Answers.Body: <p>They are slightly different sizes. (I think it has to do with aspect ratio )</p>
  
  <p>When I scale down 1920 HD to DVD I scale Fit Width,  not Fit all.
  This scales it down but leaves a few pixels above and below.</p>
  
  <p>I think you end up with 720x485 when it's supposed to be 720X480</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>1080 would suggest full HD, the rub is that DVD is not HD. At best DVD is 720 x 480 so I believe that PR5.5 like many other pro editors is scaling your 1080 to fit in this smaller screen format, so letter boxing would be expected.</p>
  
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Body: <p>When I encode my 1080 sequence using the MPEG2-DVD preset I get a slight letterbox effect on either side of the frame. Does anybody know if there is any way around that, or if that is just-the-way-it-is?</p>
  
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  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-11)
  
  When I encode my 1080 sequence using the MPEG2-DVD preset I get a slight letterbox effect on either side of the frame. Does anybody know if there is any way around that, or if that is just-the-way-it-is?
  
  **Tags:** video, premiere, cs5
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2012-05-11. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  1080 would suggest full HD, the rub is that DVD is not HD. At best DVD is 720 x 480 so I believe that PR5.5 like many other pro editors is scaling your 1080 to fit in this smaller screen format, so letter boxing would be expected.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-11. Score: 0
  
  They are slightly different sizes. (I think it has to do with aspect ratio )
  
  When I scale down 1920 HD to DVD I scale Fit Width, not Fit all.
  This scales it down but leaves a few pixels above and below.
  
  I think you end up with 720x485 when it's supposed to be 720X480
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That's what I've concluded too.  
  
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