Some giveaway DVD's issued by the Sunday Telegraph in England are appearing on e-bay from time to time, and at low prices (thankfully). That's how I got my copy. Great quality, factory pressed, but it's full frame. Also take into account that it's Region 2 and PAL.
And remember that you can still get your Region 1 NTSC through www.alanbates.com, which covenientely uses Pay Pal.
Is the alanbates.com DVD in widescreen format? Does anyone know about the quality? It's rather pricey and I don't want to buy it if it's shabby.
shareThis is from the website listed by the first poster:
"PLEASE NOTE: Unless otherwise requested, all BA disks are DVD-R. If you would prefer DVD+R, just ask. In all cases, the DVDs are Region 1, NTSC. All recent US players and televisions, and most non-US, can play these disks."
So I suspect that this is not any better than the version out there already.