Crude pixelation

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Charles Brand

Many, but not all, photos display with crude pixelation, rather than
displaying with fine resolution.

Any ideas why?

TIA
 
Charles said:
Many, but not all, photos display with crude pixelation, rather than
displaying with fine resolution.

Any ideas why?

TIA
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More information please:

* context (Shell, particular program or both)
* file-types affected
* size/resolution of these files
* screen resolution
* do the same files look OK on other machines?
 
Charles said:
Many, but not all, photos display with crude pixelation, rather than
displaying with fine resolution.

Any ideas why?

TIA
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Photos from where? On your hard drive or on line in your browser? If on
line, do you have a dialup connection with some sort of "acceleration"
program? These "accelerators" give the illusion that your dialup
connection is faster than it really is by compressing the data so you
are really downloading less. This can make pictures look awful.

Malke
 
Sorry I didn't provide complete information.

Context: Typically the rough pixelation occurs with online news photos
viewed either via Netscape or Internet Explorer.

File-types: Jpegs

Size: <10mb (image resolution unknown)

Screen resolution: 1152 x 864

Same files same on other machines: No

I hope this additional information helps diagnose this problem.

Many thanks.
 
Charles said:
Sorry I didn't provide complete information.

Context: Typically the rough pixelation occurs with online news
photos viewed either via Netscape or Internet Explorer.

File-types: Jpegs

Size: <10mb (image resolution unknown)

Screen resolution: 1152 x 864

Same files same on other machines: No
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Then see my previous answer to you - turn off your ISP's acceleration
program. Right now you're not downloading the full amount of the
pictures' data.

Malke
 
You're absolutely right.

It is the dial-up accelerator.

Many, many thanks for your replies.
 
Charles said:
Many, but not all, photos display with crude pixelation, rather than
displaying with fine resolution.
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Perhaps you are using an "acceleration" program from your ISP, which, to
"speed up" downloads, does not allow
you to download the entire file as posted on the webpage. Rather, it
"reformats" the image to a less intense
graphic to "similulate" a faster download time.

Seems you have a case of "smoke and mirrors".
 
I was having the same problem. I use AOL and i turned off the "accelerator"
but it didnt change anything. Is there something I'm missing??
 
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