totololo: I understand that you're using the original aspect ratio.

But those black bands can affect performance. That's why I wanted to "compare apples to apples" and have you crop your video.

I always crop to the tablet's screen size because a big 4.3" screen full of vibrant video is always a real shock-and-awe experience for people. Especially computer animated kids movies -- they tend to be bigger, brighter and more in-your-face.

PS: I agree with you about stretching 4:3 video to fit a wide screen. That's just WRONG.