
Originally Posted by
GMaq
siratfus,
This is what I do (for what it's worth!) with my iPod and my D-Link Media Lounge, using a 42" Plasma HDTV. 4:3 Encode at 640x480 displays with pillar boxes on each side on both MediaLounge and iPod. (16:9 Widescreen) Encode at 640x352, Display fills screen with MediaLounge because it's set to output 16:9, Displays with both pillar boxes and letterboxes from iPod but fills screen if TV zoomed with little noticeable impact on quality. (16:9 Anamorphic) Encode at 704x304, displays with Letterboxes with MediaLounge and displays with letterboxes and pillarboxes with iPod, Zooming displays with letterboxes only again with little visual impact. These of course are not written in stone, but are generally what works, A bitrate of 1100-1250 is usually sufficient in all cases.