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otake-tux

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Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 20

flickering

Hello.  I have an acer laptop wih a SiS graphics card.  The display is widescreen.  Well, whenever I watch videos, be it dvd's or .avi's, I get flickering. Sometimes it minor but other times it can get really distracting. 

My current resolution is 1280x800.  Can someone help me with this?

otake-tux

Member

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 20

Re: flickering

I had the refresh rate at 75.  Changed it to 60 and havent experienced flickering yet. will post this as solved if it doesnt occur again.

brazzmonkey

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From: between keyboard and chair

Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 818

Re: flickering

is it the monitor that flickers or the videos that lag ?
what's your monitor's refresh rate ?

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otake-tux

Member

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 20

Re: flickering

Well the flickering did not stop even though I put the refresh rate at 60.  I got flickering while watcing a .wmv

This is a laptop screen.

could be the codecs?
(feel stupid)

edit-its the screen that flickers.  the video dies not lag.