More of my sites

WinInfo Daily News
SuperSite for Windows
Windows IT Pro Magazine
Connected Home
Thurrott Dot Com
Windows Weekly at TWIT

About this site

For six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul

Friday, August 12, 2005

Why does QuickTime 7 for Windows suck?

Maybe someone can explain to me why the Windows version of QuickTime Pro 7 (which I've purchased) displays my iMovie HD-edited home videos in such an inferior fashion when compared to the Mac version of QuickTime Pro 7 (which I've also purchased). It's astonishing how different they look. Here's a typical example, from a recent home movie:

The Mac version: Perfect.

The PC version: Craptacular.
Yeah, the Windows version is still in preview, but come on. This is sort of odd.

Update: A number of readers told me to check whether the "Use high quality video setting when available" option was checked in General preferences under Windows. It wasn't. When checked, the video appears in all its glory. Thanks to everyone that wrote in about this, but why would Apple leave this option off on the Windows version only?

[ Posted at 8:54 PM | Permalink ]