DVD Playback on Laptop

Hi,
So I have burned a SD 640x480 DVD which is a collection of smaller pieces which are all 640x480, but when I burn the DVD and play it back on a Laptop or a desktop the images look washed out and soft (and a bit distorted when it is fullscreen) Any ideas?
Thanks

Playing a 640x480 video at full screen WILL make just about any video look soft and sometimes pixelated - you're stretching it far beyond it's intended size. Playing at it's native resolution may make it look a little softer due to the progressive scan LCD screen. Colors may be off because you're viewing a program that was built for TV's color space on a computer monitor that has an entirely different color space.
-DH

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