{"id":1022,"date":"2008-09-14T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2009-01-06T02:18:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T07:18:56","slug":"when-we-left-earth-the-nasa-missions-a-blu-ray-must-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Image Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blu-ray 4-disc set, $69.99<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are a fan of documentaries, space exploration, or the history of the space age, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions<\/em> is a must-have.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Produced by The Discovery Channel and released on Blu-ray Disc by Image Entertainment<\/a>, When We Left Earth <\/em>follows the United States’ manned space exploration from the original Mercury 5 astronauts through the space shuttle.\u00a0 Though many of the old films used as source material\u00a0look grainy, they still look very sharp and the grain and color palette help to preserve the\u00a0feel of the time and hammer home the point of how back in time this was.\u00a0 Colors are realistic and recent high-def interviews with the astronauts NASA personnel are critically sharp and show great color… it’s like they are in your living room.<\/p>\n

Of course, the footage of space and the spacecraft is awe-inspiring as well.\u00a0 Especially impressive were the X-15 rocket plane screaming to the edge of space after being dropped from a B-52, and the the 747 carrying prototype space shuttle Enterprise<\/em> aloft and releasing it for a test glide.\u00a0 The 747\u00a0films in particular made a perfect conversion to high-def and I felt like I was looking through a window to the runway as the two craft taxied by.<\/p>\n

I watched this disc on a 70″\u00a0TV and the bigger your display, the more you will enjoy this special Blu-ray.<\/p>\n