MBP screen when i see movies

[Superjanne]

got my brand new MBP yesterday and have a question:
when i start frontRow and se movietrailers, the black/dark colors in movies are sortov (?) small sqeares, not perfect picture . dont wreally how to say it in ingelish (?) .



but did anyone understand?

 

[brad.c]

Sounds like pixelization artefacts that come in the encoding, I think. Does the trailer play smoothly otherwise?

 

[Superjanne]

yes, sound and all else in color like cartoons look great!.

just horror movies/ dark its been like small amounds (?) piksel .

are that like it scall be? so this isnt wrong?

 

[brad.c]

I don't think its wrong, just poor encoding. Are you looking at the US (.com) site, or a local version?

 

[Superjanne]

i use front row , start with that little white thingy (remotecontroll)

movie trailers in there


its sharp everything in picture, like a man or woman, but if its dark back them thats when i see the "sqears".

Edit: try one at apple.com, was just like. tok high download (?)

 

[brad.c]

<smacks own head> Sorry, yes, you said that. 🙄

I just watched a couple trailers myself off Frontrow using Tiger, not Leopard. There are some artefacts in the shadows, true, but I don't usually notice them anymore.

 

[Superjanne]

thanx! got this yesterday and is wondering about things you see. 🙂 ... wery nice you answered!

tomorrow i try a DVD movie and se.
dosent think it was so much dark fuzziness om my old Macbook. but then the screen was smaller.

 

[brad.c]

It's good to know if these things are normal 🙂

I'm curious if your DVD experience will be similar. Post back to say, S.V.P.

 

[cms2]

I just watched a couple trailers myself off Frontrow using Tiger, not Leopard. There are some artefacts in the shadows, true, but I don't usually notice them anymore.

I just watched a couple of trailers in front row on my MBP, and I definitely noticed some pixelation. It's actually pretty profound; the squares are quite large. Hmm...

 

[brad.c]

This is more of a Leopard thing: When I watch trailers on my MBP running Tiger, they play smoothly once the initial load is done. Artefacts and all.

On my Leopard-installed Mac Mini, the preview starts, then pauses to buffer more at least three times during the preview. Makes them unwatchable, really.

BTW: The previews used to load and play fine before I upgraded the Mini to Leopard.

 

[Superjanne]

so kind to help guys!

tryed a dvdmovie now and that was not the same. thank god !