Thanks for the guide, I just made some very good DVDs using Pinnacle. I made one DVD using CBR and one using VBR. The VBR seemed to provide better picture flow. You said you use VBR, have you experimented with both in the past? and chose VBR for that reason? Just curious cause if you found VBR to be better than I'll stick to that. Thanks for all your help, my new DVDs came out excellent. Even my VHS to DVD is very good.