Everyone has there own openion on the best and worst seasons, but everyone has to admit that whatever season of Buffy your talking about it is better thatn 95% of the ofther stuff out there.

No, they don't

Anyone who is a proponent of any show says that about that particular show. I've read that statement in reviews of Buffy, the Sopranos, Alias, 24, the West Wing, a gazillion different shows. It's become such a cliched, tired and meaningless statement. "Even the worst of (insert name of show here) is better than anything else."

We can make it a drinking game. Whenever you see that anywhere, you have to chug a beer.

I couldn't agree with you more. Ever hear of "damned by faint praise?"

That is odd that OMWF isn't 16x9 enhanced, especially considering Fox's support for such things.

I dunno, I think of getting the R2 OMWF DVD the same way as I think about getting the Charade redux. I don't have that widescreen TV yet, and it's not like I saw the episode on a big wide screen originally, so it will just replicate the experience I had that October night in 2001. No great tragedy.

Now, if there are bonus features on the R2 OMWF disc that don't appear on the R1 Buffy S6 box set, please let me know. I'll hop over to Amoeba tomorrow.

BOMM,

CS

It's a real drag for those of us with widescreen TVs. Not a dealbreaker but highly disappointing.

I would imagine just about everyone with a 16x9 display. Or anyone who plans to buy one.

It's anamorphic on my R2 set, but they sound like chipmunks.

The episode's correct aspect ratio should be 1.78:1, not 2.0:1.

that might be true but when the episode aired on f/x and upn, it was shown in 2:0:1 mainly so there is no overscan.

The R1 is still 1.78:1, it's just windowboxed so there's no overscan meaning you see every corner of the picture.

If you watch it on a 4:3 display, the episode will look like it's 2.00:1, but in technicality, it's only 1.78:1.

It will only look like 2.0:1 if the overscan on your TV cuts off the bars on the left and right side of the picture. If you can see those bars, the episode content will look like (and in fact is) 1.78:1, which is how it was filmed.

The only thing I can think of on OMWF not being 16x9 is that WS tv owners would have to switch settings before and after that one episode. Though this way, I'll still have to switch it around from 4x3 mode to Zoom1.


And on a tangent, I could've sworn I saw something on a forum about a re-release of the Buffy seasons in a big box, no new extras, but in keepcases or slim cases (like Firefly was). There's a listing on Amazon for a Seasons 1-6, but no details.

I've checked every forum I lurk at, and several e-tailers, but only the Amazon one. Has anybody else heard about this?

Amazon had a similiar deal for Seasons 1-4. Lower priced, all original packaging, discs, etc.. just combined together in one product. Haven't see the S 1-6 on amazon, but likely would be the same thing.

Huh? My WS TV handles this automatically as the default. Why, then, are the menu screens on all Buffy sets anamorphic?