HTML5 video is blurry and low-contrast ONLY in my installation of Chrome

Question

I am in Windows 7 x64, using Chrome 22. When I view an MP4 video in the video tag, it appears blurry and low-contrast compared to the source video viewed locally in Media Player Classic.

A screen-measuring app shows that both players are displaying the video at exactly its native dimensions (400x300).

This appears to be a problem only with my installation of Chrome. The video looks perfect on other machines, Macs and PCs alike. I have tried reinstalling Chrome, disabling all extensions, uninstalling my codec pack (CCCP), and reinstalling my codec pack, all to no avail.

<video src="http://d.pr/f/Nq6a+" width="400" height="300" controls ></video>​

jsFiddle

The video file

Comparison screenshots from my end:

Video tag in jsFiddle

d.pr/i/RqLW

Media Player Classic

d.pr/i/BZ69

Answer 1

It's actually a video size issue. A little tricky but... try this: http://webz.ro/blurry-html5-video/

Answer 2

I do not see any difference, but try removing the width/height attributes.

Answer 3

Thanks for the suggestions - I tried everything and then some with no luck. However, since this has helped me discover that it's some kind of codec/software problem related uniquely to my setup, and not a "programming" problem, that makes it a whole new issue, so I'm going to mark this one as answered.

Update See new accepted answer.