VLC - Contrast Ratio looks a lot worse than WMP. Why?

[Spellbinder2050]

I'm using "VLC 2.1.3 Rincewind," according to the about info, on Windows 7. I've noticed a contrast problem while looking at several DVD & Bluray rips in AVI format. VLC always has this white glow over anything black or dark. Windows Media Player looks a lot clearer, even without any added codecs. Here's a picture showing an example:



Notice that the WMP's blacks look blacker. What is causing this? Is there a way to fix this issue? Is this just the standard quality for VLC's codecs?

I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this.

[jayR]

Quality of video and audio differs amongst different media players. I have about 10 different media players. I found WMP has the best audio quality. But it doesn't support DVD anymore. So I use VLC for playing DVDs because it has the best audio quality amongst DVD playing media players. Digital media players are supposed to have same audio and video quality. But in reality, it isn't.