Originally Posted by ucv.karl

This shit kills me. The pixel aspect ratio is NOT square in 1440x1080. The pixels have an aspect ratio of 4:3, hence to 'true' aspect ratio is 1920x1080 (i.e., 1440 * 4/3 =1920).

There are a several sites out there that still can't get this right.

This On2 vs. H.264 argument is usually a waste of time. It doesn't matter because a lot of HDV shit is shot with in adequate lighting. Since HDV is very, very sensitive to lighting issues, it's not worth discussing the marginal differences in quality of On2 and H.264. Nevertheless, it easy to do a few tests (encoding a few different videos in On2 and H.264 at the same bitrates) and compare the results.

Also, h.264 is a absolute cpu pig (especially when you compare it with VC1).