P-7805u Video Quality Problem? Help!

Hi, I just purchased my P-7805u and all games are running great as expected. The only problem I'm experiencing is that all videos are very pixelated and low quality. Now before you jump to conclusions, I have done ALL of the following to try and fix this:

-Downloaded K-lite codec pack
-Downloaded K-lite codec pack for 64bit
-Updated Nvidia Driver 1/30/09 version
-Downloaded GOM Player, Divx7, Vlc, MPC, the whole works
-Tried lower resolutions, same pixelated videos

now believe me, its not the videos, because as I mentioned, its ALL VIDEOS. Youtube, AVI, Hulu, DvDs, etc... I'm using the same exact videos that ran perfectly fine on my old crappy laptop via external HD, and I swear it looks like total CRAP on my P-7805u .....


someone please help

 

This might be because the P-7805u has a very high res screen, and all the videos you're watching are low res. Try to load some HD video and see if it's still pixelated. The reason they might have looked good on your old crappy laptop is because the screen was a crappy low-res one. Do games do this too at maximum resolution?

 

i guess that makes sense... but almost every movie you download is 699mb-1gig and seem to be all "low-res"

is anyone else experiencing this? how is Youtube and Streams for you guys?

 

My P-7811 FX is very nice. I've watched HD YouTube videos and they look really clear. Is your current resolution set at 1920x1200 (at 32-bit high native resolution)? Can you give us a snapshot of an HD YouTube video?

 

my native res is 1440x900 , and even HD streams on youtube are very pixelated. I just dont understand, is there a codec or something I dont now about???

 

Codecs is for videos that require codecs like DIVX, XVID, h264, etc. From what you said, it looks like codec is not the problem because you have YouTube videos doing the same thing too. Even a crappy old laptop can play YouTube videos at good quality.

Are your texts blurry on internet browsers? Is your graphics set to 32-bit (high quality)? Sorry for the newb questions, but it's tough to see what's going on without answering some simple questions.

 

my txts are fine. my graphics is set to 32-bit. but yea im well aware crappy comps can play my downloaded movies and youtube just fine. im just really confused

 

Hmmm try this (in this order):

1. Uninstall ALL codecs
2. Uninstall video card driver
3. Restart (It should reset to 800x600 resolution or similar)
4a. Install same video card driver again

-or-

4b. Install another video card driver from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com

Let me know if it works.

 

ill try that. just a little info, i did download my driver straight from Nvidia;s website. and the update was 1/30/09

 

try the modded driver.
go here to learn how to clean the old driver:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=265740

use this driver:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22858

i have a 1440x900 too and its great.
WXGA FTW!!!

 

I guess thats the exact reason since the screen is HD+ resolution (1920x1200) anything that runs good on the old screens are gonna look substandard on this. Has nothing to do with the video driver. Try reducing the screen resolution and check if its gets better.

 

I tried every resolution, and quite honestly, it has no affect on the videos being pixelated, blocky, or unsharpped. I tried playing around with the FFDDSHOW Config like tweaking the Sharpening Strength/Threshold but it doesnt seem to change the video quality regardless of resolution. But I'll try using a custom driver, like I said I'm currently using the driver straight from the nvidia site.

 

Running a HD Video at HD resolution (****x1080) would give you an exact idea if its a screen pblm. Coz with the HD+ resolution it makes everything look so bad. Not a pblm coz its not gonna make this lappy look old in the near future.

 

currently at work right now, so I don't have access to my laptop yet. although I'm very curious if other owners of 7805u have or are experiencing the same problem with videos. How are you're Youtube streams? Hulu? AVI? etc..

 

This is a really strange problem indeed. Games are fine, texts are fine, but videos are poor quality. It has to do with drivers or codecs used! Other than that I have no idea left.

 

I have the AUO1088 1920x1200. Video's seem fine for what they are. if you tun them at their native resolution they are clear and sharp .if you run them larger or full screen they get pixelated accordingly to resize. This is what happens when you have such a dense resolution.

I also have a HD 1080P Video camcorder, I can tell you that full screen is just awesome on my P7805-u..............

 

i dont have 19200x1200 though ><