Poor image after capture - from laptop?

[hellofatgirl]

Hi all, this is my first post here, and I'm new to the site, so pardon me if this is in the wrong forum.

Anyway, here's my question:

I'm using a DVX100B (and AVID) and feel like I'm getting a good image through the camara's LCD screen. However, after I import the image with AVID, it looks like it has lost some quality- it looks noisy and grainy and almost as though the contrast has been cranked up. I'm viewing it on an only slightly larger scale in the AVID window, but not enough for me to think that's the cause of my problem.

My question is this. Could it be due to any of the following issues:
1) I'm using a PC laptop - i figured this should just affect rendering and editing speed, but what do i know
2) I'm importing via 1394 firewire
3) I have all sorts of video codecs installed somewhere on my computer: k-lite mega codec pack (though I doubt it's this)
4) maybe the graphics card on my computer
5) this is just what happens after you capture
6) whatever else you can think of

If anyone can help, thanks a ton. I'm new to a lot of this so, I really appreciate whatever help you can give. This site has already been an amazing resource for me so far, so thanks.

-HFG

 

[MarkG]

Well, firewire is digital, so what's on the tape is now on your hard disk. I doubt there's a real problem, it's more likely to be that the PC's LCD is set up differently to the camera's LCD... it's also probably higher resolution: I'm not sure what resolution the DVX LCD can really display.

 

[krestofre]

Do a search either here or at the forums at www.avid.com for "overlay." It sounds like that might be your problem.

 

[hellofatgirl]

So, I've figured out a bit more. It looks like the problem is definitely with my computer (probably the video card). I have low resolution if I capture the video on any program (Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, Avid), so long as its on my computer. Then burning it and playing it back on a DVD player yeilds the same poor quality image. However, the resolution is fine if I import it from the camara to other computers or transfer it straight to my TV with SVideo. Its amazing how good these DVX camaras are. I would never even have noticed a problem like this with my old camara.