>From: Wilhelm Wanders <kaskudoo at gmx.de> > >NTSC and PAL are both pretty low res sources for images. so is >MPEG2 ... like a still frame from a DVD has usually 720x480 Ah, okay. Yes, one was a still frame from a DVD; the other was from a TV broadcast captured directly from a satellite receiver through a Canopus converter to iMovie. Guess this is what I get, then! Patty