diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/css/varaverk.css b/Plugin/unraid/css/varaverk.css
index 8a3b3ee..4de12f7 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/css/varaverk.css
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/css/varaverk.css
@@ -753,11 +753,21 @@ mark            { background: #5d4037; color: #ffcc80; border-radius: 2px; }
 .vv-server-badge { background: #333; border: 1px solid #555; color: #aaa;
                    font-size: 10px; padding: 1px 7px; border-radius: 10px; }
 .vv-server-badge-sm { font-size: 9px; padding: 1px 6px; flex-shrink: 0; }
-/* Device type chips — shown right of server badges when sessions are active */
+/* Chip groups — server badge row */
 .vv-device-sep  { color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 12px; margin: 0 2px; user-select: none; }
-.vv-device-chip { font-size: 10px; color: #666; padding: 1px 7px;
-                  border-radius: 10px; background: #181818; border: 1px solid #252525;
-                  white-space: nowrap; }
+/* shared chip geometry */
+.vv-device-chip,
+.vv-chip-device, .vv-chip-res, .vv-chip-codec {
+  font-size: 10px; padding: 1px 7px; border-radius: 10px;
+  white-space: nowrap; border: 1px solid; }
+/* device — blue */
+.vv-chip-device { color: #5a9ec8; background: #0d1e2e; border-color: #1c3f5c; }
+/* resolution — teal */
+.vv-chip-res    { color: #4aaa9a; background: #0b1e1c; border-color: #1a4540; }
+/* codec — amber */
+.vv-chip-codec  { color: #b38820; background: #201500; border-color: #483300; }
+/* legacy fallback */
+.vv-device-chip { color: #666; background: #181818; border-color: #252525; }
 .vv-stream-empty { color: #555; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; margin: 4px 0; }
 .vv-stream-empty span { font-size: 11px; color: #444; }
 .vv-stream-row { margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #282828; }
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php
index ae2a41e..fe3215e 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php
@@ -1447,6 +1447,21 @@ function vvRenderStreams() {
       : `<span class="vv-server-badge" style="color:#444;">${n}</span>`;
   }).join('');
 
+  // Per-chip shade: alternate bg brightness within a group to visually separate chips
+  // shades[0] = base bg, shades[1] = slightly lighter, cycling per index
+  function vvChipShade(cls, i) {
+    const shades = {
+      'vv-chip-device': ['#0d1e2e', '#112436'],
+      'vv-chip-res':    ['#0b1e1c', '#0e2422'],
+      'vv-chip-codec':  ['#201500', '#261900'],
+    };
+    const bg = (shades[cls] ?? ['',''])[i % 2];
+    return bg ? ` style="background:${bg};"` : '';
+  }
+  function vvChip(cls, label, i) {
+    return `<span class="${cls}"${vvChipShade(cls, i)}>${label}</span>`;
+  }
+
   // Device type summary — e.g. "3 Android  1 iOS  2 Roku"
   const devCounts = {};
   sessions.forEach(s => {
@@ -1455,7 +1470,7 @@ function vvRenderStreams() {
   });
   const deviceBar = Object.entries(devCounts)
     .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
-    .map(([t, n]) => `<span class="vv-device-chip">${n} ${t}</span>`)
+    .map(([t, n], i) => vvChip('vv-chip-device', `${n} ${t}`, i))
     .join('');
   const deviceSection = deviceBar
     ? `<span class="vv-device-sep">·</span>${deviceBar}`
@@ -1476,7 +1491,7 @@ function vvRenderStreams() {
   });
   const resOrder = ['4K', '1080p', '720p', '480p'];
   const resBar = resOrder.filter(r => resCounts[r])
-    .map(r => `<span class="vv-device-chip">${resCounts[r]} ${r}</span>`)
+    .map((r, i) => vvChip('vv-chip-res', `${resCounts[r]} ${r}`, i))
     .join('');
   const resSection = resBar ? `<span class="vv-device-sep">·</span>${resBar}` : '';
 
@@ -1493,7 +1508,7 @@ function vvRenderStreams() {
   });
   const codecBar = Object.entries(codecCounts)
     .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
-    .map(([c, n]) => `<span class="vv-device-chip">${n} ${c}</span>`)
+    .map(([c, n], i) => vvChip('vv-chip-codec', `${n} ${c}`, i))
     .join('');
   const codecSection = codecBar ? `<span class="vv-device-sep">·</span>${codecBar}` : '';