DVD quality

[Camille]

Hi!
I'm wondering, why does the quality of the DVD I insert in my mac doesn't look good???
I have an iMac G5, the fisrt that came out, a year ago.
Thank you in advance,
Camille

 

[eva01]

do you have Deinterlace checked off?

 

[Camille]

No

 

[snickelfritz]

Are you watching fullscreen or is the movie presented in a small area in the center of the screen?
Is your display set to a native resolution?

 

[Camille]

Are you watching fullscreen or is the movie presented in a small area in the center of the screen?
Is your display set to a native resolution?

I am watching thea movie full-screen.
What is native resolution?? hod do I set it???
Thanks

 

[EricNau]

Chances are, they poor quality is normal. DVD's aren't that great of quality when you watch them on a good screen.

They look good on TVs because the imperfections get blurred out (normal TV's resolution is much lower than that of a computer screen).

 

[LethalWolfe]

What EricNau said.

Your computer monitor has a significantly higher resolution than a TV and your computer monitor is a progressive display where as TVs are interlaced.


Lethal

 

[Camille]

Cool!
That means it's normal! 😱
But...what is the future of movies on hte mac???
When will the quality be better???
lol

 

[EricNau]

Cool!
That means it's normal! 😱
But...what is the future of movies on hte mac???
When will the quality be better???
lol

It'll get better with the introduction of Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, shouldn't be too much longer.

 

[tivoboy]

where is deinterlace

do you have Deinterlace checked off?

this might help me, since the DVD perf on my 20" intelmac is not that good

 

[eva01]

this might help me, since the DVD perf on my 20" intelmac is not that good

It is in one of the drop downs (video) at the bottom make sure there is a check next to it. if there is not then click deinterlace