Squished not letterbox

I have a DV-ANAMORPHIC output - the show is widescreen 16:9.
Playback of DVD is not letterboxing on 4:3 TV - ANY THOUGHTS?

Brian... make sure you tell us if you indeed are using DVDSp...
You set your TV to 4:3 letterbox, yes? -- this would fix it for YOUR tv... but not the issue at hand.
OK -- in DVDSP... select the TRACK in the window where you have your tracks and menus...
Then, lower right window you'll see something that says... GENERAL TAB - DISPLAY MODES - 16:9 Letterbox (might have said 4:3)
That will force anamorphic 4:3 video to show as 16:9 with letterboxing on 4:3 TVs and without letterboxing on 16:9 widescreen tvs.
If you are using iDVD then that's another answer... what are you using?
Good luck,
CaptM

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