full hd monitor not playing videos in full hd heeelp

lmisbah1234 · 2009-09-04, 10:48

hi everyone hope you are all good, i have just got my full hd monitor for my pc and finally my gaming build is complete or i thought, well when i play games with my new monitor they are soooo crisp and sharp and sooo nice i mean i can play grid for example at 1080 and nooo probs no blurs etc but whenever i try and watch a movie on the net wether it be youtube or to watch a full hd trailer i get a issue, when i full screen the videos it actually isnt that great the quality looks really bad no where next to even hd ready level let alone full hd, any help? do i need to update any codecs etc? what could be the problem?

the current resolution of desktop etc is 1920x1080
remember games run fine and look sutnning in full hd only prob is videos any help guys?

monitor is 22" 1080p full hd viewsonic VX2260WM

ive read somewhere that fddshow or something needs to be changed? but i aint got a clue what that even means

[NSW]Hugh · 2009-09-05, 11:23

Eh. If you're viewing in HD on YouTube it's still losing some video quality, it just looks better then it normally does. If you've downloaded a video or whatever, you probably didn't get a HD version.

VoXiNaTiOn · 2009-09-05, 12:58

A full HD (1080p) movie will be well over 2GB, you have most likely got a 720p version of the video which has to be up-scaled to match your monitors resolution.

Robbi · 2009-09-05, 13:39

Full HD movie is probabaly around the 6-8gb mark to be honest Vox, Youtube HD is not full HD [1080p] just a higher res

~~Taliban-IED~~ · 2009-09-05, 13:52

Yeah, youtube will make it crappy xD

2009-09-04, 10:48	#1
lmisbah1234 Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 119 United Kingdom Location: London	full hd monitor not playing videos in full hd heeelp hi everyone hope you are all good, i have just got my full hd monitor for my pc and finally my gaming build is complete or i thought, well when i play games with my new monitor they are soooo crisp and sharp and sooo nice i mean i can play grid for example at 1080 and nooo probs no blurs etc but whenever i try and watch a movie on the net wether it be youtube or to watch a full hd trailer i get a issue, when i full screen the videos it actually isnt that great the quality looks really bad no where next to even hd ready level let alone full hd, any help? do i need to update any codecs etc? what could be the problem? the current resolution of desktop etc is 1920x1080 remember games run fine and look sutnning in full hd only prob is videos any help guys? monitor is 22" 1080p full hd viewsonic VX2260WM ive read somewhere that fddshow or something needs to be changed? but i aint got a clue what that even means

2009-09-05, 11:23	#2
[NSW]Hugh Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Australia Location: Surf Beach, Australia	Re: full hd monitor not playing videos in full hd heeelp Eh. If you're viewing in HD on YouTube it's still losing some video quality, it just looks better then it normally does. If you've downloaded a video or whatever, you probably didn't get a HD version.

2009-09-05, 12:58	#3
VoXiNaTiOn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,641 United Kingdom	Re: full hd monitor not playing videos in full hd heeelp A full HD (1080p) movie will be well over 2GB, you have most likely got a 720p version of the video which has to be up-scaled to match your monitors resolution.

2009-09-05, 13:39	#4
Robbi Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,540 Vietnam Location: .l..	Re: full hd monitor not playing videos in full hd heeelp Full HD movie is probabaly around the 6-8gb mark to be honest Vox, Youtube HD is not full HD [1080p] just a higher res

2009-09-05, 13:52	#5
~~Taliban-IED~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 189 Afghanistan Location: Tora Borah	Re: full hd monitor not playing videos in full hd heeelp Yeah, youtube will make it crappy xD