Call me spoiled, but I like watching stuff on my computer at full resolution and 4:3 letterbox becomes a lot more noticeable under that particular method of viewing. On 4:3 television I guess it's all the same, and it probably would look so to me, once I'd gotten past the very video, nonfilmlike look of it, which is pretty much how Conan the Destroyer looks. I don't have a 16:9 tv, but a friend of mine lost the remote to his and as a result we had to watch Judge Dredd all stretched out because he needed the remote just so he could press "zoom." Anamorphic video is nice because you can have it either way.
Call me spoiled, but I like watching stuff on my computer at full resolution and 4:3 letterbox becomes a lot more noticeable under that particular method of viewing. On 4:3 television I guess it's all the same, and it probably would look so to me, once I'd gotten past the very video, nonfilmlike look of it, which is pretty much how Conan the Destroyer looks. I don't have a 16:9 tv, but a friend of mine lost the remote to his and as a result we had to watch Judge Dredd all stretched out because he needed the remote just so he could press "zoom." Anamorphic video is nice because you can have it either way.