DVD quality

[maverick01]

poor dvd quality, 'blotchy screen'

Recently, for no aparrent reason, the quality of my picture when playing a dvd has deteriorated. The picture has small like squares when I go to full screen mode when watching. I have an asus laptop with an ATI mobility radeon 9100 graphics card, and also a pentium centrino processor.
PLEASE HELP!!!
Thanks.

 

[El Presidente]

Clarification

Just a few questions to clear up:
Does this happen with only specific DVDs?
Is your laptop plugged in when you watch the movie? (When a laptop is on battery power, the processor speed drops significantly.)
What DVD player program do you use?

 

[TS | Thomas]

Have you tried toggling any "Hardware Acceleration" feature in your DVD decoder? In WinDVD they are located in the Setup -> Video menu.
If that's the case a Driver or program update ought to solve the problem.

 

[maverick01]

I use cliprex dvd player although I dont actually like it, it happens with every dvd I watch.
The picture looks likes lots of little squares and it doesn't have the crisp texture of a television, like it used to. I have the latest video drivers for my card as well.
The laptop is also plugged into the mains to answer your question.