Originally posted by: GrinderThe reason why: Dr. Gonzo's is anamorphic. The way I see it there can be no debate about which is better, non-anamorphic always is inferior to anamorphic. I was really amazed by the X0 stills I've seen, when they're done I doubt you'd see much - if any - difference between them and the official DVD's. You guys are magicians.
Of course his version will look better...on your own setup. There are a lot of people who don't own widescreen televisions and for those cases, letterbox will be ideal. Your claim of non-anamorphic material being "always inferior" is a simplistic and somewhat naive opinion.
Anamorphic isn't at all ideal in the grand scheme of things (sometimes I get the impression that people just throw that term a little too loosely). What would be the greatest thing ev-ah, is non-anamorphic, hi-def, widescreen images.
However, due to the limitations of the DVD standard in conjuction with outdated NTSC/PAL standards, anamorphic based material is the best way to get a nice image on 16x9 televisions.
I can't wait until HD becomes the norm...