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Title: Mission Control...we have a problem!
Review: Having seen the very nicely produced HDNet WMV-HD title "Shuttle Discovery's Historic Mission", I was keen to see this title as well. I figured that since it came with a standard definition DVD, it was extra bang-for-the-buck, and it would make a nice demo disc in my home theater.Much to my disappointment (and surprise), this standard-definition DVD is mastered in a letterboxed 4:3 aspect-ratio, not anamorphic widescreen 16:9 like the original high-definition source! What the...?! To add insult to injury, the 4:3 transfer is pretty p*ss poor at that, with oversaturated colors one minute and washed out black levels the next on an ISF-calibrated HD display. Hardly the quality one should get from a down-converted HD source. Ouch!
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