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This review will not focus on the merits of this enduring TV series since anyone visiting this page already likes it enough to possibly purchase it. Rather, this review will focus on the botched home video releases that have plagued this classic show. WB originally released Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3 on DVD starting in 2005. The picture was in its original full frame 1.33:1 aspect ratio while the audio was in 2.0 Dolby digital stereo, with the sets housed in fold-out digipak cases. While there was no digital re-mastering done, the series still looked better than it had ever looked before. Unfortunately, bonus features were paltry but more tragically, the series was released on double-sided discs, which were easily prone to fingerprints, scratches, other other issues that could easily affect playback. In 2007, WB released Wonder Woman: The Complete Collection DVD set, which simply repackaged the exact same discs, but this time in an outer sleeve to house the individual season sets. There were 11 double-sided discs total spanning all 3 seasons of 59 episodes plus the pilot movie. In 2017, WB re-issued Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3, along with The Complete Series Collection on DVD. This time, however, the episodes were on single-sided discs housed in hard plastic Amaray cases, which were the same size as standard DVD cases. While this appeared to finally rectify the flaws of the previous releases, upon further inspection, this was hardly the case. The disc count for the series remained the same, meaning all 59 episodes at 45 minutes each, plus the 90 minute pilot movie were compressed onto just 11 single-sided discs! The result was horrible picture quality that looked heavily pixelated, with roughly half the visual details of the original DVD releases. In 2020, WB released the Wonder Woman: The Complete Series Collection on Blu-ray. The episodes were digitally remastered in 1080p with the video in its original 1:33:1 aspect ratio and the sound in Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. There are 10 discs total, but since Blu-ray discs can store far more content than DVDs without sacrificing quality, there are none of the compression issues that plagued the previous DVD releases. Simply put, this series has never looked better! This collection comes in an outer slipcover housing an extra thick hard plastic Blu-ray case with flip trays to hold the discs. Annoyingly, while there is an episode list included, it does not state what episodes are on each disc. All the bonus features from the DVD releases were ported over including commentaries and retrospective featurettes. For fans, the Blu-ray collection is truly the best option for owing this series in the best quality possible. In summation, despite years of lackluster DVD releases, this iconic TV series has finally received the exemplary high definition Blu-Ray release it so richly deserved. Lynda Carter continues to embody Wonder Woman to the masses and this Blu-ray collection is the best way for new and old fans to be reminded why.