it's because of the pixelly/sharpness of the LCD vs. CRT. You just have to sit back a few feet. If you were to run the DVD at 'actual size' it would look great.(But why would you, it would be tiny)

I'm not a huge fan of LCDs at this point. For something like DVDs, CRTs blow them away. (But hey, just my opinion)

 

[pusman83]

They were standard movie DVDs.

I think decksnap's right.

Though for Boogie Nights, the pixelisation of all the different blacks was brutal during the newline logo. But yeah, from far it's fine.

 

[Sedulous]

I thought that the "pixelation" of dark colors on video was caused by the fact that there isn't a large range of "color" available in that range.

One thing I noticed long ago was "red" seem to pixelate more strongly than other colors.