Why are all cinematic cutscenes bad quality?

[Пупсик]

I get very annoyed when I get into a cinematic cutscenes and the quality is just awful. I have an i5 2500K OC to 4.2GHz, 16 GB RAM, MSI Z77A-GD65 Motherboard, 2 EVGA 660 Ti SC SLI. I have no problem with in-game graphics/cutscenes but my cinematic cutscenes are all pixeled. Is there anyway I can fix that? I've been told to go into the 3D Settings in the Nvidia Control and select the game and tweak somethings but it doesn't work. Is it the way all steam games are uploaded? I would like to get this fix so I can play a game without this problem.

[☯ Zeroxia]

About which game are you talking about?

Also it really depends per game. Some games use cutscenes with the game graphics so it will look as good as the game quality you have it set to. Some use pre-rendered cutscenes. These can be in a less better quality since they are just recorded.

[Caleb]

And what game are you talking about?

EDIT: Zerox beat me to it

[_I_]

some games have pre-rendered cutscenes in video format that are low quality (<720p) ex. darksiders and borderlands
no matter what res you play at it will be a 1280x720 video for the cutscene stretched to fit your monitor

[Пупсик]

Right now I'm playing Batman: Arkham City, but I've ♥♥♥♥♥♥ this essue with Star Wars: Force Unleashed II, & Batman: Arkham Asylum.