640 by 480 in MP4 format off the ipod is the best way to play movies,music videos and dvd rips...will have to convert most media formats found online to mp4, since its not that popular unless you have an ipod, to all the little kids that couldnt answer my simple question thank you for being dumb and ignorant, if i had the manual i still wouldnt look, id fucking google it. so now that we have our fucking answer, maybe a moderator can close this pissing contest down ...