Viewing video problem on LCD monitor.

[NRJ]

I have a lot of codecs, most of them new or fairly new. When I watch a video, parts where the color is darker (like black hair), the color shinny.
Never seen that on standard monitor.

[gummyAvenger]

Only on video and not on pictures? On some video cards (such as mine), there is a "video overlay" option in the advanced settings where you can adust brightness, contrast, color, etc. You could try messing with that.

[anitract]

Sorry to bump an old post...but, I think what you might be experiencing is color dithering from your LCD panel. If your LCD is a TN-Film based panel (as opposed to an MVA/PVA, or ISP), it can't display 16.7 million colors natively (it is in fact 6bit, as oppoed to 8bit)...

...so to compensate, the monitor "emulates" / dithers the the colors it can't natively display by switching back in forth between 2 similar colors so fast that your eye "sees" the right color. This can cause a shimmering/sparkling affect in solid color areas on a screen.

So how to tell if you have a 6bit or 8bit panel? Well, most 6bit panels are are the low response timed ones (8ms/12ms/some 16ms), as opposed to 8-bits being around 25ms...also the 6bits typically have a lower viewing angle.