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Pixelation/Distortion watching DivX on my 37" Plasma TV

Discussion in 'DivX / XviD' started by lakep79, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. lakep79

    lakep79 Member

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    Dear All,

    I'm a new member to this forum and I apologise if a similar thread has been posted but I am having problems which I would love to find a solution to.

    I am burning my downloaded .avi files to DVD-RW without any problems. I have just purchased a samsung DVD recorder that plays DivX files. The problem is that when I play the DivX movies they appear pixelated and distorted on my 37" plasma.

    I have been told that this is a resolution problem, i.e. I downloaded the avi in e.g. 600x800 and any errors within the movie are magnified on the larger screen.

    Is there anythinig I can do to rectify this problem????

    Many thanks,

    P
     
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    celtic_d Regular member

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    600x800 should actually look pretty decent, remember DVD only has a vertical resolution of 576 pixles (480 for NTSC). Problem is that it is quite common for Xvid (all scene releases are Xvid not DivX) movies to have a vertical resolution of only 272 pixels. With a software player post processing can help with blocking (at the expense of detail usually). With a hardware player though, there really isn't anything you can do other than get better quality movies to play.
     
  3. lakep79

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    Many thanks for your advice. It is much appreciated. I have found that some of the avi files look ok on the 37" plasma, I think maybe that was the 600x800, and its the smaller resolutions, as you suggested that I should avoid. The quality of the DivX looked so good on my computer monitor that I was expecting the same.

    Many thanks
     
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    This is a problem of big , beautiful TVs.
    A friend of mine can notice the difference between a double-layer DVD and a single-layer one (that is, if you try to see the same DVD, once shrinked to 4.3 Gb (DVD5), he notices the difference).

    I don't think I'll ever buy such a TV....
     
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