{"id":19664,"date":"2018-10-27T16:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T23:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=19664"},"modified":"2018-10-27T16:49:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T23:49:57","slug":"review-america-the-beautiful-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/10\/review-america-the-beautiful-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"America the Beautiful: Complete National Parks Collection Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/10\/review-america-the-beautiful-bd\/#more-19664\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"America the Beautiful Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/millcreek-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>America the Beautiful<\/em><\/strong> might not be as well produced as something from PBS or NatGeo, but it\u2019s still a relaxing documentary series with some great photography of America\u2019s splendid national parks and does present some interesting trivia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">America the Beautiful<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2014 Complete National Parks Collection \u2014<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2011)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Documentary<br \/>\nMill Creek Entertainment | TVG \u2013 785 min. \u2013 $24.98 | October 23, 2018<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/27\/2018 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2018\/americathebeautiful-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B07FZ99TFQ\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00JAD6FPC\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on DVD from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>SERIES INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Ron Meyer<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Ron Meyer (written by)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Alphonse Keasley (narrator)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>None<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>Yes<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>None<br \/>\n<strong>Codecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mill Creek Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<br \/>\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FeVVlyK.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FeVVlyK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>THE SERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1872 President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law our nation\u2019s first National Park, Yellowstone. Since then, other significant pieces of land and sea have been designated as National Parks, in hopes to conserve the past and present glory of each unique ecosystem. Now you can journey through the ecology, geology and beauty of our amber plains, rugged mountain ranges and salty shores in this collection of majestic beauty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Parks Exploration Series takes viewers on a guided tour across the most visited and significant parks in the United States. Discover the wonder and mystery of these parks and enjoy the breathtaking beauty and exciting exploration of our country\u2019s most fascinating destinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The National Parks Featured:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Grand Canyon: A Wonder of the Natural World<\/li>\n<li>Yellowstone: The World\u2019s First National Park<\/li>\n<li>Yosemite: The High Sierras<\/li>\n<li>Everglades: A Subtropical Paradise<\/li>\n<li>The Great Smoky Mountains: Crown Jewel of the Appalachians<\/li>\n<li>The Black Hills and The Badlands: Gateway to the West<\/li>\n<li>Glacier: Crown of the Continent<\/li>\n<li>Death Valley: Thriving Land of Extremes<\/li>\n<li>Acadia: The First National Park East of the Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Voyageurs: Spirit of the Boundary Waters<\/li>\n<li>National Parks: An Eagle\u2019s View (Bonus Documentary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This 3-disc set comes housed in a standard HD slim case with two of the discs stacked. Inside is a code for a <strong>digital copy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/dwchCiB.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/dwchCiB.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each documentary is presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer and a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio. These look excellent in HD with bright colors, fine detail\/sharpness and just showing off the wonderment of these various locations. This kind of thing was meant to be seen on Blu-ray.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The documentaries come with a basic DTS-HD MA 2.0 track which is satisfactory enough but nothing especially noteworthy. The soothing music comes through well enough as does the narration, though on-location interviews do tend to have some minor noise behind them indicative probably of some cheap recording equipment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CtGamkm.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CtGamkm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>America the Beautiful<\/em><\/strong> might not be as well produced as something from PBS or NatGeo, but it\u2019s still a relaxing documentary series with some great photography of America\u2019s splendid national parks and does present some interesting trivia courtesy of Alphonse Keasley\u2019s calming narration. This 3-disc Blu-ray from Mill Creek offers great video and decent audio.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Additional Screen Captures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8YfqqIC.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #112dea;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8YfqqIC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/bV5KzLd.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #112dea;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/bV5KzLd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SKNNTBl.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #112dea;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SKNNTBl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vUcHrSF.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #112dea;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vUcHrSF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/BnTmAli.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #112dea;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/BnTmAli.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/XLmQTr1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #112dea;\" title=\"America the Beautiful\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/XLmQTr1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America the Beautiful might not be as well produced as something from PBS or NatGeo, but it\u2019s still a relaxing documentary series with some great photography of America\u2019s splendid national parks and does present some interesting trivia. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[4325],"class_list":["post-19664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-mill-creek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19666,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19664\/revisions\/19666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}