The image quality in the book are poor. The images on the website and movie are ...
597343
Returned this item. The image quality in the book are poor. The images on the website and movie are great.
390711
The image quality is very poor. Yes, it only has a VGA (640x480) sensor, but what's disappointing are the optics it uses to magnify the image. There's a lot of blurriness, focus is uneven, and generally the image put up on the computer screen isn't that much better than using a decent-quality handheld magnifying glass. Sure, you can capture the images, but they're certainly not useful for anything other than a grade-schooler's report or maybe a close-up of a low-cost item you're selling on ebay. But, hey, at least it's cheap.
613544
I wanted to buy this book for a long time and waited until the price was right. When I bought it, I couldn't check inside because it was wrapped in plastic. So when I brought it home and opened it, I was very disappointed with the photos. I was expecting super high quality photos and instead found tons of OLD photos of galaxies and stars that have been available in other books (which I have or have read) since the 1960s and 1970s. Or worse, photos seemingly taken directly from websites, with web quality, ie: not very good.

They had to fill this book with 365 photos and I say 250 of them are not worth spending any amount of money on, because they're free on the internet or the quality is terrible or simply because they've been available in other (and better) books for several decades now and the writer didn't bother getting updated versions of those old photos. As an example, on Nov. 27, there's the famous "Earth at Night" photo. I already have the photo as a desktop image (it's widely available on the net) and it looks better on my computer than in the book, which is murky and lacks detail.

The Universe: 365 Days is just not what I expected. The concept is actually cool but the execution is very uneven and at times poor. I would have left it at the bookstore if I initially had the chance to look inside it before purchasing it.
3662586
I found the images and explanations of poor quality. Pictures of the finished project are taken from different websites and will go online to find better instructions and ideas there.
2291936
The pictures were at least of bearable quality. Unfortunately they are really bad so for me there is no point to keep the book.  If I buy the book of jewelry ideas and tutorials I expect to see photos which are sharp and clear. And until now I always got at least this. Some books are better than others but never this bad. I even went and checked one more time - it cannot be so terrible, right? No, it is even worse than my first look. I am sorry to have my expectations spoiled...
3083423
I purchased this book and haven't yet seen the print version, but I can tell you that the supposed "upgrade" to a digital version is unreadable. The page images are fuzzy so that the text is illegible in some instances. For a book where it's really important to see the details, this is unacceptable. I've asked Amazon for a refund and I won't be ordering any more "upgrades."

So this review isn't about the substance of the book (I'll know more about that when I get the paper copy). It's about the production of the digital version.
2987710
I was moved by the scenes from Pyaasa that can be viewed on the web.  Based on that, and other reviews, I bought this DVD in hopes that it would be much better quality than the low resolution video captures on  the web.  No such luck.  If you want to see the quality of this transfer from film to DVD, the web pieces are as good as it gets.  The film is cluttered with debris and old fashioned splices in the middle of a scene.  The video contrast is awful.  The images are too often greyed out, with no contrast, or experiments in abstract black and white.  The sound is low-fi midrange; no bass, no treble.  With such an excellent film industry, India should have something like the Library of Congress restoration project as in the U.S.  Pyaasa is moving, the music wonderful, the acting heart-wrenching, but this transfer is tragically inferior.
3772152
I am glad I only rented the book from Amazon. The book arrived in fair condition which is fine, but the book itself is poor quality. The print is very small and when compounded with the thin, shiny, cheap quality paper, it is not the easiest to read. College students---Before buying or renting I would recommend getting a syllabus from the instructor with the reading list as many (if not all) of the essays included are available online through open sources (yes, legally. Copyrights expired on the ones I need at least).
1293871
online version does not display the images in teh book very well. please get a hardcopy. I had to -reorder.
4755678
I really like the pictures in the book.  However, the pictures are printed so light that most of the pictures have lines that aren't clear or are completely missing.  For example in the book I received the clouds near the castle are barely printed and the rest didn't even print.  The print quality is very poor.
I am really disappointed as I really like the pictures.
4263211
The color  of the reproductions is poor and cheap. A page started tearing out from the binding the first time I first opened the book
2997153
Many of the photos are of poor quality. The text is great, but the illustrations do not meet current standards of printing. Very disappointing.
1080478
The images printed are of such poor quality, that even the good text couldn't make up for this. I had to just dump the book and look else where assistance.
2290782
Obviously I needed this for a class, so it wasn't a book I picked up for fun. The material was a little dry compared to other textbooks I've read in this subject area. I was really disappointed with he quality of the book - it looked like a photocopy of the original. The pictures were very low quality and some of the text boxes were hard to read (the original had light blue boxes which didn't translate well to grayscale). I would recommend getting a used version of the hardcover over this version.
1455100
When they said that "this book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks" they should have mentioned that 34 pictures are completely missing from the book, and the pictures that are available are very poor. Save your money and stick with the free on-line version.
2897660
I'm a big fan of Conrad Carlberg and I own many books by him on excel. This book has been a disappointment. The main reason is the quality of the pictures is terrible. I complained to amazon and they sent me another copy of the book but the other copy is also in poor quality. I was able to download the workbooks online, but it's just so frustrating that I can't read the numbers in the book when trying to follow through the examples.

I also feel like the content is very superficial and not what I would expect from Que or Carlberg. Maybe they are outside their expertise in this area. I can't recommend another book, but I am sure there is better out there. I have kept this book on my desk for some time and every time I give it another chance I am disappointed.
352649
Material good but the paperback version's pictures were of poor quality. Perhaps the more expensive hardbound version is better. If so, would have chosen that. Otherwise,  great accumulation of information.

Steve W