Pixelated playback

[Itachi75]

Hi!

I have a requestion regarding the playback of DVD-RIP. It might be dumb, but I frankly don't know what to do about it.

I recently acquired a 22' widescreen monitor and use a resolution of 1680 X 1050. Whenever I play a DVD-Rip (that I get from the web), the image is a bit pixelated when I play it full screen. I will read comments from people saying that the video is of super high quality, but every one that I have downloaded, I have had that problem, some are worse than others. Is it just normal or is there a way to tweak the qulaity of the image. Whether I use WMP or VLC, there is no difference. I tried to check the options but couln't see anything related to that.

I used to have a 17' monitor and the movies looked better as I can remember. Maybe, because the resolution was smaller so the pixels did not show.

Please help, I just expected to have a better viewing experience with a bigger screen and it seems to be the opposite.

Thanks in advance.

Itachi75

[Video Head]

What happens when you play a store bought, commercial DVD from the same system to the 22" monitor?

[Itachi75]

The image is much clearer, pretty much what i would get to see on my TV...

[ntscuser]

I have a requestion regarding the playback of DVD-RIP.

When you say "DVD-RIP", do you mean a 4.43GB DVDR file or a 700MB XviD file?

[Itachi75]

700MB XviD file

[thecoalman]

The key to your answer is "downloaded". You are not getting the same product that is on a DVD but a highly compressed format suitable for distribution over the web. Full DVD quality unaltered is going to run in the neighbohood of 5, 6, 7... GB's .

[ntscuser]

700MB XviD file

Was your previous monitor a 17" tube?

[Itachi75]

Ok, I thought that by ripping only the video and audio tracks, the video quality would be the same.

Is there still a way to increase the quality of the playback itself?

I'm using the Vista codecs pack...

[Itachi75]

Yes, the 17'' was a tube.

[Video Head]

The image is much clearer, pretty much what i would get to see on my TV...

You answered your own question. Garbage In = Garbage Out or GIGO. Stop expecting some downloaded DivX or XVid file ripped from a rental DVD to provide much meow factor. Super dupper, ultra extreme, never seen before quality!!! You in the market for a bridge???

[ntscuser]

Yes, the 17'' was a tube.

Tube monitors - even large ones - are much more forgiving of pixelated recordings. That's because an LCD screen has to process the individual pixels all over again.

[Itachi75]

The image is much clearer, pretty much what i would get to see on my TV...

You answered your own question. Garbage In = Garbage Out or GIGO. Stop expecting some downloaded DivX or XVid file ripped from a rental DVD to provide much meow factor. Super dupper, ultra extreme, never seen before quality!!! You in the market for a bridge???

Look dude, I'm simply asking a question. If you can't answer nicely, you DO NOT have to reply. Sorry if I don't have your enlightment!

Thanks to all the other guys for the help.