My screen dropped in quality horribly overnight.

I had my 30g ipod plugged into apples wall charger and when I grabbed it in the morning the screen just wasnt right. It appears as if someone was messing with the contrast but there is no contrast on the fifth gen ipods. All the colors are very weak and looks like its almost been grayscaled. I'm not sure but it looks as if it had 1000's of color before and now it has only 100's. And the last thing is there are very light hardly noticable gray lines going horizontaly all the way down the screen.
I need to fix it and have fiddled with the settings for a long time. It is nearly impossible to view videos. Does anyone have suggestions or should I send it back to apple?

Sounds like you need to send it in. LCD's don't have photon guns to misalign so the problem is in another part of the hardware.

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Windows 8.1 Lock Screen drops network connectivity when screen locked using Win+L

Hi!
I was sent here from Microsoft Community forum. The question is:
Since Windows NT 4.0 I'm using Lock Screen to prevent people from accessing my computer when I'm leaving my room. First I was using CTRL+ALT+DEL / Lock Screen, then switched to Win+L keyboard shortcut when it was first introduced.
Everything was fine until I switched to Windows 8.1 computer (Sony Vaio Duo 13 with Broadcom wireless network controller). This machine is 8.1, not 8.0 upgraded to 8.1.
My problem is that when I hit Win+L combo the Lock Screen (with clock etc.) is displayed. Then, despite I have configured not to turn off display, the screen goes blank (after 30 seconds since lock) and network connectivity is cut off from desktop
apps (I suspect the system goes into Active Standby mode, because Modern UI apps like Tune-In radio keep working fine).
100% repeatable scenarios:
## Scenario 1 ##
1) Log in
2) Open desktop app that uses network connectivity. Outlook 2013 from Office365 subscription
3) Check that it has connected
4) Lock screen (Win+L)
5) Wait for 30 seconds (first incorrectly posted as few minutes) as screen goes black
6) Unlock screen (using password)
7) In right corner of Outlook app you will see "Unable to connect with Exchange server" and few seconds later it will reconnect sucessfuly
## Scenario 2 - the more annoying ##
1) Log in to Win 8.1 computer
2) Connect to it using SMB (in my case I wanted to transfer 30 GB of files from local hard drive C: to server) \\COMPUTER-NAME\c$ from Windows Server 2012 R2
3) Start copying files from computer to server
4) Lock the screen on computer
5) As soon as screen goes black server displays message "Lost connection to the resource. Try again?"
6) Unlock screen on the computer
7) Click "Try again" and it will continue copying files
My power settings are set to go into stand by after 5 hours and if I not lock the screen it doesn't go to sleep before 5 hours.
When I lock the screen using Win+L it goes into (probably Active) Standby mode.
Is there any way to prevent it from going to Active Standby when locking screen? I need the screen lock for security reasons but I don't want it to drop my network connectivity on remote desktops, file transfers and other desktop activities before 5 hour
timeout.
This issue is not related to more or less known wireless network connectivity problem that happens to many Intel Haswell computers. Mine doesn't exhibit those problems. I can easly push 100 - 200 GB of wireless data without network drops.
Computer information:
Sony Vaio Duo 13: SVD1322C5E
Intel Core i5-4200U
8 GB RAM
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Broadcom 802.11n SDIO network adapter
Originally posted at: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-networking/windows-81-lock-screen-drops-network-connectivity/099f16bd-b00d-4ba9-b833-48bf1d55ffe4
Best regards,
Sergiusz

Same issue here using Surface 3 Pro with either internal WLAN or MS USB LAN Adapter. I'm frequently used to keep open connections over SSH to some servers. On switching to lock screen explicitly by pressing Win+L or implicitly due to idle timeout all
connections to servers are lost. In addition, I don't get any notifications on incoming Skype messages (using Skype for desktop) when lock screen is active.
Neither NIC is showing "Power Management Tab" according to step 5 of instructions above.
Additionally observing USB LAN NIC seems to be kept active after activating lock screen, but traffic stops (according to its flashing light) when lock screen is switching off display. Blanking display doesn't seem to be adjustable in System Settings (Energy
Options accessed through Win+X).
Find attached log file of powercfg -energy -duration 300 ...
Log file is in German. It basically claims unset timeouts for deactivating display while running attached to power supply though lock screen is turning off displays within 1-2 minutes.
Energieeffizienzdiagnose-Bericht
Computername
KRITIAS
Überprüfungszeit
2015-01-10T15:07:47Z
Überprüfungsdauer
353 Sekunden
Systemhersteller
Microsoft Corporation
Systemproduktname
Surface Pro 3
BIOS-Datum
10/16/2014
BIOS-Version
3.11.0350
Betriebssystembuild
9600
Plattformrolle
PlatformRoleSlate
Netzbetrieb
true
Prozessanzahl
67
Threadanzahl
1319
Berichts-GUID
{1a168801-c189-46fe-811c-235e6bf2bd0d}
Analyseergebnisse
Fehler
Energierichtlinie:Verdunkelungszeitlimit ist deaktiviert (Netzbetrieb)
Der Bildschirm ist nicht so konfiguriert, dass er nach einer Zeit der Inaktivität verdunkelt wird.
Energierichtlinie:Standbyzeitlimit ist deaktiviert (Netzbetrieb)
Der Computer ist nicht so konfiguriert, dass nach einer Zeit der Inaktivität automatisch der Wechsel in den Standbymodus erfolgt.
CPU-Auslastung:Prozessorauslastung ist hoch
Die durchschnittliche Prozessorauslastung während der Ablaufverfolgung war sehr hoch. Das System verbraucht weniger Energie, wenn die durchschnittliche Prozessorauslastung sehr niedrig ist. Überprüfen Sie die Prozessorauslastung für einzelne Prozesse,
um festzustellen, welche Anwendungen und Dienste den größten Anteil an der Gesamtprozessorauslastung haben.
Durchschnittliche Auslastung (%)
45.31
Warnungen
Plattform-Zeitgeberauflösung:Plattform-Zeitgeberauflösung
Die standardmäßige Plattform-Zeitgeberauflösung beträgt 15,6 ms (15625000 ns) und sollte immer dann verwendet werden, wenn sich das System im Leerlauf befindet. Wenn die Zeitgeberauflösung erhöht wird, sind die Technologien zur Prozessorenergieverwaltung
möglicherweise nicht wirksam. Die erhöhte Zeitgeberauflösung kann auf eine Multimediawiedergabe oder Grafikanimationen zurückzuführen sein.
Aktuelle Zeitgeberauflösung (100-ns-Einheiten)
10007
Maximale Zeitgeberperiode (100-ns-Einheiten)
156250
Plattform-Zeitgeberauflösung:Ausstehende Zeitgeberanforderung
Von einem Programm oder Dienst wurde eine Zeitgeberauflösung angefordert, die kleiner als die maximale Zeitgeberauflösung der Plattform ist.
Angeforderter Zeitraum
10000
ID des anfordernden Prozesses
3476
Pfad des anfordernden Prozesses
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\ACC\Creative Cloud.exe
Energierichtlinie:Bildschirmzeitlimit ist lang (Netzbetrieb)
Der Bildschirm ist so konfiguriert, dass er nach mehr als 10 Minuten Inaktivität ausgeschaltet wird.
Zeitlimit (Sekunden)
900
USB-Standbymodus:Vom USB-Gerät wird nur selten in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt.
Von diesem Gerät wurde während der Ablaufverfolgung nur unregelmäßig in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt. Die Prozessorenergieverwaltung ist möglicherweise nicht möglich, wenn sich dieses USB-Gerät nicht im Modus für selektives Energiesparen
befindet. Dieses Problem verhindert jedoch nicht den Wechsel des Systems in den Standbymodus.
Gerätename
USB-Verbundgerät
Hostcontroller-ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C31
Hostcontrollerspeicherort
PCI bus 0, device 20, function 0
Geräte-ID
USB\VID_05AC&PID_0250
Portpfad
1,2
Standbydauer (%)
14
USB-Standbymodus:Vom USB-Gerät wird nur selten in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt.
Von diesem Gerät wurde während der Ablaufverfolgung nur unregelmäßig in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt. Die Prozessorenergieverwaltung ist möglicherweise nicht möglich, wenn sich dieses USB-Gerät nicht im Modus für selektives Energiesparen
befindet. Dieses Problem verhindert jedoch nicht den Wechsel des Systems in den Standbymodus.
Gerätename
Surface Ethernet Adapter
Hostcontroller-ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C31
Hostcontrollerspeicherort
PCI bus 0, device 20, function 0
Geräte-ID
USB\VID_045E&PID_07AB
Portpfad
1,1
Standbydauer (%)
5
USB-Standbymodus:Vom USB-Gerät wird nur selten in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt.
Von diesem Gerät wurde während der Ablaufverfolgung nur unregelmäßig in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt. Die Prozessorenergieverwaltung ist möglicherweise nicht möglich, wenn sich dieses USB-Gerät nicht im Modus für selektives Energiesparen
befindet. Dieses Problem verhindert jedoch nicht den Wechsel des Systems in den Standbymodus.
Gerätename
Generischer USB-Hub
Hostcontroller-ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C31
Hostcontrollerspeicherort
PCI bus 0, device 20, function 0
Geräte-ID
USB\VID_05AC&PID_1006
Portpfad
1
Standbydauer (%)
5
USB-Standbymodus:Vom USB-Gerät wird nur selten in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt.
Von diesem Gerät wurde während der Ablaufverfolgung nur unregelmäßig in den Modus für selektives Energiesparen gewechselt. Die Prozessorenergieverwaltung ist möglicherweise nicht möglich, wenn sich dieses USB-Gerät nicht im Modus für selektives Energiesparen
befindet. Dieses Problem verhindert jedoch nicht den Wechsel des Systems in den Standbymodus.
Gerätename
USB-Eingabegerät
Hostcontroller-ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C31
Hostcontrollerspeicherort
PCI bus 0, device 20, function 0
Geräte-ID
USB\VID_045E&PID_0797
Portpfad
1,3
Standbydauer (%)
14
CPU-Auslastung:Einzelner Prozess mit erheblicher Prozessorauslastung
Auf diesen Prozess ist ein erheblicher Anteil der Gesamtprozessorauslastung zurückzuführen, die während der Ablaufverfolgung aufgezeichnet wurde.
Prozessname
firefox.exe
PID
5968
Durchschnittliche Auslastung (%)
1.57
Modul
Durchschnittliche Modulauslastung (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll
0.60
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\mozjs.dll
0.27
\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.16
CPU-Auslastung:Einzelner Prozess mit erheblicher Prozessorauslastung
Auf diesen Prozess ist ein erheblicher Anteil der Gesamtprozessorauslastung zurückzuführen, die während der Ablaufverfolgung aufgezeichnet wurde.
Prozessname
System
PID
4
Durchschnittliche Auslastung (%)
0.59
Modul
Durchschnittliche Modulauslastung (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.24
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\igdkmd64.sys
0.12
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\avc3.sys
0.07
CPU-Auslastung:Einzelner Prozess mit erheblicher Prozessorauslastung
Auf diesen Prozess ist ein erheblicher Anteil der Gesamtprozessorauslastung zurückzuführen, die während der Ablaufverfolgung aufgezeichnet wurde.
Prozessname
dwm.exe
PID
6264
Durchschnittliche Auslastung (%)
0.47
Modul
Durchschnittliche Modulauslastung (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.10
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\dwmcore.dll
0.09
\SystemRoot\System32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
0.06
CPU-Auslastung:Einzelner Prozess mit erheblicher Prozessorauslastung
Auf diesen Prozess ist ein erheblicher Anteil der Gesamtprozessorauslastung zurückzuführen, die während der Ablaufverfolgung aufgezeichnet wurde.
Prozessname
Skype.exe
PID
11008
Durchschnittliche Auslastung (%)
0.26
Modul
Durchschnittliche Modulauslastung (%)
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
0.11
\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.05
\SystemRoot\System32\win32k.sys
0.04
CPU-Auslastung:Einzelner Prozess mit erheblicher Prozessorauslastung
Auf diesen Prozess ist ein erheblicher Anteil der Gesamtprozessorauslastung zurückzuführen, die während der Ablaufverfolgung aufgezeichnet wurde.
Prozessname
svchost.exe
PID
1528
Durchschnittliche Auslastung (%)
0.25
Modul
Durchschnittliche Modulauslastung (%)
\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.16
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
0.02
\SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ndis.sys
0.01
Informationen
Plattform-Zeitgeberauflösung:Zeitgeberanforderungsstapel
Der Stapel mit den Modulen, die für die niedrigste Plattform-Zeitgebereinstellung in diesem Prozess verantwortlich sind.
Angeforderter Zeitraum
10000
ID des anfordernden Prozesses
3476
Pfad des anfordernden Prozesses
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\ACC\Creative Cloud.exe
Aufrufender Modulstapel
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\SysWOW64\d3d9.dll
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\CEF\libcef.dll
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll
\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
Energierichtlinie:Aktiver Energieplan
Der derzeit verwendete Energieplan.
Planname
Ausbalanciert (OEM)
Plan-GUID
{381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e}
Energierichtlinie:Energieplancharakter (Akkubetrieb)
Der Charakter des aktuellen Energieplans, wenn das System im Akkubetrieb ausgeführt wird.
Charakter
Ausbalanciert
Energierichtlinie:Videoqualität (Akkubetrieb)
Ermöglicht Windows Media Player, bei der Videowiedergabe die Qualität und die Energieeinsparung zu optimieren.
Qualitätsmodus
Videoqualität und Energieeinsparung ausbalancieren
Energierichtlinie:Energieplancharakter (Netzbetrieb)
Der Charakter des aktuellen Energieplans, wenn das System im Netzbetrieb ausgeführt wird.
Charakter
Ausbalanciert
Energierichtlinie:802.11-Energierichtlinie für Drahtlosverbindungen ist "Maximale Leistung" (Netzbetrieb)
Die aktuelle Energierichtlinie für 802.11-kompatible Drahtlosnetzwerkadapter ist nicht für die Verwendung von Energiesparmodi konfiguriert.
Energierichtlinie:Videoqualität (Netzbetrieb)
Ermöglicht Windows Media Player, bei der Videowiedergabe die Qualität und die Energieeinsparung zu optimieren.
Qualitätsmodus
Für hohe Videoqualität optimieren
Systemverfügbarkeitsanforderungen:Erfolgreiche Analyse
Die Analyse war erfolgreich. Es wurden keine Energieeffizienzprobleme festgestellt und keine Informationen zurückgegeben.
Akku:Akkuinformationen
Akku-ID
1F11LGC_LGCX863568
Hersteller
LGC_LGC
Seriennummer
1F11
Chemie
LION
Langfristig
1
Versiegelt
0
Zyklusanzahl
33
Vorgesehene Akkukapazität
42157
Letzte vollständige Aufladung
44209
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Unterstützte Standbystatus
Mithilfe von Standbystatus kann der Computer nach einer Zeit der Inaktivität in einen Energiesparmodus wechseln. Der S3-Standbystatus ist der standardmäßige Standbystatus für Windows-Plattformen. Im S3-Standbystatus verbraucht der Computer nur die Energie,
die notwendig ist, um den Arbeitsspeicherinhalt zu bewahren und die Arbeit mit dem Computer schnell fortsetzen zu können. Sehr wenige Plattformen unterstützen den S1- oder S2-Standbystatus.
S1-Standbymodus unterstützt
false
S2-Standbymodus unterstützt
false
S3-Standbymodus unterstützt
false
S4-Standbymodus unterstützt
true
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Unterstützung von Verbindungsstandby
Mit dem Verbindungsstandby kann der Computer in einen Stromsparmodus wechseln, in dem er immer eingeschaltet und verbunden ist. Der Verbindungsstandby wird soweit unterstützt anstelle der Systemstandbystatus verwendet.
Verbindungsstandby unterstützt
true
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Die adaptive Bildschirmhelligkeit wird unterstützt.
Dieser Computer ermöglicht die automatische Helligkeitsregelung der integrierten Anzeige durch Windows.
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Funktionen zur Prozessorenergieverwaltung
Mithilfe einer effektiven Prozessorenergieverwaltung kann der Computer Leistung und Energieverbrauch automatisch ausbalancieren.
Gruppieren
0
Index
0
Leerlaufstatus - Anzahl
11
Leerlaufstatustyp
Micro-Energiemodul-Plug-In
Nennfrequenz (MHz)
2301
Prozentuale maximale Leistung
100
Prozentuale niedrigste Leistung
32
Prozentuale niedrigste Drosselung
3
Leistungssteuerelementtyp
ACPI-Leistungszustände (P)/ACPI-Drosselungszustände (T)
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Funktionen zur Prozessorenergieverwaltung
Mithilfe einer effektiven Prozessorenergieverwaltung kann der Computer Leistung und Energieverbrauch automatisch ausbalancieren.
Gruppieren
0
Index
1
Leerlaufstatus - Anzahl
11
Leerlaufstatustyp
Micro-Energiemodul-Plug-In
Nennfrequenz (MHz)
2301
Prozentuale maximale Leistung
100
Prozentuale niedrigste Leistung
32
Prozentuale niedrigste Drosselung
3
Leistungssteuerelementtyp
ACPI-Leistungszustände (P)/ACPI-Drosselungszustände (T)
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Funktionen zur Prozessorenergieverwaltung
Mithilfe einer effektiven Prozessorenergieverwaltung kann der Computer Leistung und Energieverbrauch automatisch ausbalancieren.
Gruppieren
0
Index
2
Leerlaufstatus - Anzahl
11
Leerlaufstatustyp
Micro-Energiemodul-Plug-In
Nennfrequenz (MHz)
2301
Prozentuale maximale Leistung
100
Prozentuale niedrigste Leistung
32
Prozentuale niedrigste Drosselung
3
Leistungssteuerelementtyp
ACPI-Leistungszustände (P)/ACPI-Drosselungszustände (T)
Funktionen der Plattformenergieverwaltung:Funktionen zur Prozessorenergieverwaltung
Mithilfe einer effektiven Prozessorenergieverwaltung kann der Computer Leistung und Energieverbrauch automatisch ausbalancieren.
Gruppieren
0
Index
3
Leerlaufstatus - Anzahl
11
Leerlaufstatustyp
Micro-Energiemodul-Plug-In
Nennfrequenz (MHz)
2301
Prozentuale maximale Leistung
100
Prozentuale niedrigste Leistung
32
Prozentuale niedrigste Drosselung
3
Leistungssteuerelementtyp
ACPI-Leistungszustände (P)/ACPI-Drosselungszustände (T)
Gerätetreiber:Erfolgreiche Analyse
Die Analyse war erfolgreich. Es wurden keine Energieeffizienzprobleme festgestellt und keine Informationen zurückgegeben.

When I watch YouTube videos on my iPhone 5 it sometimes suddenly drops in quality so much the whole video goes blurry and it's almost impossible to watch anything?? Help

When I watch YouTube videos on my iPhone 5 it sometimes suddenly drops in quality so much the whole video goes blurry and it's almost impossible to watch anything?? Help also I think it might have to do with my wifi but I'm not sure. Sometimes I also try to skip to sections of a vid and it just lags for ages and nothing happens.

mwall614:
Good for you! I haven't tried it, but I'm sure it works.
Enjoy your Pismo.
cornelius

How can i burn a slideshow to a dvd disc and keep the same full screen hi-def quality to it? I exported it to idvd but much of the quality was lost.

how can i burn a slideshow to a dvd disc and keep the same full screen hi-def quality to it? I exported it to idvd but much of the quality was lost.

Ask in the iDVD forum on what's the best way out of iPhoto and into iDVD. The resident expert there, Bengt Wärleby, can give you the best option.
OT

Screen drop out and defaulting

Screen drop out and defaulting

Try reset iPad
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
Note: Data will not be affected.

Full-screen (spacebar) preview quality testing

[For background story, please read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1056763 but be warned, it's very l-o-n-g!]
In brief: some people have noted that Bridge full-screen (spacebar) previews (FSPs) don't accurately reflect the sharpness of a photograph. Sometimes this can be explained by individual configuration problems, but it's clear that this is a common issue amongst people using Bridge to assess/score photograph sharpness, without having to build/examine 100% previews for every image.
[It's worth noting that one common reason why FSPs aren't very sharp is because the Bridge advanced preference "Generate Monitor-Size Previews" hasn't been ticked, as this produces a higher resolution image cache. Another cause of very fuzzy previews is random and unexplained, but can usually be solved by restarting Bridge and/or clearing the cache for the selection.]
This discussion concerns the lack of sharpness seen only in FSPs. It can be described as "a subtle but significant loss of detail and sharpness, similar to a slightly out of focus photograph"; imagine a photo with a little bit of blur filter, or a Photoshop PSD at a non-standard zoom setting. This "softening" of the image is caused by Bridge asking the graphics processor to resize the image cache to fit the display. If you select the Bridge advanced preference "Use Software Rendering", you can improve a poor FSP slightly, at the expense of speed, by bypassing the graphics processor.
The test
Visit this web page and download the last image ("2362x3543 pixel, 4.5 Mb") to your computer.
Browse to this image in Bridge, and view it full-screen by pressing Spacebar. Take a screen capture, and save it as a TIFF or PSD.
Adjust your slideshow settings (Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L), picking "Scaled to Fill", then click on "Play". Save the screen capture, as above.
You now have two screen captures: one FSP, and one cache JPEG reference shot. Examine them side by side at 100%, or layer them in Photoshop and use the hide layer button to flick between images. Pay particular attention to the two left-hand photos, the sharpness check text, and the converging lines.
Make a note of your computer's operating system, graphics processor and driver version, as well as your largest display's pixel dimensions.
Post this information below, together with high quality (10) JPEGs of both screen captures, labelled FSP and REF, and any observations, so we can all see.

OK, it usually takes me a while to let the penny drop, especially when it comes to maths...
I also am busy with the transition of my new Mac pro but with al this here are my results. I include several screenshots but due to upload limit of 2 MB per image in here I downsized the original screenshots a lot, but hopefully it will be clear.
For full screen screenshots I have the asked FSP and REF but also the 100% preview in Bridge with space bar and click. Don't know what your file size is but using EOS 1Dx with 18 MP CR2 files (converted to DNG) it does take me about 1,5 - 2 seconds for both loupe and FSP to build a 100 % preview, and I seem to recall this was not very different behavior on my previous (6 year old) Mac Pro.
You are right (of course... :-) ) regarding the difference between FSP and REF, when studying closely there is a significant detail difference between the FSP and the REF. However, only the 100 % preview matches the original jpeg. The FSP file is on closer look not so good with details but the REF file is only slightly better, both are not correct and therefor the 100 % is still needed.
Here is the FSP screenshot:
and here the REF screenshot:
also the 100 % preview in full screen screenshot:
and finally a composed file with details from original, 100 % REF and FSP:
As said before, at first sight I can't spot significant difference between all options and the full screen (as the preview panel HQ preview) let's me spot the vast majority of unsharpness issues, hence my multiple rounds of sorting and incases of doubt the 100 % option.
So while your theory is correct I'm afraid I (still) doubt the usefulness of this all. If neither the FSP and the REF (although the latter does show a bit better result) can match the results of the original but the 100 % does it well I don't see an easy solution for improvement.
I agree with the quality from the screenshots Curt provided, but Curt also uses the embedded thumbnail instead of HQ preview option. Depending on his needs and hard ware availability it would be nice to see new results with the HQ and monitor sized previews options enabled.
regards
Omke

Why is export quality HORRIBLE? FCP 7.3

Why can't I export a .mov quicktime movie from FCP 7.3 that looks EXACTLY like the image I get when playing the footage in the timeline?
These are my 2 biggest quality issues that I can't find a way to surmount:
1. Interlacing. Yes, I shot interlaced - bad idea, never will do it again. But in FCP, viewed at full screen, the footage is beautiful - no interlacing artifact at all. Once exported, it looks horrible. Please no comments about "just choose 'deinterlace' when exporting." This seems to horribly degrade the quality (see below) and it doesn't deinterlace it anyway at the same resolution as I'm viewing it in FCP - you have to scale the quality down from 1080i to 720p before the interlace artifact in the exported file is gone. And even then, the quality is much worse than 720p should be (see below).
2. Saturation/bit depth/color quality: Once exported - no matter what quality I choose and no matter whether I check 'deinterlace' or not - the color goes down the drain once exported. It looks pathetic. Oversaturating the image before exporting in hopes of a correct saturation by the time it's exported does not work. The image is simply very, very washed out once exported.
Bottom line: If the footage looks beautiful IN final cut, viewed at full screen, we KNOW it can look beautiful OUT of final cut, viewed on the same screen. How is this accomplished?
A few technical details:
Footage specs:
Shot in 59.94i, 1080
AVCHD
.MTS
Imported RAW into FCP using Log and Transfer.
Once ingested into FCP (using default ingest settings):
29.97i
1920x1080
Upper (odd) field dominance
Square pixel aspect ratio
Apple prores 422
Export specs:
Compressor: H.264
Frame rate: Current
Keyframes: Automatic
Data Rate: Automatic
Frame recording: Unchecked
Quality: Best (multipass)
Encoding: Best quality
Export size settings:
I have tried all of the following settings, each with 'deinterlace' checked AND unchecked, respectively. And each with bad results:
1920x1080
1600x900
1280x720
and other sizes of 16:9
Any ideas on this is HUGELY appreciated.

Thanks for all the great input everyone.
To your questions:
Jason: I'm using QT 7.7.
Michael: Very helpful thoughts. I did export using quicktime instead of QT conversion and it looks identical - no problem....when viewing the exported file with FCP. When viewing it with QT 7.7, with the settings suggested by David, it's the same old crap I've been gettng all along. I"m new to Compressor and I'm using version 3.5. Can you advise a specific workflow for using Compressor here? As far as customizing QT for FCP color, I assume you mean the option in the Preferences 'Enable final cut studio color compatibility'. This is the only setting I see of relevance...
Russ - Final cut pro DOES accurately show image quality. At full screen view, my footage looks great in FCP. If it can look greatin FCP, it should be able to look great OUT of FCP. The question is just how to use the best compression setting to get the export file size down without sacrificing all that quality.... I'm judging by the monitor because I'm shooting for monitor end-viewership, not TV.
Bottom line - sounds like Compressor is the way to go. If someone could give me some pointers on Compressor workflow with this situation, that would bed awesome. I've never used the program before - 'export using QT conversion' in FCP has always been sufficient up until now.
Many, many thanks!

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Hello Jonathan!
Really nice photos! You, no doubt, have a much better eye than I do for details and such and it's no wonder that various compression artifacts would be more noticeable to you! Your photos look very acceptable to me.
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Hello Jonathan!
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I hope this helps.

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Hi,
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Satellite C655-S5132
Downloads here
My advice is to restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using Toshiba recovery media. All the drivers and utilities are properly preinstalled. Windows is preactivated.
You can obtain recovery discs from Toshiba. Scroll down to Get Recovery Media here .
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On top of this you have the absolute problem that your are asking PRE to reduce from a 1440 x 900 screen resolution to a 720x480 DVD format. How well it does this you'll really only see by burning a DVD - but if it doesn't look good enough you might consider using a 800 x 600 screen resolution to record your screen captures and reduce the amount of downscaling PRE does.
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Are you interested by changing the standard?
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Before Leopard I used to use Vine VNC Server for accessing my Mac over the internet. Now that Leopard has its own VNC (Screen Sharing) server built in theres no need to use it.
Normally when I VNC'ed to my Mac over the internet using UltraVNC on Windows it would automatically select the best image compression/quality (eg only displaying 256 colors only etc) to make it much quicker over the internet.
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