Doesn’t the master tape have to be 16:9 to begin with?
Is it not 16:9 inside a 4:3 frame though?
It is the correct aspect ratio, but the disk is mastered at awful ancient laserdisc standards, so the image doesent know how to scale on a modern tv.
Those standards weren’t awful in 1993 though. 😉
😃 Even now, the sound on many LD’s remain superior to their modern rivals and my NTSC W/S CBS/FOX SW discs still look good, even taking into account the limitations. The subsequent FACES/Definitive Edition sets suffered from DVNR smearing and Lucasfilm used those masters, which didn’t help matters much.