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    G73sw bad DVD/video playback quality

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Vicot, Feb 6, 2012.

  1. Vicot

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    Hi, new to the forums here. I recently got a g73sw and did a clean install right away. After watching a couple of videos and DVDs, I kept noticing a fuzzy, noise effect at all times. In darker areas, there would be blotches of black.

    I was wondering if this is because of improper settings, or worse, the GPU. Currently using the 285.62 drivers for the 460M card.
     

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  2. evgasr2

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    this is because not good quality video. try downloading a video clip in youtube which is 1080p using youtube downloader. and watch it in full screen or try a bluray disc and update with results,
     
  3. Vicot

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    I've actually tried a blu-ray dvd and same thing. On youtube, it's less noticeable but there.
     
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    then try, reseting defaults in nvidia control centre and see if it helps.
     
  5. Vicot

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    same result :(
     
  6. rightnutt

    rightnutt Notebook Enthusiast

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    mine works just fine hooking it up to 30 inch and 60 inch flat screens hav enot had one problem with it :) must have got lucky got it to replace my g50vt and it is a considerable upgrade maybe its ur player i had a similar problem with my desktop and i few months later one of my 8800 sli cards took a dump on me so might be ur video card just a guess
     
  7. alaric_t@hotmail.com

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    I can't see the problem from your screenshots, but out of the box the blacks on my G73sw looked awful - similar to your description. It turned out it was a contrast issue. Go into the Nvidia control panel, pull up a picture that has this problem, and adjust the contrast/gamma until it's reduced.

    EDIT: Default Nvidia settings only made it worse, in my case.
     
  8. sarge_

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    This is one of those questions that are not related to Asus but to your software installation.
    What are you using to play the DVD?
     
  9. Vicot

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    CCCP and media player classic
     
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    Try the MadVR renderer for Media Player Classic.
     
  11. kimiraikkonen

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    Can you try VLC Media Player in Default (DirectX Mode) using post-processing / auto-deblocking filter at the same time. You can't even do better beside such tweaks and i suppose it's not a hardware fault.
     
  12. namaiki

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    Oh, interesting... Could you please tell me what items are listed in the Play-> Filters menu when you have that file/DVD open in MPC-HC? (preferably the version that is bundled with CCCP)