Owning the first season, and the sampler disc, it is not clear to me that widescreen is a big deal. I get that they should have taken the time to re-frame it for 16:9, but the quality in the original 4:3 is remarkable, and so much better than what was on the DVDs, which had a really poor transfer in many instances. Yet, I too am hesitant, only because I don't want to drop several hundred dollars on the shows again.