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Originally Posted by trainguy
I feel a little ripped off to know that the first three seasons on DVD were sold in 4:3 when they were clearly filmed in 16:9, as I can plainly see on my digital subchannel every night on TV. It's sad when a show actually looks better on a digital broadcast TV subchannel signal than it does on a purchased DVD.
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They may have been filmed with 16x9 protection... that is unclear... but they were originally aired in 4:3, so no doubt that is why the DVDs released that way.
I have not studied the HD versions in syndication enough to tell if those early years were zoomed to make HD or cropped terribly or what.
Even if they were filmed protected for widescreen presentation... those DVDs came out before other TV shows were being regularly released in widescreen format I think.