Aspect ratio in preview & export wrong

I have QT.movies shot @ HDV 1080i60, 1440 x 1080. I just read an article in VideoMaker Magazine to take advantage of Apple ProRes 422, you can take your HDV video into Compressor and render to Apple ProRes files.
When I preview the .mov before I render it or even assign it an Apple Preset setting the aspect ratio is wrong and so is the rendered file.
Why can't I bring in a simple QT .mov and view it and output correctly from Compressor?

For future referernce: in order to view anamorphic/non-square material correctly the Preview window of Compressor 3, you need to (counterintuitively) uncheck the Square pixels toggle (available in the center drop-down).
However, that said, if you're transcoding to ProRes422, make sure you've adjusted the Frame Size setting in the Geometry pane of the Inspector. By default, the ProRes422 preset converts material to 100% of source but, since ProRes is a square pixel codec (and HDV is not) that won't work for you. So, adjust the Frame Size value to 1902x1080 and your transcodes should be all good...

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