Originally posted by: MeBeJediDon't worry. DVD terminology can be difficult to understand. In fact, technically speaking, "anamorphic" DVDs are actually the opposite of what "anamorphic" really means, but it's not a terrible important distinction.
Well, this is of course trivial, but I thought that you guys would like to know. Anamorphic, technically speaking, has the exact meaning it should.
"Ana-" in greek, gives the meaning of something being changed , like re- does in English (re-master, re-place). "Morphi", on the other hand, means "shape", "form".
So anamorphic, really means reformed, and in the way we use it in our terminology regarding the OT restoration from LD's, reforming is exactly what happens during the process of making an anamorphic transfer
After all, anamorphic lenses are actually distortion lenses...