- Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Koch International
- Release Date: Sep 22 2008
- Run Time: 60 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004VWUF
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#19,107 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #7 in DVD > Documentary > Space Exploration
- #16 in DVD > Music Video & Concerts > New Age
- #25 in DVD > Documentary > Science & Technology
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It looks like all that money NASA spent on the Hubble Space Telescope was worth it after all--at least from an aesthetic standpoint. Stargaze: Hubble's View of the Universe captivates the viewer with stunningly high-definition color images of galaxies, nebulae, and heavenly bodies closer to home. Each shot pans and lingers over the richly colored pictures as unobtrusive narration in English, French, German, or Spanish explains the history of the Hubble mission, its targets, and what we've learned so far. The music by 2002 is harmless and quiet, though viewers pathologically averse to New Age will scramble for the audio control. Including screensavers and Web features, Stargaze will keep spaceheads happy and entranced for hours, and convert the unbelievers. --Rob Lightner
Video Details
"StarGaze" brings the beauty and majesty of the universe to your home theater, direct from the Hubble Space Telescope. With over an hour of the most incredible images of the universe you'll ever see, from gaseous clouds to more than 200 other astronomical objects, plus Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound music from popular new age group 2002, "StarGaze" will quickly become a favorite in your DVD collection.
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Most helpful customer reviews
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July 28 2004
Format:DVD
This video gave me a lot of great pictures from Hubble. It was just what I expected--picture-wise. However, the first half (about) of the spoken narrative is mind-bogglingly out of place and inappropriate. When the DVD opens, we see a fantastic presentation of the universe in a series of truly wondrous hubble shots and we are longing to understand what we are seeing--hopefully expressed with just a bit of poetic language fitting the visions. What we get as a narrative accompanying this magical vista is a dull, technical and totally inappropriate treatise on Hubble history. This video isn't about Hubble, Dummy, it's about the stars!! Later on in the video the narrator finally turns his attention to what we're seeing on the screen and it's very fine from there on.
Whoever designed and approved the narrative accompanying the first part of this DVD was not mentally connected to the main thrust of the wondrous video--the glorious and magical cosmos exposed. In spite of this major failure, I'm glad I have this DVD tucked away in my rack. (Suggestion. Turn off the narrative until (about halfway along) it begins to discuss what you're seeing.
Cheers. Don.
Great DVD!
May 12 2004
Format:DVD
This DVD is great! I expected less, but it was exactly what I was looking for! Just a bunch of great pictures and great music to go with them. The feature where you can turn on/off the audio narration and the subtitles is great! This way you can either learn a little about the pictures, or just relax. I liked it so much that I instantly bought Part 2! Good stuff!
Somewhat disappointing
April 12 2004
Format:DVD
I expected the photos to be sharper and was hoping to hear more about what was being viewed. The DVD is strangely designed (for example, the default soundtrack mode is music only and it's not immediately obvious there is a narrated track).
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Most recent customer reviews
Hubbles View of the Universe: EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT IS
I can see where the negative reviews are coming in from this title, but the negative reviewers obviously thought this was supposed to be some sort of computer generated movie of... Read more
Published on Feb 10 2004
WOW! WHAT AN AWESOME DVD!!!!!
I love this DVD! You people with the negitive reviews kill me! If you can't figure out how to get the narration (Audio 4), maybe you shouldn't buy educational DVD's. Read more
Published on Jan 27 2004 by David Ward
The negative reviewers need a clue
The DVD is fine for exactly what it is. The music is a matter of taste (just like, amazingly enough, all other music ever created) which I happened to quite enjoy. Read more
Published on Jan 13 2004 by David S. Parsons
Not what you think you are getting!!
All music and still pictures - not really a movie!
Published on Dec 31 2003
TV Screensaver - who needs it?
I guess I should have paid more attention to the negative reviews than the positives on this DVD. This movie is little more than a television screensaver with some over-text or... Read more
Published on Sep 23 2003
I'll wait
I would luv this cd just for the picks...but this is a no buy till they come up with a better setup, narration at some points enhances the experience. Read more
Published on April 19 2003
Don't listen to the positive reviews-They are misleading.
This is an expensive slide show with music. No voice or video just an option for onscreen narration you have to read. The music is nothing special, quite boring. Read more
Published on Mar 31 2003 by John G
Wonderful Images
The other reviewers have pretty much got it right - the new age music is definitely over the top and the commentary ain't Nova, but the images themselves are simply flat-out... Read more
Published on Mar 6 2003 by Chris
Mindless use of great photos
Don't get this DVD, unless you want nothing more than insipid new age music (sic) and no science at all. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2003 by eupraxis
Utterly beautiful! - but not a documentary.
I suppose most science lovers like great, picturesque, documentaries; but this is not one. Sure all those quietly moving, revolving clear and sharp slides from the Hubble telescope... Read more
Published on Oct 28 2002 by L. A. Mandeville
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