Originally posted by: ESHBG

Mielr: Yeah, exactly, it looks like it was run through a projector. Why would it appear this way on a DVD, though? Did they actually run it through a projector to put it on DVD?!? LOL

Even today, I don't think most DVD transfers are done by scanning the film frame-by-frame (it would be way too expensive). Failing that, the film has to be run through a telecine "projector" of sorts (I believe) for the film-to-DVD transfer process.

I believe that the majority of film-sourced DVDs on the market today are done this way, therefore you'll see "wobble" on any of them (except for films that had frame-by-frame scanning done, like the SW trilogy SEs, The Wizard of OZ, Citizen Kane etc.)

I've noticed quite a bit of film wobble on my 25th Anniversary DVD of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, for example.