Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
There was a period after the advent of DVD and before the explosion of widescreen displays where movies were authored non-anamorphically in letterbox for DVD. Tons of widescreen and panavision films were issued on DVD in letterbox, before anamorphic became standard.
There was a period after the advent of DVD and before the explosion of widescreen displays where movies were authored non-anamorphically in letterbox for DVD. Tons of widescreen and panavision films were issued on DVD in letterbox, before anamorphic became standard.
This is also part of what I was wondering. So you're saying some early widescreen dvd's were non-anamorphic simply because they were authored that way, even though an anamorphic transfer could've just as easily been made? Why wouldn't they make them "forward compatible?" Aren't all dvd players ever made capable of outputting to both 4:3 and 16:9?