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    X3100: horrible video playback on external lcd

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by TedDemen, Dec 24, 2007.

  1. TedDemen

    TedDemen Notebook Guru

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    hi, i recently purchased a hp dv2612ca (1.5 C2D, 2g ram, 160g5400rpm, x3100, home premium) and in comparison to my older acer 3050 (which had a radeon 1100) the graphics are much worse when i try to watch movies on me external 22" lcd monitor).......basicly the older acer; the movies looked realy good! even avi/divx compressed movies, but now on the much more expensive laptop the same movies look horrible! the angled objects are so pixelated in 32bit mode and in 16bit mode theres all kinds of weird dots all over the place.
    the older acer looked way better in 16bit mode than the new hp does in 32bit!
    i tried messing around with the setting and options in the X3100 to no avail...it just looks crap

    does this mean im stuck with this?
    is there hope?
     
    TedDemen, Dec 24, 2007
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  2. TedDemen

    TedDemen Notebook Guru

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    anyone?

    surely someone must have experienced similar issues with this?
     
    TedDemen, Dec 25, 2007
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    Freelancer332 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't have an answer but be patient. People will answer your question eventually. =P
     
    Freelancer332, Dec 25, 2007
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    strange... it never did that on my laptop with my external 19'' LCD.
    And I have the x3100
     
    cronos77, Dec 25, 2007
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    cronos, what settings do you have set for your external output?
    (16 or 32 bit?) and are you mirroring the primary display?
    which drivers?

    thanx
     
    TedDemen, Dec 25, 2007
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    epictrance4life Notebook Geek

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    Worked fine for me as well. Used external lcd as primary display, 1280x768 and 32-bit colour. Was using 15.4.x vista drivers when I tried it (now I just stream videos through my xbox 360 since it can finally play divx/xvid natively).
     
    epictrance4life, Dec 25, 2007
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