# Pan & scan Grinch vs widescreen Grinch

This is something I really don't understand. [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com) is selling two versions of [*How the Grinch Stole Christmas*](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0170016): one in [pan & scan](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LOUQ/qid=1006433686/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_71_1/103-6458247-4802250) and the other in [widescreen](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LOUP/qid=1006433686/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_71_2/103-6458247-4802250).   
  
It's no secret that I, as the anal-retentive bastard I am when it comes to video and audio, prefer the widescreen versions of movies. My confusion lies in the fact that the widescreen version is cheaper (only by 24 cents, but still...) but the pan & scan version is, as of this moment, [the better seller](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/286723/ref=d_hp_rs_2_1/103-6458247-4802250).

*Originally posted on Thursday, 2001-11-22 at 09:02:37.*