Thanks, bk, on the report on TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. I haven't watched the DVD I've got with the nonanamorphic letterboxed picture on the new TV, so I think I'll watch it at some point this week to determine if I want to re-buy this title. The Samsung DVD player I have (which upconverts DVDs to near-high definition quality using the HDMI input/output) can also manipulate regular letterboxed movies so that the resolution doesn't suffer by slightly blowing up the image. I'll try working with it, too, to see what kind of image quality I get before investing in the new MOCKINGBIRD.
THE STING will be a blind purchase. I want it in anamorphic widescreen, and I suspect this is the only way we're going to get it for the foreseeable future.