Weird... I read a review somewhere about the DVDs and it said it was widescreen. I was really worried... ?
EDIT: Link:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=7211
Video: A long time ago on a pair of continents far, far away, the second season of Angel was released well before reaching these shores. The aspect ratios of these PAL releases were inconsistent; the region 4 box set was full-frame, and the British DVDs were presented in anamorphic widescreen. In both regions, widescreen Buffy sets had already been released, and the disparity with Angel struck some fans as rather odd.
The specs floating around months in advance for this second season of Angel all mentioned that it would be full-frame, similar to the region 4 box sets released over a year earlier. As I popped the first disc of the domestic release into my DVD player, I was surprised to see that, contrary to what had been widely circulated for such a long time, the second season set of Angel is presented in anamorphic widescreen at an aspect ratio of 1.78:1.
The $64,000 question is -- which aspect ratio is correct? Creator Joss Whedon's preference that Buffy the Vampire Slayer be presented full-frame is well-known. Despite the fact that several seasons of Buffy had been released in Europe and Australia in anamorphic widescreen, the domestic release of season four set remained full-frame at Whedon's request, even including an explanation on an insert to that effect. His preference for the first two seasons of Angel -- both of which reportedly were shot in widescreen but aired full-frame -- wasn't as clearly defined. Producer Tim Minear is a frequent poster to the alt.tv.angel group on Usenet, and though his comments take a little more digging to find than the marquee-grabbing preferences of Joss Whedon, he sheds some light on the aspect ratio issue. In this post from early June 2003 (which contains a spoiler about a specific episode, so consider yourself warned, if you haven't seen this season in advance), Minear states:
