Well I took your advice and got Bink and Smacker. You didn't lie. Right off the bat I compressed a 39MB AVI file down to 1.25MB without even adjusting any of the settings. Wow , the quality was amazing, some of the best compression I've ever seen, the only thing that bothers me is the fact that you end up with a mutant file. But for your own movies to give to your friends it's a great thing. Mabye later it will be AVI compatible with a standard media player.