Hello,
I'm new to this forum and don't have a great deal of technical knowledge, so I'd be very grateful for any advice!
I work as a pianist and have recorded a few videos of me playing the piano using my mini-DV camcorder (a Panasonic NV-GS230). I transferred the videos from camcorder to PC using Panasonic's MotionDV Studio software which has created very good quality .AVI files. When I watch the AVI files on my 4 year old laptop (Acer Aspire 5920 running Vista) the video quality looks superb - the video looks very clear and runs very smoothly. However, when I watch the video on my new custom PC (spec included below) for some reason the video looks a little more grainy/blurry and not quite so fluid/smooth. If I say the video quality on the laptop is 100%, then I'd have to say the quality on the PC is about 75-80%. Here is my PC spec:
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 (not GZ68XP-UD3)
Processor: Intel i5 2500K 3.30 GHz
Graphics Card: Geforce GTX 560TI
Sound Card: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Hard Drive: Seagate Sata 3 2TB Samsung HD204UI
Sold State Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 Sata II 2.5” 60GB
DVD Drive: ATAPI iHAS 104 B
PSU: Gigabyte Superb 550P550W
Case: Ezcool 550
Memory: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
I have ensured my graphics card drivers are up to date, so it seems weird why the video files look better on the inferior laptop. As already mentioned, I know for a fact there is definitely nothing wrong with the AVI files themselves as they play back in excellent quality on the laptop.
I'm confused how an old Acer Aspire 5920 can beat a superior custom made PC in this particular regard? Thank you in advance.
I'm new to this forum and don't have a great deal of technical knowledge, so I'd be very grateful for any advice!
I work as a pianist and have recorded a few videos of me playing the piano using my mini-DV camcorder (a Panasonic NV-GS230). I transferred the videos from camcorder to PC using Panasonic's MotionDV Studio software which has created very good quality .AVI files. When I watch the AVI files on my 4 year old laptop (Acer Aspire 5920 running Vista) the video quality looks superb - the video looks very clear and runs very smoothly. However, when I watch the video on my new custom PC (spec included below) for some reason the video looks a little more grainy/blurry and not quite so fluid/smooth. If I say the video quality on the laptop is 100%, then I'd have to say the quality on the PC is about 75-80%. Here is my PC spec:
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 (not GZ68XP-UD3)
Processor: Intel i5 2500K 3.30 GHz
Graphics Card: Geforce GTX 560TI
Sound Card: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Hard Drive: Seagate Sata 3 2TB Samsung HD204UI
Sold State Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 Sata II 2.5” 60GB
DVD Drive: ATAPI iHAS 104 B
PSU: Gigabyte Superb 550P550W
Case: Ezcool 550
Memory: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
I have ensured my graphics card drivers are up to date, so it seems weird why the video files look better on the inferior laptop. As already mentioned, I know for a fact there is definitely nothing wrong with the AVI files themselves as they play back in excellent quality on the laptop.
I'm confused how an old Acer Aspire 5920 can beat a superior custom made PC in this particular regard? Thank you in advance.