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Blocky and Pixelated Dark Scenes when watching videos (Netflix/Youtube/Movies)

Hi, I just bought the new 2019 MacBook Pro 13-inch 512GB. I noticed something rather weird (or annoying me), whenever I'm watching videos with dark scenes, the video quality becomes poor (becomes blocky and pixelated like the ones in the images below).



Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced this? What should I do?

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Aug 29, 2019 2:48 PM

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Posted on Sep 15, 2019 10:10 PM

I am having the same problem. I bought a new MacBook Pro about a month ago to replace my old one (from 2015), and I am also having issues with pixelated dark scenes. This never happened to me on my old laptop, nor does it on my iPad. To be perfectly honest I am rather annoyed about this, and the link in this answer is completely unhelpful.

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Blocky and Pixelated Dark Scenes when watching videos (Netflix/Youtube/Movies)

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