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May 6th, 2014 00:00

Videos too dark (help needed)

Hello. I am not very computer savvy, so I can only guess.  Why are night scenes so dark on my computer? It's been like this for sometime, but I put off trying to address it until now.  Since our cable's been off, I've been having to watch shows like GOT & Salem online, but scenes at night are so hard to see.  I watch them in Flash (flv). It's like this in Divx too, but I can't watch it in that format anyway, because the video starts, then freezes, with the audio still playing.

My computer is a Dell DE051 (running Windows XP) with a Dell E773c Color Monitor. I will copy/paste some specs if it will help

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    "name": "Firefox",
    "version": "28.0",
    "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0",
    "supportURL": "https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/28.0/WINNT/en-US/"
  },
  "crashes": {
    "submitted": [],
    "pending": 0
  },
  "modifiedPreferences": {
    "browser.cache.disk.capacity": 358400,
    "browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run": false,
    "browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max": false,
    "browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value": 358400,
    "browser.link.open_newwindow": 2,
    "browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion": 6,
    "browser.search.useDBForOrder": true,
    "browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID": "20140314220517",
    "browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone": "28.0",
    "browser.startup.homepage": "about:home",
    "browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID": "20140314220517",
    "dom.mozApps.used": true,
    "extensions.lastAppVersion": "28.0",
    "gfx.blacklist.webgl.angle": 3,
    "gfx.blacklist.layers.opengl": 3,
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    "places.database.lastMaintenance": 1399274817,
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    "plugin.importedState": true,
    "plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types": "application/pdf",
    "plugin.state.npdivxplayerplugin": 2,
    "print.printer_Dell_AIO_810.print_page_delay": 50,
    "print.printer_Dell_AIO_810.print_scaling": "  1.00",
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    "privacy.donottrackheader.enabled": true,
    "privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs": true,
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    "numTotalWindows": 2,
    "numAcceleratedWindows": 0,
    "windowLayerManagerType": "Basic",
    "windowLayerManagerRemote": false,
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    "adapterDescription": "Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller",
    "adapterVendorID": "0x8086",
    "adapterDeviceID": "0x2572",
    "adapterRAM": "Unknown",
    "adapterDrivers": "ialmrnt5",
    "driverVersion": "6.14.10.4299",
    "driverDate": "4-5-2005",
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    "adapterVendorID2": "",
    "adapterDeviceID2": "",
    "adapterRAM2": "",
    "adapterDrivers2": "",
    "driverVersion2": "",
    "driverDate2": "",
    "isGPU2Active": false,
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    "directWriteEnabled": false,
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      "tryNewerDriver",
      "6.1400.1000.5218"
    ],
    "info": {
      "AzureCanvasBackend": "skia",
      "AzureSkiaAccelerated": 0,
      "AzureFallbackCanvasBackend": "cairo",
      "AzureContentBackend": "cairo"
    }
  },
  "javaScript": {
    "incrementalGCEnabled": true
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "isActive": false,
    "forceDisabled": 0
  },
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      "minVersion": "4.10.3",
      "version": "4.10.3"
    },
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      "minVersion": "3.15.5 Basic ECC",
      "version": "3.15.5 Basic ECC"
    },
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      "minVersion": "3.15.5",
      "version": "3.15.5"
    },
    "NSSSSL": {
      "minVersion": "3.15.5 Basic ECC",
      "version": "3.15.5 Basic ECC"
    },
    "NSSSMIME": {
      "minVersion": "3.15.5 Basic ECC",
      "version": "3.15.5 Basic ECC"
    }
  },
  "userJS": {
    "exists": false
  },
  "extensions": [
    {
      "name": "Greasemonkey",
      "version": "1.15",
      "isActive": true,
      "id": "{e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781}"
    },
    {
      "name": "YesScript",
      "version": "2.0",
      "isActive": true,
      "id": "yesscript@userstyles.org"
    },
    {
      "name": "Google Toolbar for Firefox",
      "version": "7.1.20101113Wb1",
      "isActive": false,
      "id": "{3112ca9c-de6d-4884-a869-9855de68056c}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant",
      "version": "0.0.0",
      "isActive": false,
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}

May 6th, 2014 00:00

From the startup (when you tap F8 keyboard)

Dell DE051 Series - BIOS Version: A01

Intel Celeron Processor: 2.53GHz

Level 2 Cache: 256 KB Integrated

Installed System Memory: 1024 MB DDR SDRAM

System Memory Speed: 333 MHz

System Memory Channel mode: Dual

AGP Aperture: 128 MB

Now, if the issue is my monitor, will an HD one work/help? If it's the video/graphics card, then is it cheaper to buy that or a refurbished computer?

Apologies if my posts were long, i wish I knew more about this stuff.

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