Titanic Testimonials

Aaron Burrow (USA)

Just wanted to send you an e-mail and let you know that Titanic: A Voyage of Discovery and the accompanying Screen Saver CD are fantastic! I have been exploring both since I received them. These are great! I can't see how anyone who is the least bit interested in the Titanic could go without these two excellent resources of information (and especially breathtaking photographs). I want to thank you for all of your assistance during the time that I was inquiring about system requirements, etc. of these two CD's. Also, on behalf of all the other Titanic buffs around the world with myself, thanks for producing such a single full-packed source of photos and facts as these two CD's.

Library Journal - USA.

Interest in the Titanic has never been greater, with a Broadway musical and feature film bringing the tragic ocean liner's fate into mainstream focus yet again. There have been other Titanic CD-ROMs (i.e., Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, LJ 5/15/97), but this disc contains much more information--including 600 photos and 50 video clips--enough to satisfy even the most fact-voracious Titanic obsessive. The information is divided into four sections: Model (an interactive plan of the ship that includes photos and narration), Construction (showing the structure and appointments of the luxury liner in detail), Wreck (with many images taken from the numerous dives during the French/American recovery expedition of 1987), and Lists (of passengers, etc.). An initial approach to the disc will probably be linear, but we found it irresistible to jump from section to section, anticipating information foreshadowed by events and facts. The photos are a bit murky at times, but this enhances rather than detracts from the mise-en-sc&ecute;ne, setting an appropriate mood for exploring the Titanic. Bottom Line: Highly recommended for public and academic libraries; an essential addition to collections of Titanic history enthusiasts.

Eric Seright-Payne (USA)

This CD ROM is slow to load, a little confusing to navigate, but truly amazing! The photographs are of an amazing quality, the narration by maritime historian Charles Sachs and explorer Ralph White - who has visited the wreck site 19 times since 1985 - are short, concise, and to the point, allowing you to soak in the images. The background music is superb, a combination of classics, Wagnerian opera, and pieces contemporaneous to the time of the sinking. The instrumentation is rich and deep, taking full advantage of the compact disc format. I also received the Titanic Historic Documentary & Screen Saver compact disc. Two hours after opening the package, I was still pointing-and-clicking my way through images. A wonderful package, and well worth the cost, if only for the undersea images alone. My one problem with the Discovery CD deals not with the disc itself, but rather with ideology. All the items shown resting on the bottom, richly detailed photographs, were taken just prior to their retrieval by White and his team, for "restoration" and "display" on the surface.

Tara Leader (South Australia)

If ever the past has journeyed into the future, it is with the CD-Rom, Titanic A Voyage of Discovery. The most important thing is to learn from history is its mistakes and its gifts, and this is what this cd-rom shows us from all aspects. Not only from the sinking, the loss of life, not nearly enough life boats and the aftermath, but the Titanic's new era, her discovery! It takes three hours in the Mir to reach the Titanic. This marvelous feature of this cd is one of my favourite. Sailing over and around the Titanic in this small submarine is very eerie and the closest thing to virtual reality. How a terrorising end can now look so peaceful, china tea cups, suitcases and wine bottles untouched since the night of April 15th 1912. Another very interesting section shows the rare photos and film footage, especially on Captain Smith. Graceful music once played on the ship follows you looking through the many areas of the cd. This is a brilliant second volume on the Titanic, every effort such as digitally restoring photographs has been done, which is sure to impress the most knowledgeable maritime buff. Tara.

Nic Wilson (AUSTRALIA)

This testimonial has been amended due to its most thorough review. A full version can be viewed by going to Nic's Titanic Page. Just click on Nic's picture Upon examination it is obvious that this disc has been authored with Macromedia, I have come to really respect this authoring package, especially from a users point of view. The interface is easy to use very responsive and a pleasure to navigate. I am not easy to please in this area, as professionally I am an interactive CD author and I expect a great deal from products similar to the ones I author myself. From a navigation point of the view the CD performed flawlessly and was a delight to use. Upon launching the CD I was greeted with a screen informing me that the CD was designed for 256 Colours and asking if I wanted to continue. This screen does not occur if your screen depth is already set to 256 colours. Mine is normally set to 65000 colours. I found that the disc performed flawlessly even though I left my screen depth to 16 bit or 65000 colours. After a brief intro of the Titanic name being embossed into what I can only describe as a brown steel plate, I was presented with a photograph of Charles Sachs and a voice introduction from him, followed by a photograph and introduction from Ralph White. After these introductions, I was presented with a main menu. The menu is a graphical point and click type with highlighting areas activated by mouse movement. The choices were, Construction, Voyage, Model, Lists and Wreck. Firstly I chose the "Wreck" option. This option presents you with another menu that has split up the various wreck photographs into different areas such as bow, stern, surface, artifacts and debris field. As soon as I started looking at the photographs and attached videos in this section I immediately was covered in goose bumps and it was not the images that did it. Amazingly the author has chosen Largo from a New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak as the background music. I thoroughly enjoyed touring the wreck via the photos and videos and especially liked the way I could choose to see the exact area I was looking at via a deck plan. When looking at the wreck videos or photographs it is sometimes difficult or orientate yourself, even one who knows this ship so well can have trouble, this option makes it very easy to place each picture exactly. A picture of a Titanic model is included, zoomed on the particular area with red arrows showing you the route the video will take. I toured each of the other menus items one by one, both manually and automatically, and each were just as enjoyable. Some of the photographs I had never seen before and it was a delight to see them and have them explained on the commentary. I especially liked the tour of the model of the ship and way you could compare parts of the ship with photographs side by side. As I enjoy all aspects of this subject I find it sometimes difficult to be a critic and give a fair review, but in comparison to all of the Titanic books, discs and memorabilia I have seen on the subject. In conclusion I can only say that I thoroughly enjoyed the many hours I spent looking at this disc, It takes pride of place among my other Titanic discs and collections. I wholly recommend this disc, as a valuable source of reference for any student and a must have for any Titanic memorabilia collector. Nic Wilson

John Fry (United Kingdom)

Titanic - A Voyage of Discovery and it 's partner The Titanic Historic Documentary and Screen Saver are in my opinion the Ultimate CD ROM collection for the Titanic Enthusiasts. I am still exploring the two CD Roms and I am really enjoying them. These two CD Roms will be the Benchmark that other CDs will be compared with for years to come. John Fry

Robert (Rob) Ottmers Kansas City, MO. USA

Kudos to you on an exceptional job. The CD is very good. Navigation is easily learned and straightforward. Content is amazing, and commentary is informative. You truly have captured Titanic in many hard to find images. Being a collector of Titanic images, I was amazed to find many on your CD that I hadn't seen before, as well as some I have showing more detail than my copies. I should think you will have no problems with the marketing of "Voyage of Discovery" because I feel any Titanic aficionado would love to have this added to their collection.. Again thanks.....

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