.2:35 is my favourite ratio. I love the black bars on top and bottom, for a Western it adds such a large grandeur to the screen, of course your never going to replicate what you will see in the cinema. I must admit to enjoying talking about aspect ratios, the magic of Academy ratio (1.33:1) and more uncommon rations (1.19:1 and 2.2.40) to name a few.General, even if a TV is in widescreen, letterboxed/Anamorphic 2:35 DVD's will have black bars on top and bottom. Sin City was presented in 1.85:1 which roughly matches the ratio of a TV (which is more accuratly 1.75:1 which is what in the UK all television adverts must be presented as.) There will be no black bars on top or bottom of the screen (unless the 1.85:1 image is presented non-anamorphic/letterboxed and then you may have to zoom in the DVD at the risk of marginal cropping. I work around aspect ratios and HD all day, and to help make it clearer I will post a description of the ratios which the editing suite have released. HD is sadly not being broadcast in any format in the UK and I welcome its introduction, having seen it in action in the US and worked with it during editing. One day (if the HD DVD format will take off, which is will no doubt will) the Leone films will be presented in HD/Blueray (as it is Sony who owns the dollar trilogy) instead of the DVD downgrades that we have. However I am still a high proponent of film, I shoot HD but I would rather work with the admitedly more complicated but certainly much more asthetically pleasing celuloid.
after DVDs, what's next ? what's wrong so far that you would correct the situation ?