I recently got Vista and my Video quality is very poor and when i was using
XP it looked great, can anyone tell me whats going on?

Here is a pic of what my video is looking like on Vista:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0914033814.jpg

Did you upgrade your existing XP computer to Vista or did you buy a new
system?
If you bought a new system what graphics card do you have and what
make/model of display are you using over what interface.
From you pic it appears that you are now using a high resolution monitor
with a low resolution input

"Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I recently got Vista and my Video quality is very poor and when i was using
> XP it looked great, can anyone tell me whats going on?
>
> Here is a pic of what my video is looking like on Vista:
> http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0914033814.jpg

"JW" wrote:

> Did you upgrade your existing XP computer to Vista or did you buy a new
> system?
> If you bought a new system what graphics card do you have and what
> make/model of display are you using over what interface.
> From you pic it appears that you are now using a high resolution monitor
> with a low resolution input
>
> "Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EE3DDD39-109A-4688-9329-AD8074CDB7DD@xxxxxx

> >I recently got Vista and my Video quality is very poor and when i was using
> > XP it looked great, can anyone tell me whats going on?
> >
> > Here is a pic of what my video is looking like on Vista:
> > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0914033814.jpg

>

I did not buy a new system, this is a system I custom built that previously
had XP on it, when I installed Vista I did a Clean install (It also made a
windows.old folder with XP inside) and I havent upgraded any of the hardware
in months, but the Video card is a PCI Express 16x ATI Radeon X800 GTO with
256mb, I had a feeling it might be something with the video card or the video
drivers but I am not sure, If i must I will put XP back on because Im an Avid
Video Watcher and I like my video to look prestine =p. As Always any help is
appreciated.

Download and install the ATI Catalyst 7.9 Drivers appropriate to your OS
(Vista 64-bit or Vista 32-bit):

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

"Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>

>> Did you upgrade your existing XP computer to Vista or did you buy a new
>> system?
>> If you bought a new system what graphics card do you have and what
>> make/model of display are you using over what interface.
>> From you pic it appears that you are now using a high resolution monitor
>> with a low resolution input
>>
>> "Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:EE3DDD39-109A-4688-9329-AD8074CDB7DD@xxxxxx

>> >I recently got Vista and my Video quality is very poor and when i was
>> >using
>> > XP it looked great, can anyone tell me whats going on?
>> >
>> > Here is a pic of what my video is looking like on Vista:
>> > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0914033814.jpg

>>

>
> I did not buy a new system, this is a system I custom built that
> previously
> had XP on it, when I installed Vista I did a Clean install (It also made a
> windows.old folder with XP inside) and I havent upgraded any of the
> hardware
> in months, but the Video card is a PCI Express 16x ATI Radeon X800 GTO
> with
> 256mb, I had a feeling it might be something with the video card or the
> video
> drivers but I am not sure, If i must I will put XP back on because Im an
> Avid
> Video Watcher and I like my video to look prestine =p. As Always any help
> is
> appreciated.
>
>

Is there any possibility that you are running your display at a higher
resolution under Vista then you did under XP?
What DVD decoder where you using under XP?
If you play a recorded TV program using Media Player instead of MC is your
picture quality better?

"Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EFB50B22-220D-4DEE-9A84-18BF7D430C3F@xxxxxx

>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>

>> Did you upgrade your existing XP computer to Vista or did you buy a new
>> system?
>> If you bought a new system what graphics card do you have and what
>> make/model of display are you using over what interface.
>> From you pic it appears that you are now using a high resolution monitor
>> with a low resolution input
>>
>> "Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:EE3DDD39-109A-4688-9329-AD8074CDB7DD@xxxxxx

>> >I recently got Vista and my Video quality is very poor and when i was
>> >using
>> > XP it looked great, can anyone tell me whats going on?
>> >
>> > Here is a pic of what my video is looking like on Vista:
>> > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0914033814.jpg

>>

>
> I did not buy a new system, this is a system I custom built that
> previously
> had XP on it, when I installed Vista I did a Clean install (It also made a
> windows.old folder with XP inside) and I havent upgraded any of the
> hardware
> in months, but the Video card is a PCI Express 16x ATI Radeon X800 GTO
> with
> 256mb, I had a feeling it might be something with the video card or the
> video
> drivers but I am not sure, If i must I will put XP back on because Im an
> Avid
> Video Watcher and I like my video to look prestine =p. As Always any help
> is
> appreciated.
>
>

Im am running the same resolution as I did on XP (1024x1080 LCD) as for the
DVD Decoder I am not sure, it might of been from Nero when I had it on XP (id
have to check) and I have run video through dozens of players and get the
same results. I have a feeling I might know what it is but Im not 100% for
sure as of yet, before I installed a certain program whenever I ran an AVS
Script (Video Editing Script for those who do not know) it asked about a
missing .dll file, Im not sure if this is the problem but if I cant fix this
quickly I might have to go back to XP, which after Using Vista would really
suck.

"JW" wrote:

> Is there any possibility that you are running your display at a higher
> resolution under Vista then you did under XP?
> What DVD decoder where you using under XP?
> If you play a recorded TV program using Media Player instead of MC is your
> picture quality better?
>
> "Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EFB50B22-220D-4DEE-9A84-18BF7D430C3F@xxxxxx

> >
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >

> >> Did you upgrade your existing XP computer to Vista or did you buy a new
> >> system?
> >> If you bought a new system what graphics card do you have and what
> >> make/model of display are you using over what interface.
> >> From you pic it appears that you are now using a high resolution monitor
> >> with a low resolution input
> >>
> >> "Bobafett" <Bobafett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:EE3DDD39-109A-4688-9329-AD8074CDB7DD@xxxxxx
> >> >I recently got Vista and my Video quality is very poor and when i was
> >> >using
> >> > XP it looked great, can anyone tell me whats going on?
> >> >
> >> > Here is a pic of what my video is looking like on Vista:
> >> > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0914033814.jpg
> >>

> >
> > I did not buy a new system, this is a system I custom built that
> > previously
> > had XP on it, when I installed Vista I did a Clean install (It also made a
> > windows.old folder with XP inside) and I havent upgraded any of the
> > hardware
> > in months, but the Video card is a PCI Express 16x ATI Radeon X800 GTO
> > with
> > 256mb, I had a feeling it might be something with the video card or the
> > video
> > drivers but I am not sure, If i must I will put XP back on because Im an
> > Avid
> > Video Watcher and I like my video to look prestine =p. As Always any help
> > is
> > appreciated.
> >
> >

>