Well there was no extra resolution because they were transferred in 1993 in SD. But of course, if they’d bothered to scan the three films in 2006 they could have given us anamorphic DVDs.
Well, that’s beside the point, which is: being able to zoom and crop doesn’t make it as good as a proper anamorphic DVD. However, if there were PAL D1 master tapes for the 1993 laser discs, those have extra vertical resolution compared to NTSC, so you could do an anamorphic DVD transfer without having to upscale it as much.