New Update Upgraded Lucid Mode here to ward off the Winter Blues

[upnorth]

None of us want such bleakness compounded by the odium of poor video quality, which has been proven to cause negative emotional responses in viewers. That’s why, just in time for the short days of December, we’ve improved our Lucid Mode – a feature that provides videos with better-than-ever brightness, sharpness, and clarity. Not only has the underlying technology been upgraded – resulting in better browser performance and battery life – but you can now control the extent of video enhancement within Settings. Once you configure the video quality to your specifications, you can – by hovering on the Lucid Mode button on any video – click a slider that allows you to see the crispness boosted in real time.

Upgraded Lucid Mode here to ward off the winter blues

We’ve excited to announce an upgrade to Lucid Mode – which provides videos with enhanced sharpness and clarity – just in time to help you ward off the seasonal blues.

blogs.opera.com

 

[Jonny Quest]

lol...S.D.D. standard definition disorder. An entertaining video that got the idea across

Just a couple of image examples they showed, along with the settings as per this year-old article.

Opera browser wants to make old videos look sharper with its Lucid Mode - gHacks Tech News

Opera browser adds a new feature called Lucid Mode, that makes old videos look sharper. We take a closer look at it.

www.ghacks.net

I'm not sure I would use Opera just for that. Maybe there is some tweaking that could be done in the Windows Display settings, which would affect everything, or the graphic card settings, especially with Nvidia?

 

[brambedkar59]

Maybe there is some tweaking that could be done in the Windows Display settings, which would affect everything, or the graphic card settings, especially with Nvidia?

You already can, enable this inside Nvidia Control Panel. And in case your PC has more than 1 GPUs make sure app is running using Nvidia GPU.

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PS supported apps include for example Edge, Chrome, PotPlayer, VLC (iirc special version with support included not sure about stable release), etc.

Edit: Requires Nvidia 3000 2000 series & above.

 

[Jonny Quest]

You already can, enable this inside Nvidia Control Panel. And in case your PC has more than 1 GPUs make sure app is running using Nvidia GPU.

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PS supported apps include for example Edge, Chrome, PotPlayer, VLC (iirc special version with support included not sure about stable release), etc.

Thank you, @brambedkar59 as I couldn't test that out on this notebook.

But that's what I was thinking regarding my desktops with Nvidia cards

 

[brambedkar59]

Thank you, @brambedkar59 as I couldn't test that out on this notebook.

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But that's what I was thinking regarding my desktops with Nvidia cards

Intel also had similar feature, I never really tried it (supports any iGPU after 10th gen )

Some Intel GPUs Already Support Video Super Resolution in Chromium

It's not officially supported, but there's no harm in trying it out if you have the right hardware.

www.extremetech.com

 

[upnorth]

We tried Nvidia's version when it launched recently (Opens in a new window) and didn't notice any improvement.

Some Intel GPUs Already Support Video Super Resolution in Chromium

It's not officially supported, but there's no harm in trying it out if you have the right hardware.

www.extremetech.com

 

[Jonny Quest]

Some Intel GPUs Already Support Video Super Resolution in Chromium

It's not officially supported, but there's no harm in trying it out if you have the right hardware.

www.extremetech.com

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Yep, some interesting disclaimers in that link

 

[brambedkar59]

We tried Nvidia's version when it launched recently (Opens in a new window) and didn't notice any improvement.

Only place situation where I see it being useful is watching anime video. It really helps in making them look much cleaner & sharper, but goes without saying YMMV.