IPod Video/Sonic Impact Video-55

Merry Christmas Everyone! I have a iPod Video 80 gig and have been ripping my videos at 320x240 (H264) with 2 pass encoding and the widescreens I have been ripping @320 and then cropping the sides to get close to the 240. They have looked great on the iPod! Now that I just got the Sonic Video-55 with the 7 inch screen (480 234 output resolution) they really don't look that good. Does that mean I should start ripping at 480x234? If I ripped at 760 would the quality be better or will that make the image even smaller in height? Does anyone have the Sonic Video-55 and if so what settings are suggested for very good quality?

Thanks anyway

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Try this.
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