Are FUNi's old movie singles always in 4:3?

[Forte224]

I'm trying to collect the movies in 4:3. So far, I have the Dragon Ball movie pack by FUNi, the 3 Uncut Pioneer releases of Z #1-3, then Lord Slug, Super Android 13, and Fusion Reborn.

But, I noticed at a used video store that they had Wrath of the Dragon. It's definitely the FUNi single, but the store's custom label has it listed as "WIDE" a.k.a. widescreen. Is this a thing? I was under the assumption all the FUNi movie singles were 4:3. Thanks for the help.

[Kuwabara]

The NA single release of Wrath of the Dragon is definitely 4:3.

[Forte224]

The NA single release of Wrath of the Dragon is definitely 4:3.

Ok thanks, I just didn't know if around that time FUNi was releasing 4:3 and 16:9 versions of it. But I suppose if that were the case, then the DVD case itself would say "Widescreen" on it.

[JohnnyCashKami]

I have all 13 and yes, they are. This ain't some in 4x3 and others in 16x9.

Unfortunately, the PQ is very compressed so it doesn't look as good as it could have been.

[Robo4900]

I have all 13 and yes, they are. This ain't some in 4x3 and others in 16x9.

Unfortunately, the PQ is very compressed so it doesn't look as good as it could have been.

Indeed, it is all in 4:3.

Picture quality is not as bad as you make it sound.
It's exactly what you would expect from a release that uses the Funi digibetas as their video base. Though I will point out that, for some reason, the single of the first Z movie looks outstanding.
The encoding is not all that great on the USA releases of the singles, I will grant you, but it's far from terrible.

Also worth noting: Sound quality on the Japanese track of Z movie 13 is better than any of Funi's other releases of that movie. I believe the same is true of DB movie 4.

[Forte224]

Well thanks guys. I went through with buying movie 13 then and sure enough it's 4:3. Funny enough even the pictures on the back are in boxes that almost look like a widescreen aspect ratio. But anyway, good enough. I think I'm over halfway done getting these now, as I found Broly Triple Threat at that same store.

[JohnnyCashKami]

Picture quality is not as bad as you make it sound.

Subjective.

To me, it's really compressed so while it's watchable it's not really good per say.

It's exactly what you would expect from a release that uses the Funi digibetas as their video base.

Isn't the DB Saga Sets from those famous FUNi Digibetas? That looks way better but it wasn't compressed anywhere near as much.

The encoding is not all that great on the USA releases of the singles.

You could just say US or American releases.

Also worth noting: Sound quality on the Japanese track of Z movie 13 is better than any of Funi's other releases of that movie. I believe the same is true of DB movie 4.

You're right about that.