Confusingly I think the gold and silver 2004 boxes were both widescreen here, but one was a retailer exclusive.
Incorrect.
In what way?
In regards to the 2004 sets, Gold was Fullscreen and Silver was widescreen regardless of retailer.
Incorrect. 😉
That had to be the retailer exclusive then because most places I saw that carried those sets had gold for FS and silver for WS (just like the ‘97 VHS’).