Originally posted by: Mielr
Fang Zei, it's not true that all non-anamorphic widescreen DVDs were made from old transfers. For instance, the 1999 "Yellow Submarine" DVD was non-anamorphic widescreen and it was made from a newly-restored print of the film, which had never been used for any previous video release.
I know that one off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are others.
Fang Zei, it's not true that all non-anamorphic widescreen DVDs were made from old transfers. For instance, the 1999 "Yellow Submarine" DVD was non-anamorphic widescreen and it was made from a newly-restored print of the film, which had never been used for any previous video release.
I know that one off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are others.
Yellow Submarine is 1.66:1 and as I already pointed out, this format has been dealt with differently from DVD to DVD release, because it is a "nearly-widescreen" format. The others you are thinking of are probably the same cases. Clockwork Orange for instance is a new, non-anamorphic transfer exclusively made for DVD, and it is a 1.66:1 movie like Yellow Submarine.