I know this is wide open to speculation but here is what I am trying to do:
I use Media Center Edition which is connected to my tv. (Regular 32 inch tv) To rip my DVD collection I use DVD Decrypter. I now want to encode that to preferrable AVI, Divx, to view from my hard drive via a menu system. Space is not an issue and I do not mind largte file sizes. I want the best quality possible, so my qustion is what would be the best program to use, and should I be setting it to 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, or what?