Video and Picture Quality in 1920x1080 Monitors

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I just tried 2 brand new monitors to replace my old DCL DLC 20" that died recently. What puzzles me is that the newer monitors perform worst than the old one. What looked smooth in in the old monitor is poor quality in the new ones. To be fair I'm running a Q6600 with NVIDIA 9800GT with windows XP SP3. Are newer monitors just not compatible with my system? My videos look like they been rendered at 200x200 and my images with gradients have banding. No matter what calibration I try, I cannot seem to figure this out. Can this be a graphics card issue or should I keep looking for a monitor that works.

The 2 monitors I tried was the following
HP HP - Pavilion 21.5" IPS LED HD Monitor
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-21-5-ips-led-hd-monitor/7294042.p?id=1218838644318&

Asus - 23.6" LED HD Monitor
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-23-6-led-hd-monitor/8767187.p?id=1218890757510&skuId=8767187

The old one that died
http://www.amazon.com/DCLCD-Sceptre-DCL20A-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B000VXR8RE/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i

The ASUS performed worst than the 7ms HP monitor even though the ASUS boasted 1ms. I am confused and do not trust specs advertised anymore. I am looking for a monitor that will give me good picture and video quality for my system or at least some answers on what to look for and how important or not the video card and OS is. Any help is appreciated.
 
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You did change the windows resolution to 1920 x 1080
By right clicking on windows desktop and selecting screen resolution.

Because it`s going to look pretty poor if your old resolution is still set to 1680x1050 ect. from the old monitor used.

The answer is likely no. Doh !

 
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Erm... this might be too obvious but did you switch to 1920x1080 resolution after you changed your monitor?

Your old one's natural resolution is 1680x1050 so maybe you just haven't put the resolution up to 1920x1080 which is the natural resolution of your new monitor.
 
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Well,

I now read your original post once again and in it you say that your videos and images look worse - if you are referring to let's say a film (some Divx Rip) which has been reduced to a lower quality and you are watching it in full screen then it will look worse on your new monitor because the resolution on your new monitor is higher which means the video will have be stretched more to fill the whole screen. I hope this didn't sound too confusing.

It's like if you play a 480p YouTube video in full screen on a 19" monitor with natural resolution of 1366 x 768 it will look much better than if you played the same video in full screen on a 24" 1920x1080 resolution monitor.
 
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Mouldread I understand what you're saying about the pixels. What is the best solution for this? And what about the banding on my gradients? I tried reducing the resolution even put the VLC movie player in window mode and reduced it small and the video still looked like crap. Not only pixelation but color wise compared to the old monitor. I thought I would be able to adjust the desktop so it does not have to stretch across the whole scree but cannot do that either. I would give the HP points for good color though.
 
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