As the atmosphere becomes thinner and thinner on the way up, viewers will see how the human body forced to work harder to intake its minimum requirement of oxygen. All throughout the climb, scientists continually monitor the climbers, through a series of experiments. This, they hope, will help explain the 1996 tragedy on Mt. Everest, in which eight climbers perished in a single day. Since this is a documentary television program, one can't expect the look of a Hollywood theatrical film. However, everything appears sharp and well defined.
Colors are usually clear and vivid, without any distortion.
MPEG-2 compression artifacts are not readily detectable. The Dolby Digital 2.0 channel soundtrack decodes to Dolby Surround. But again, don't expect the motion picture experience from this program. Clean, clear sounding dialogue and ambient effects are the mainstay of this soundtrack. Closed captioning is provided on the disc.