Should All Episode Be In 16:9 Format?

[Meduza]

Episodes started to be in 16:9 format some way in Galactic Battles, and I have to say the episodes look way better.

But I think they should at least convert the rest of the 4:3 epsidoes into 16:9 for DVD releases.

Here's an example of what it might look like for Season 1:


What do you think?

 

[Zayin]

I would prefer that as well. Otherwise one either loses part of the image or get a smaller one with modern TVs. The best thing would be to provide both of them in the menu and allow the user to choose.

 

[Guest123_x1]

Seeing how earlier episodes were produced in 4:3, information would be lost if they were cropped down to 16:9, unless they were composed in a way that allows cropping without losing important picture (open matte, which is a process in which imagery is shot in 4:3/11:8 [full screen], but is composed to be cropped for widescreen presentation at 16:9/37:20, while the full screen home video release uses the full 4:3 frame).
Same goes for pan-and-scanning 16:9 material by cropping down to 4:3.
(I can't understand why even recent releases of Pokémon movies are in cropped 4:3 as opposed to the original 16:9/37:20 (1.85:1), as shown in theaters. Maybe Pokémon USA won't allow it? As far as I know, none of the Pokémon movies were made in 4:3 with provision to crop down to 1.85:1 in theaters via the movie projector, with home video presentations using the full 4:3 frame (open matte). (However, I do remember reading that Pikachu's Vacation was produced open matte.)

More information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_matte
http://www.widescreen.org/aspect_ratios.shtml

 

[Seki]

I cannot stand the black things in between the show!(?)