Product Details

• Directors: History
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: May 26, 2009
• Run Time: 240 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001UW5994
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,869 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Universe: Our Solar System" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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UNIVERSE:OUR SOLAR SYSTEM - DVD Movie

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Repackage of The Complete Season One!, August 15, 2010

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S. Seward - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Universe: Our Solar System [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Please be aware that this set is the first and second disks of The Universe: The Complete Season One. Disc 3 of The Complete Season One (not included in this set) also contains one episode on the outer planets.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the Whole Solar System, July 25, 2009

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Patrick J. Murpphy "oguage96" (Fayetteville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Universe: Our Solar System (DVD)

While certainly a great 2 disk video set, it it misnamed. The series is extremely detailed and looks great. The disks cover Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, the Sun, Mars, and Jupiter. It does not cover the outer gas giant planets; nor mention them. Many moons of the large gas giants are fascinating; the ones around Jupiter get short shrifted. I don't enjoy commentaries that over over dramatized either; this set has a bit of that. I want the facts, not dramatization. I know the sun will self destruct eventually, for instance; no need to be dramatic. The great plus to the set is the CGI is up to date and done well. Great teaching tool for the planets mentioned. The detail on the Moon was very good!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beware!!!, February 21, 2011

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Jeff Andi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Universe: Our Solar System [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Just picked this up at Barnes and Noble at 60% off. Once you get this, you'll see why it's so cheap. Ignore the some of the reviews on this title, I would venture to bet that employees a History/Discovery have to write a positive review on their products because anyone that has this actually can't ignore the major flaws with this blu ray. For starters, the narration is very dry and doesn't go in depth into the subjects that is featured. Secondly, there are no special features that are common with blu ray or even DVD at this point in time. Lastly, even though it's on Blu Ray, it's standard def 480i and yes, I have the HDMI hook up running up to 1080p. That's right, IT"S NOT EVEN HIGH DEF! There is no reason at all this should have even been produced on Blu Ray. It says on the cover History HD, but the presintation is not in HD.Total waste!

If you must buy this then pick up the DVD version. I'm a huge fan of History/Discovery/BBC productions. Their HD works are amazing. It's a shame that this got little to no effort. I gave this 2 stars because it does look nice even at 480i and like I said, I'm a huge fan of History/Discovery/BBC.If your looking to be amazed & show off your Blu Ray & HDTV, prepare to be disapointed.