Product Details

• Directors: John Banks IV
• Format: Color
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Italian
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: R&B Films
• DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RXZIO8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,791 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Escape to a mysterious inner universe where nature and imagination meet to form a realm of extraordinary beauty. Let Nature's Journey unleash a brand new sensory experience in a genre-bending mix of location filming, subtle computer-generated imagery, exotic musical soundscapes and artistic graphic enhancements that draws you deep into the magical heart of our planet Earth. Produced in High Definition by Video Artist John Banks and featuring a 96/24 Soundtrack by Michael Stearns, Nature's Journey is a sensation of natural sights and sounds transformed by the unique artistry of these visionary filmmakers.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSNo Region Coding / Play All
VC-1 Encode at 37 Mbps / 1080i @ 29.97
DTS-HD Master Audio (Lossless) 5.0 ~ 96/24 @ 5.3 Mbps Average and 6.8 Mbps Max
Dolby Digital 5.0 ~ 48/24 @ 448 kbps
Dolby Surround 2.0 (Pro Logic II) ~ 48/16 @ 192 kbps
16:9
1080i / 29.97 – (TBD)
VC-1 / 37Mbps
DTS HD Master Audio
DRS

DIGITAL REFERENCE SERIES Digital Reference Standard Ultra High Fidelity Picture & Sound

The Digital Reference Standard is your guarantee of R&B Films' commitment to the highest attainable quality in home entertainment. Each disc is mastered for the best possible reproduction of video and audio, routinely surpassing today's standards in our ongoing pursuit of the ultimate entertainment experience.

The process begins with the source material. Digital content arrives pristine, while analog material is processed through a series of procedures designed to maintain the integrity and purity of the signal. In addition, wherever possible, an extremely high sampling rate of 24bits/96kHz is utilized to preserve audio resolution for multi-channel sound.

DRS also takes the aesthetics into consideration: original film and recording elements are used whenever available -- with mastering often supervised by the original filmmakers -- to ensure the original artistic vision is honored and, if possible, enhanced throughout the entire process.

R&B Films works closely with industry-leading engineers and facilities to create a digital master with video and audio fidelity rendered at its absolute zenith. This devotion to detail continues through the authoring and replication processes to arrive at a finished disc capable of presenting the full aural and visual impact intended by its creators.

Look for the DRS logo to certify that you are experiencing reference quality and enjoy the home entertainment benchmark for the new millennium.

Richard J. Casey Executive Producer R&B Films, Ltd.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very High Quality HD Show piece, September 14, 2007

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M. Davenport - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nature's Journey [HD DVD] (HD DVD)

Got the HD-DVD version yesterday and scanned through it fairly quickly I will give it a serious sit down this weekend.

For right now here are QUICK impressions for those on the fence.

So far the PQ is VERY good no noticeable artifacts, or compression issues, SQ is very good as well the background music is nice and pretty interesting for this type of release, instrumental new age type of music but not as boring as you would think.

The PQ is on par with the better parts of Planet Earth to give it some perspective. The interesting part of this disc is the CG effects that are SEAMLESSLY integrated with the nature shots. This not only adds a nice touch to the scenery it is VERY TRIPPY, Pink Floyd fans like myself should really enjoy this disc, The disc also has different seasonal loop modes, I have not tried those yet.


I'm quite fond of HD nature discs, I hate to admit that I now have every HD nature disc that has been released in HD, this includes the living landscape 9 disc series on HD-DVD, Planet Earth on BLU-RAY, All of the IMAX releases, Chronos, Nature's Colors, all of the HD-Scape releases. I currently own them all on either HD-DVD or BLU-RAY.

I can honestly say this disc provides the best PQ, SQ and most professional packaging out of all of them. With any of the Nature discs taken from Prosumer HD\DV camera's I've noticed compression issues, color bleeding, artifact movement in the background. I have NOT seen that on this release. I will closer examine it this weekend though and report back if any thing like that pops up.

From the liner notes you can obviously tell they spent a lot of time and effort on this project.

So in short this disc is a winner, if you like any type of Nature HD material, or are a Pink Floyd/Psychedelic fan or you want some good demo material for your HD setup this disc would be well worth it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For focus and inspiration, February 22, 2008

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John Saveland (Toluca Lake, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nature's Journey [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

The best creative works inspire more creative works - and that's just what this does. I found the images and music to create a great atmosphere to which I can write, read, and either focus on a task or be inspired to create something new.

Definitely worth checking out. And I hope they make another one!

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed, but it sounds great., October 29, 2007

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John M (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nature's Journey [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I hate to write negative comments about video, because it is very subjective. I purchased the disk for its appeal of HD-Nature images. There is no question that director John Banks worked long and hard to put this journey of nature on disk.

The problem I have with video is the short duration of screen cuts from one image to another along with rendered symmetrical morphing (Taking half of an image and mirroring it) which lends itself to visual distractions. There are morphed images of objects, places and things that present the effects of someone who may be on a drug trip. I found myself agitated after watching it, rather than relaxed. There is too much artistic license to make synthetic nature. One of the side effects of morphing fixed images into HD-video is that the rendering process of the scenery results in loses of its razor sharp clarity, such as water droplets on a leaf.

If you want a great HD video of nature, try "Living Landscapes HD The World's Most Beautiful Places". This video is produced in both HD formats, and gives you a beautiful un-modified look at nature in high definition with relaxing music. To give credit where its do, I have to say that the DTS-HD audio track on this disk is outstanding with excellent clarity and dynamic range.

One last note, I almost sent the disk back because my SONY BDP-300 was just sitting there for nearly three minutes saying "Loading" when finally it loaded the menu. Other blue-ray disks load under this time. This disk is intense with the highest bit rate I have seen yet, so you may have to give the disk a bit more time to load than normal.