Ok, I just checked my disk and it is only letterbox. I'm just glad it's not pan and scan only.

Did you check based on only the printing on the box cover? If so, I'm already aware of that. My point is that some films aren't labeled one way or the other, and then you get it in the player and discover it's anamorphic.

Even if you don't have a widescreen TV, you can tell if it's anamorphic by setting your DVD player to "16:9" mode. In that mode, plain-letterbox movies will appear unchanged, anamorphic movies will be vertically squished like the third image in my illustration.

It actually saddened me when I saw it on the shelf- one of my all time favorite movies, finally on DVD. I was about to buy it and then I noticed the labeling. I mean, I could have still bought it, but without the extra resolution I might as well just watch the video tape I already own of the film. Very sad, since it's not any more expensive to produce the anamorphic version.

At least the DVD of Ferris Bueller is anamorphic. Excellent transfer, too...

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Tony Fabris