I think the VHS of Top Gun is open matte. As one of my favorite movies ever, I watched it a million times as a kid. So certain little unimportant things are burned into my memory.

I bought the movie on DVD around 2006 or so and knew something was wrong right from the opening Paramount logo. I noticed certain things from the top and bottom were missing but wasn't 100% sure. The part that confirmed it for me was when Tom Cruise and Tom Skerritt are walking and talking about how Maverick's father died, and I couldn't see Tom's cowboy boots when the camera pulled back.

So I rebought it on vhs. The scene where Mav and Goose say the "Need For Speed" line shows them completely from head to toe. The "widescreen" dvd cuts off their knees and the top of Anthony Edwards head. The "widescreen" blu-ray cuts them off at the waists, and cuts off Edwards head completely.

I've also noticed a bit of "zoom" for the opening credits of The Terminator (still have that on vhs as well).