> > I concur. I have not taken the time to do any picture comparisons but if they > merely > > cropped out the top and bottom to make it widescreen (and let's be honest, back > when > > DL and SA were made, nobody was doing widescreen for games or home viewing) then > they > > just screwed up big time. > > It could have been worse, they could have done that weird "stretch the sides" effect > that basic cable channels seem to be so fond of. BBC America did that recently to the > 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, watching it was almost literally giving me a headache.
Oh good, I'm not all that disappointed now that my DVR failed to record it, marking the second time I failed to watch the 1996 Doctor Who movie when it aired.
I wonder what video signal I would have got on my 4:3 TV... "stretch the sides", then cut off the sides?