Why do DVD's look ten times better on my TV then they do on my computer monitor?

Granted, I'm sitting 10 feet away from my TV and not my PC, but even when I'm watching from the same distance there is an obvious distinction. What surprises me is that the clarity is bad even when playing it at it's original resolution. I've tried several different media players, including WMP, VideoLan, and powerDVD, but it all looks the same.

Why do DVD's look ten times better on my TV then they do on my computer monitor?nba spurs

It probably looks better to you for a few reasons.

1. Viewing distance - If you compare any two different sized TVs side by side with the same exact picture, the smaller one will appear to look sharper. This is because all TVs operate on the same principles of scanning. They all scan horizontally at 15.75KHz and vertically at 60Hz. If you think about it, on the larger TV, a given area scanned is larger, but takes the same amount of time as the smaller one. So the scanned lines are larger on the bigger screen, and won't look too nice if you're too close. You can see that on any tv, if you get up close to it.

2. CRT quality - this can be another reason why the TV looks better; the PC monitor is capable of a far more detailed image. If you set your PC resolution to 640 x 480, it would still be running at twice the horizontal scanning frequency of a TV. So the PC monitor may be simply displaying the imperfections in the video signal from the DVD player. Keep in mind that the signal DVD players provide are designed to be output to TVs, not to PC monitors.

3. PC video memory - this is quite likely your problem. The video card in your computer has to scale or upconvert the video so it can be displayed on the PC monitor. If you don't have enough video memory, it will seem like it's jerking or pausing all the time. You'll have to shrink the video window down, until it looks ok to you.

Why do DVD's look ten times better on my TV then they do on my computer monitor?basketball ,nba teams

you probably dont have a good graohics card

but it could be a few things

the monitor may not be the greatest

maybe you dont have enough RAM for it to play well

could be your resolution settings on your pc

are you using the latest media player of which ever one youre using
TV's have a higher resolution screen compared to Computer Monitors. (which means that the TV has more pixels to complete the picture and makes it less fuzzy to the eye)
Two words MEGA-Pixels..

TV = Many

PC = Not many
TVs and DVD players are specifically designed to handle video output, unlike PCs. PCs are usually designed with a task-oriented structure. To make it into a video powerhouse, you must make some modifications.

The video quality of your PC depends on the following: your video card, refresh rate settings, and your monitor. NVidia and ATI are your best bet for superb clarity. If possible, look for a card with GPU. GPU is designed to offset the strain that video graphics put on the PC. Also, the higher the RAM on the card, the better the performance.

You can change the refresh rate on your monitor. And speaking of monitors, look for the lowest pixels per inch. usually .26 or .25 is good, but if you can find lower than that, it would be great.

I would suggest going to your nearest computer store and checking the specs on the cards, and the monitors. They may have some good ideas for a package.
You don't have a powerful enough video card
Because a standard monitor only shows a resolution of 72 dpi. You can set it for more, but that is all the monitor can show. It鈥檚 the same with photoshop 鈥?I can tell it to have a resolution of 400 dpi, but that will only show up in the higher quality print-out, not on the monitor. Your television can show more dpi, so the resolution looks better. There are some new monitors out there that also have better resolution (although nothing like high definition), so you could invest on one of those if it matters so much to you.