Image Entertainment has announced that they are bringing the Discovery Channel series '
Human Body: Pushing the Limits' to Blu-ray on July 29th, day-and-date with the DVD release. All four episodes will be presented on a single disc in stunning 1080p high definition along with a Dolby Digital soundtrack.
The mini-series takes viewers into four areas of the human body - sight, strength, sensation, and brain power - using CGI technology and hi-tech cameras:
- Sight: Sight is the king of the senses; more than 80 percent of what we know of the world comes through our eyes. Experience one of the body's most critical and fascinating components from the inside out.
- Strength: The human body is engineered for strength, power and endurance. Bone is as sturdy as concrete but flexible enough to resist breaking. It's even light enough to allow us to be quicker off the mark than a racehorse.
- Sensation: Less than one twentieth of an inch below the surface of the skin are the ultra-sensitive "antennae" that allow us to sense the world around us. This vital layer is the gateway to the original information superhighway...the nervous system.
- Brain Power: The driving force behind every one of us is the most powerful organ in the natural world: the human brain. A central processing unit that generates as many electrical impulses in a single day as all the telephones in the world put together.
No special features have been announced at this time.