16:9 print to video - 16:9 Quicktime Export

Sorry to bother again this those same old 16:9 questions.
1) I have my 16:9 material imported and edited (of course, I have set the configuration for PAL Anamorphotic). What happens, when I go print to video? Does FCE export true 16:9 or does it in fact export a 4:3 letterboxed movie?
2). I'd like to publish some of my work on the web. But when I export the FCE-Movie to Quicktime, i get a 4:3 movie with letterbox. Is there anyway to fix this, or at least to crop away the black bars.
Powerbook G4, 1.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

actually i misread Philippe's statement. If he is truly talking about "Print to Video" -> which would imply he goes to tape over firewire or whatever connection he has <- then i must pass. I have not done that before, so my knowledge is purely theoretical.
I do assume for now that if you are using Print to Video that you would have to the letterboxing yourself. From my recollection of using video to do this, VCRs/Tapes do not have the ability to take widescreen material and letterbox it automatically during playback pending TV etc.
But i might be wrong there. I doubt it though. VCRs never really struck me as intelligent devices - that's why they worked
Frank

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