My ps2 is the 39001 model and I have a standard 4:3 television. A while back, just for kicks, I tried first setting the ps2 itself to 16:9 and then playing an anamorphic dvd, the 2004 ANH disc if you must know. The picture looked exactly the same, proper aspect ratio and everything. Then I tried going into the dvd display setup and changing the aspect that way. I couldn't change it to anything besides 4:3!

Does the ps2 just automatically detect what kind of television it's hooked up to and not let you change the setting? I didn't think something like that was possible.