Youtube videos only play properly at 240p

I've had an annoying problem for several weeks.
Youtube videos only play properly at 240p. At any rate higher, they are garbled. Audio is fine, but the video is garbled.
Any ideas?
Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. No luck.
This happens with IE and FF.
Thanks,.
Eph

Try to
disable hardware acceleration (Flash Player Settings);
update the drivers for your graphics/video/display adapter.

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