Video appears 'washed out'

[ME]

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Just bought a 6800gt and video in Media Player 10 (as with others)
looks very 'washed out' - basically useless... using 77.72 drivers...
any ideas? Everything else is fine... thanks!

 

[Guest]

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"Me" <Pkevinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7sq8d150gld1bsarum4n84rein97tpsova@4ax.com...
>
> Just bought a 6800gt and video in Media Player 10 (as with others)
> looks very 'washed out' - basically useless... using 77.72 drivers...
> any ideas? Everything else is fine... thanks!

From a post "*FIX* for washed out video problems using new 77.72 drivers" on
July 7, 2005 3:41 PM in this same newsgroup by Les Steel:

> Taken from an earlier post
>
> Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out
> video playback.
>
> To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a
> change, then
> click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone.
> Even though
> the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the
> Overlay
> controls
>
> It really is that simple.

 

[ME]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

thank you sir!

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:47:32 GMT, "Homer J. Simpson"
<hjsimpson@springfield.usa> wrote:

>"Me" <Pkevinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:7sq8d150gld1bsarum4n84rein97tpsova@4ax.com...
>>
>> Just bought a 6800gt and video in Media Player 10 (as with others)
>> looks very 'washed out' - basically useless... using 77.72 drivers...
>> any ideas? Everything else is fine... thanks!
>
>From a post "*FIX* for washed out video problems using new 77.72 drivers" on
>July 7, 2005 3:41 PM in this same newsgroup by Les Steel:
>
> > Taken from an earlier post
> >
> > Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out
> > video playback.
> >
> > To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a
> > change, then
> > click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone.
> > Even though
> > the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the
> > Overlay
> > controls
> >
> > It really is that simple.
>

 

[Tony]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:47:32 GMT, "Homer J. Simpson"
<hjsimpson@springfield.usa> wrote:

>"Me" <Pkevinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:7sq8d150gld1bsarum4n84rein97tpsova@4ax.com...
>>
>> Just bought a 6800gt and video in Media Player 10 (as with others)
>> looks very 'washed out' - basically useless... using 77.72 drivers...
>> any ideas? Everything else is fine... thanks!
>
>From a post "*FIX* for washed out video problems using new 77.72 drivers" on
>July 7, 2005 3:41 PM in this same newsgroup by Les Steel:
>
> > Taken from an earlier post
> >
> > Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out
> > video playback.
> >
> > To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a
> > change, then
> > click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone.
> > Even though
> > the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the
> > Overlay
> > controls
> >
> > It really is that simple.
>



May be a New Feature, this what happens with some Bugs

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

"Homer J. Simpson" <hjsimpson@springfield.usa> wrote in
news:Uo_Ae.1946015$Xk.1555175@pd7tw3no:

> "Me" <Pkevinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7sq8d150gld1bsarum4n84rein97tpsova@4ax.com...
>>
>> Just bought a 6800gt and video in Media Player 10 (as with others)
>> looks very 'washed out' - basically useless... using 77.72 drivers...
>> any ideas? Everything else is fine... thanks!
>
> From a post "*FIX* for washed out video problems using new 77.72
> drivers" on July 7, 2005 3:41 PM in this same newsgroup by Les Steel:
>
>

Solves my problem too.

So hard to find how to ask this in google.

Thought it must be driver as Linux on same machine is OK.