FWIW, I have found that if I rip with Handbrake and turn on preserve aspect ratio (turn off PAR), the resulting video looks better.

Also, as someone else said, after getting to mp4, you need to convert to the nokia format. I also spent some days and google searches finding this out.

I actually did read the documentation that comes with it, in less than perfect detail, I'll admit. If this detail is in that users guide, I missed it. Would it hurt them (she gripes) to cover the basics in the docs they supply with the tablet?

Beth