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A View from Space With Heavenly Music [Blu-ray] | ![A View from Space With Heavenly Music [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514ZD9R9KXL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Various
Actor: Various
Studio: Concert Hot Spot
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.99
Buy New: $10.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 35903
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Classical, Color, Dolby, Hifi Sound, Surround Sound, Thx, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 59
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: SUMBR66106561
UPC: 890039001075
EAN: 0890039001075
ASIN: B000FZEU92
Release Date: July 18, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW SEALED DVD. Multiple quantities available.
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Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (summit) Release Date: 07/09/2008 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
If you want to show off your new widescreen HDTV for party guests, A View from Space with Heavenly Music will do the job just fine. While this one-hour program's high-definition images from low Earth orbit are certainly impressive, it's the "heavenly music" that is emphasized here, with eight different soundtracks to choose from, consisting of excerpts from nearly every classical composition in the popular canon. You have your choice of a public-domain "greatest hits" mix of great composers (on soundtracks 1, 3, and 7) while Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, and Tchaikovsky are all given exclusive showcases on the remaining five tracks. This variety of listening options provides satisfying compensation for the high-def footage, filmed from low Earth orbit by astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. It's amazing footage (despite occasional smudges, dirt flecks, and other anomalies caused by shooting through the shuttle's windows), offering viewers the next best thing to actually flying on the shuttle. Stunning vistas pass below, with vivid coastlines, filigrees of cloud cover, and bodies of water reflecting sunlight with breathtaking clarity. In addition to the spectacular opening sequence (a single, unbroken shot of the shuttle from launch to troposphere), the images serve as a colorful, dynamic reminder of the Earth's delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the DVD offers these impressive sights and sounds but nothing else, so A View from Space qualifies at least partially as a missed opportunity. The images eventually grow redundant as we return, orbit by orbit, to the same locations, and there's no bonus features or onscreen options to inform us about what exactly we're seeing. That makes this the HD equivalent of Muzak--soothing and pleasant, but that's about it. It's basically a classical music disc with space footage as a bonus, and if you expect nothing more, it's guaranteed to please. --Jeff Shannon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Underwhelming - BIG disappointment July 29, 2008
The video in Blu-ray is stunning. However, one might reasonably expect more from this video than the same video over and over and over with nothing more than a change in music played in the background.
What a rip-off.
 Major Disappointment April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even to this aerial view and space buff and classical music enthusiast, this product with its minimal and repeated ad nauseum video loop is, I am sorry to say, a total waste of your money. A big zero ripoff.
Ripoff!!! This is not a good purchase! April 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This DVD is a ripoff. It only contains 14 minutes of video, which loops over and over again.
Then the soundtracks don't correspond to what's on the cover. They mix a bunch of music played in a classical style and call it Bach.
For less money you can get the Blu-Ray disc Blue Planet - filmed in Imax with much higher resolution, Walter Cronkite narration and over one hour of unrepeated, unlooping high resolution video from space.
 Excellent Imagery November 7, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
After doing a bit of research, I learned that this footage was filmed during the Endeavour voyage. The imagery is excellent and very clear. Especially considering it was shot from space! I really enjoyed the variety of classical soundtracks to choose from - almost eight hours of music. This is a great disc to play all day long.
Major disappointment June 23, 2007
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Buyer beware. I expected an hour of HD images from space. Instead, a viewer gets a blast off sequence and a 10-15-minute loop of images from space repeated four times. I also wanted "a view from space"--not long, hand-held shots of the shuttle's empty cargo bay with a shaky moon in the background. Also, there are distracting blobs, spots, and smears on the camera lens and on the viewing portals. The fourth time you watch the Sahara (or whatever desert it is) through what looks a big bug splat on a windshield, one really wishes that the video was a rental instead of a purchase.
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