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mob77 · 08-13-2009, 11:27 AM

I recently built a new PC and bought a Gateway FHD2401 24" HD monitor. The monitor has a resolution of 1920x1200 and supports 1080p.

All of the hardware is brand new and fairly powerful (Asus P5Q, E8500 dual core, 2 gigs ram, Radeon 4890 HD) so I don't believe it's a hardware problem.

I haven't yet bought a Blu-Ray reader, but I have a few HD quality blu-ray rips and clips on my PC but whenever I play them they never look like HD quality.

This makes me believe that it's a software problem that I'm having. Am I not playing the files with the right program. To date I've tried VLC, media player classic, and smplayer. I also installed a codec pack called CoreAVC. Alternatively, is there some sort of program I'm supposed to use to convert the files in order to get them to display in HD quality?

The files that I am trying to play are in *.mkv and *.ts formats. Now all of the files will play with one (if not all) of the programs above, but the problem I'm having is that it never looks like true HD quality.

Does anybody have any advice on other things/programs that I should try?

Thanks. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

08-13-2009, 11:27 AM	#1
mob77 Member (2 bit) Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	Problem with HD vids on my new PC! I recently built a new PC and bought a Gateway FHD2401 24" HD monitor. The monitor has a resolution of 1920x1200 and supports 1080p. All of the hardware is brand new and fairly powerful (Asus P5Q, E8500 dual core, 2 gigs ram, Radeon 4890 HD) so I don't believe it's a hardware problem. I haven't yet bought a Blu-Ray reader, but I have a few HD quality blu-ray rips and clips on my PC but whenever I play them they never look like HD quality. This makes me believe that it's a software problem that I'm having. Am I not playing the files with the right program. To date I've tried VLC, media player classic, and smplayer. I also installed a codec pack called CoreAVC. Alternatively, is there some sort of program I'm supposed to use to convert the files in order to get them to display in HD quality? The files that I am trying to play are in .mkv and .ts formats. Now all of the files will play with one (if not all) of the programs above, but the problem I'm having is that it never looks like true HD quality. Does anybody have any advice on other things/programs that I should try? Thanks. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.