Re: Output Rendering

We're talking about output modules, since your Render Settings would be Best.

[Kate Koyama] "Say what would be the output for:

- playing the video from a laptop that is hooked to the tv screen"

Try Quicktime Photo-JPEG, or H.264.

"- playing the video from a burned DVD"

If you're NTSC (not PAL) your movie must be 720x480 (probably 16:9 widescreen), 23.976 or 29.97 fps. Render from AE to a high-quality codec such as Animation, then compress to MPEG-2 using something like Compressor or a DVD-authoring app. You then have to author the DVD so it plays in a way that suits the presentation. Imagine a non-technical person inserting the DVD into the drive, then what happens?

"- other options???"

I'd go with DVD. Don't forget to test the final product.