Low DVD quality

[JJHamster]

The DVD quality of my new G450eTV is poor. There is a blocky effect in dark areas and there is a jagged effect on edges. I am using the bundled DVD player. Is there an answer to this?
Thanks

PS thanks for your tuning tip Ant, I now have 5 channels, but the picture is mighty fuzzy!

[Dr Mordrid]

What are your system specs? Often it's more complicated than just assuming the player and card at fault.

Dr. Mordrid

[JJHamster]

PowerDVD Version 2.55 does not have the same problems, the monitor picture is (almost) as good as an ATI card.
Very strange.

[JJHamster]

Sorry Dr, my specs (at present) are - Asus A7V TB950 256mb ram NO other cards installed win96se clean install 2 x Fujitsu 13.5Gb ata66 7200 hard discs (one for C: , one for capture, Matrox HD test report ~14Gb/sec). I will be adding my SB live and PCI modem when these problems are sorted (life is complicated enough at present with just 1 card!)
Thanks

[Dr Mordrid]

Presuming the cpu is up to the other specs it sounds like a player issue. I'm using the full version of Cinemaster with good results. WinDVD also works quite well.

Dr. Mordrid