Rendering options

[MBS]

Hi, New noob to these forums and a nub when it comes to video stuff but i try my best, i have captured my digital8 tapes to pc, edited and added transitions ect all using sony vegas pro 9, my question is.......... what do i render at ? ive done a trial using the PAL DV widescreen option but on playback in power dvd it is'nt full screen ( has like a black border all way round it ), i want to be able to convert this to dvd and watch on tv............. thx in advance.

[Krispy Kritter]

Keep it in the format of the original files. In other words, if it was recorder 4:3 (full screen), then keep it 4:3.

[MBS]

Thx for the reply Krispy, as said before i have no clue to what all these abbreviations mean , im using a sony handycan , link.......

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/sdh-digital-8/dcr-trv245e#pageType=TechnicalSpecs

I dont know what the original format is but there is an option to change it to 16:9 widescreen on the camara itself, i have rendered then converted to dvd but im getting a black bar down each side of my LCD tv and in power dvd on pc, this is what i want rid of.

So im guessing i have to render at some sort of setting in order to lose the black bars but i dont know which setting, these are half hour vids/movie im trying to make from holidays, i did try saving the files as NTSC widescreen but that turned out to be huge.... 65 gig !!

I need to know ( using sony vegas pro 9 ) which settings to use to get a good quality vid at full screen.