Video problem picture not clear... - Computers & Internet

your videoes have a small pixel say 320x240 so when you blow it up to say 1440x900 the player has to ADD pixels that dont exist. so you get an unclear picture.

What connectors do you have at each end, ie output and input?
Is it S-Video at each end or are you converting, as I suspect, composite video out, yellow RCA plug, to S-Video in on monitor?
Converting composite to S-Video via a passive cable doesn't yield good results, as its simply feeding the composite to the two S-Video signal-components, Chroma and Luminance.
As the video output of a VCR has limited bandwidth, the signal out will never be perfectly clear, but if you can get hold of an active 'powered' booster / sharpener / crispener unit, it will help to clean up and amplify the signal, so improving clarity.
Another point:
A lot of generic Composite<>S-Video cables simply bridge or short out the C 'chroma' & Y 'luminance' pins.
A hack to improve the timing signals is to solder a 470pF ceramic capacitor across C and Y as shown in schematic.
This circuit show S-video input, but may work as out.

It could also be the bulb in the tv going bad

The problem is lack of bandwith of the receiving signal from your daughter. The Skype server is located in the UK and all video and audio data signals go to and from the Skype UK server before it goes to you and your daughter. This lack of bandwith causes the video image to break up and a delays in audio just like a weak high definition signals to your digital television.
You can see your own video and hear your own audio from your WEB cam clearly, because the video and audio data does not have to go to the UK and back again, also your satillite connection is probably not as fast as a cable broadband connection. Your daughter may also experiencing the same video and audio problems.
Video data contains a lot more information than the audio data. Therefore there are a couple of things you can do to improve the situation :-
Get your daughter to and possible you as well (if she is also experiencing break up of video and audio), to reduce the video image size from 640X480 to 320X240 resolution.
If the video is still a problem then turn off the video all together and only communicate by audio, this will reduce the amount of data being transmitted and should give you a clear/clean audio.

put the close caption off

sir!
Clean the lence cover of your camera it might sovle your problem.

Dear Zepp,

Firstly, video is not a clear as DVD.

Suggestions:
Do the video heads need cleaning?
Is the video tape a bit worn?, Try another video tape.
Do the video tracking controls needs tweaking?

Try changing the cable to another connector. If picture is still poor, try changing the cable for a new one. Also verify that the sky unit is giving a good picture by connecting it to another TV and see if picture is clear.

You could also verify the connections on the TV by inputting video from another source such as VCR or video camera.