Sad to read you are ditching the anamorphic widescreen version,
It's obvious that not many people on this board have a widescreen TV as there display device because of all the crap that’s spouted off.
I'm worried that this influenced your decision to drop the 16x9 version, do you have a widescreen TV/display yourself?
I know that 4x3 screens are the norm in the US and only really HT enthusiasts seem to have them
However here in the UK the majority of people now have 16x9 sets (4x3 was ditched a few years back, you never see them in shops, only portable versions really)
In real life 4x3 letterbox would be the worst possible solution for viewing on these screens, the satellite channel TCM broadcasts their films this way as a sort of "mock widescreen" and you end up with a tiny rectangle (the film) in a black square (4x3) in the centre of the screen.
On my set (Toshiba (one of the best TV brands in the UK, along with Panasonic) you have to "stretch" the picture to 16x9 ratio then zoom in again.
Practically, a 2.35.1 anamorphic DVD will not fill the whole of a 16x9 display, but you will get thinner black bars and no loss in picture quality than you would if it was non anamorphic AND certainly MUCH BETTER quality then if you stretched out a 4x3 letterbox picture using the TV settings.
This is not a slight against you Mebejedi, it’s just the input of someone who watches and enjoys home cinema (scrutinizing a picture on a computer screen does not count as home cinema
) on a widescreen display and who is one of many many people who would appreciate a release that would really do the film justice on our equipment. I suppose it's a bit of a selfish argument in that respect.I'm just sad that it looks like I'll have to purchase the Lucas release now, I think yours was the only one offering anamorphic and 5.1....
Anyway, I wish you all the best with your project whatever you decide to do,
Cheers,
Stew