1. A video decoder with video enhancement using direct contrast enhancement in the spatial domain comprising: a transform circuit responsive to the decoder intrablock output for converting the decoded video intramacroblock output to a matrix of spatial domain coefficients; an intramacroblock enhancement matrix having a corresponding matrix of elements; a multiplier circuit for combining the spatial domain coefficients with the corresponding intramacroblock enhancement matrix elements to provide enhanced spatial coefficients; and an inverse transform circuit responsive to said multiplier circuit for converting said enhanced spatial coefficients to the temporal domain to generate an enhanced decoded intramacroblock output.