TV Overscan Ruler

Most of televisions cannot display DVD video in full resolution. They may crop some areas in the video edges. The amount of invisible areas depends on each television model. In general, they are between 5% to 10%.

This problem can be annoying, for example if you want to use Ken Burns effects (panning and zooming effects), because there are some areas in the edges that are not displayed by your television.

To overcome this situation, you can add padding to your video. The resulting video will have black edges when viewed in the computer, but will be displayed correctly by your television, and there will be less missing edges. The correct padding size that must be added to a project depends on your television model. Use these tools to find out how much your television crop the video edges.

TV Overcan Ruler in PAL format, 4:3 aspect ratio (Fullscreen)

TV Overcan Ruler in PAL format, 16:9 aspect ratio (Widescreen)

TV Overcan Ruler in NTSC format, 4:3 aspect ratio (Fullscreen)

TV Overcan Ruler in NTSC format, 16:9 aspect ratio (Widescreen)

Instructions:

Download the file in which format you want to create DVD. If you're not sure, just select "PAL 4:3 format (Fullscreen)".
Double-click the file to extract it to a directory.
Burn that directory using DVD burning tools like Nero Burning ROM. You can read a tutorial on how to burn DVD-Video files in this page.
Play the DVD on your DVD player.