orig video and newly created video cut off

[WhoIsTheFly]

I am currently archiving 20 minute segments that were originally in AVI format. They are in the NTSC aspect of 352x240.

I have used TMPGEnc to convert them using the provided NTSC template.

I also created some graphics from scratch at 352x240, dropped them into an AVI editor and made short video sequences out of them. These I also converted with TMPGEnc and the NTSC template.

I created a VCD and burned it successfully.

Now, the caveat. When playing the VCD (many versions which I "tweaked" , re-encoded, used different video clips, etc.) the borders seem to be cut off. One video is a subtitled program and the sub titles are nearly cut off. on either side, there is about 18 pixels cropped out and about the same from the bottom. (not sure about the top)

What could be causing this?

The DVD player, by the way is a Samsung DVDM301 and the television is a Philips 27" Stereo TV — 27PS50B.

When playing the VCD with VCD Cutter, enlarging the windows to full screen, I can see the entire video and it is not cropped.

Your thoughts, anyone?

[WhoIsTheFly]

I probably should have mentioned this as well. I used EX-CD creator 5.0 Platinum to burn the VCD.