DrDre, I understand what you are saying, believe me. You may have achieved the nearly correct aspect ratio in terms of the pixels, but it is possible that you may not have achieved the correct stretching of the image either vertically or horizontally. The only way to really know is to check it vs. the Blu-ray which most likely is correct. If people are fatter or skinnier or shorter or taller than the blu-ray, then it is not correct, regardless of the aspect ratio of the pixels. I was working on restoring the Star Wars Special Edition trailer from 35mm film and got a lot of it done. It was up to ME how tightly I cropped it and what aspect ratio of pixels I chose. In terms of the AR of the pixels I chose 2.35:1, but that doesn't mean I had to. There was some of the picture getting cropped on the edges so the corners would not be rounded and have part of the film edges showing.