You ve never seen the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Pacific Coastline like this before! Take to the skies for an exhilarating journey in the film Over California. Get a unique perspective on the vast and changing landsca... more »pe of the Golden State through powerful high-altitude images that reveal California s unique beauty. Soar through blue skies, among ancient redwood forests, around snow-capped peaks, over deserts and coastline, and above glittering cities all set to an original soundtrack. Over California features rare views and stunning cinematography of the state s most celebrated landscapes, from deserts to vineyards and everything in between, including Disneyland and the Golden Gate Bridge. Enjoy the imagery as you learn all about California s history and heritage.« less
slodaybreak | San Luis Obispo, CA United States | 02/21/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I managed to get my copy for $9.99. It was filmed in 1994. Apparently the recording is in 1080i although that means nothing to me because my flatscreen is 720p. It's encoded in MPEG-2 but they maxed out the bitrate and it looks pretty darn good. For the price, it's a really neat demo with the only con being the elevator music."
Poor Quality
Kirby | San Diego, CA United States | 01/22/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I have the Blu-ray Washington the Beautiful in High Definition and it is fantastic. So I was excited to purchase Over California. NO comparison! Over California was filmed in the early 90's, poor quality and very dated"
Not great quality
Simcoe | Burbank, CA | 04/24/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Regardless of the price paid, I expect decent quality in a DVD advertised as Blu-ray. Not only was the disc not in 1080p, but the quality of the picture was very poor in several spots, with artifacts and drop-outs. The film is at least a decade old - they show the Raiders football team in the L.A. Coliseum - they moved back to Oakland in 1995! Its obvious the production was not filmed with high-definition cameras, but was remastered to a higher pixel count without any increase in quality.
I wasn't that thrilled with the scenic production either. Far too much time spent circling skyscrapers and not enough over other points of interest. The tour of San Diego was especially cheap and covered only the harbor area."
Not all it could be
todd glyer | 06/27/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Not a bad doc but also certainly not excellent. Lots of great helicopter shots not particularly well organized. Good music/fairly well edited good narator."
Not so good, waste of blu-ray
George Sarant | New York, NY United States | 03/02/2009
(2 out of 5 stars)
"If you feel compelled to buy this you should save some money and get the regular version as it is not so great in blu-ray. Many parts are grainy and it is a bit of a rip to have this repackaged in blu-ray without any real advantage to it. As far as the substance goes there are features that go by unlabeled, the proportion of material is skewed, i.e. there's too much San Francisco and too little Yosemite. Save your money and catch it on PBS."