Call me crazy, but I've noticed that dvd playback on a variety of
computers never seems as good as a dedicated device.
The problem is that when a nice mountain scene is panning (lord of the
rings/two towers) for example, it's not really 'choppy', but it isn't
perfectly smooth. You can tell the computer isn't struggling to play it,
and I've found this happens on all my machines, everything from a brand
new core 2 duo dell under vlc/mplayer etc to an old celeron-m 1.4ghz and
even on windows xp with a fairly high spec machine. This also occurs on
various displays.
I guess most people would just put up with it, but I do use a machine
downstairs for DVD playback on the tv, and because I always notice it,
it's very annoying!
My playstation2 plays the same discs back perfectly smooth during these
scenes (although the picture isn't as good!)
Does anyone know the reason for this? I am truly baffled! Obviously it's
pretty hard to find any useful info on google as everything is about
'real' choppiness, not this odd thing that could be framerate/refresh
rate related or something.
Cheers,
John.
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