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Genetics Abilities Test

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What kind of hero are you? Do you have what it takes to save the world? Put your powers to the test with this exclusive web-enabled feature. With the results of your test, you can create your own Heroes profile, and upload it to NBC.com/Heroes to share with others in the community. You can see your uploaded profile and use a secret code to unlock special show content that is exclusive to HD DVD users. Get connected and sign up for an HD DVD account with your HD DVD player, or at www.UniversalHiDef.com.

U-Control

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Unlock the secrets inside every episode of Heroes: Season 1–without leaving the show. This uniquely-immersive, in-show experience from Universal gives you multiple ways to move deeper into the phenomenon that is Heroes. Powered by breakthrough HDi™ technology from Microsoft, U-Control takes exclusive special features to a dazzling new level of real-time interactivity. Access U-Control from the main menu before or during any episode. You’ve entered a new world of Heroes that you control.

Character Connections

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See your way through 23 episodes of twists and turns, of mysterious characters and shadowy relationships, with a guide that clarifies every piece of the puzzle as it grows. Turn on this U-Control feature to get instant access to a character’s storyline whenever he or she appears in an episode. More than just a friendly reminder, this is a digital doorway to an interactive guide. From this interactive map, you can discover what is known so far about the connections between each of the characters. As the twists continue to grow, so does this dynamic character map, and so too does your insight into Heroes.

Helix Revealed

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Hidden in plain sight throughout Heroes is a mysterious symbol–the Helix. It appears in many places–paintings, a tattoo, in a pile of rocks on a table. Sometimes it’s front and center, but most of the time, it has a mysterious, fleeting presence. Is each Helix a clue to a larger mystery? Or is this some kind of elaborate inside joke by the creators of the show? Now you have a tool to see for yourself. Turn on this U-Control feature, and every appearance of the Helix is revealed. Can you unlock its secret?

Picture-in-Picture

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The amazing capacity of the Heroes: Season 1 HD DVD enables U-Control to take traditional filmmaker commentary to a whole new visual level. Turn on U-Control’s Picture-in-Picture feature, and two windows play simultaneously on your HD TV screen–the first window shows the episode you’ve selected in its entirety; while the second shows the stars and creators of Heroes on the set sharing stories and insights from their experience in making the episode you’re watching.

Artwork Viewer

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It is the visual core of Heroes, an evolving thread that connects all that has happened, and all that will come–and now you can tap into the phenomenal clarity of HD DVD to experience each of Isaac’s pivotal works in unprecedented detail. Turn on this U-Control feature and a special icon will appear when key pieces of art in Isaac’s studio or comic books comes on-screen. Freeze it, study it, experience every high definition pixel of his terrifying vision of the future.

Download Center

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Your one-stop destination for exclusive content is your Web-enabled HD DVD player. Download trailers, exclusive features and updates directly to your player. Watch and delete, or save for later. Your HD DVD player is your direct link to a constantly evolving collection of video extras from a whole new season of Heroes and a whole world of movies from Universal.

• Never Before Aired 73-minute Premiere Episode

  A full 73 uninterrupted minutes of the original, unaired, extended pilot episode, as Heroes’ creator Tim Kring first envisioned it, with a character never seen.

• The Making of Heroes

  From concept to pop culture phenomenon, a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest new series on television.

• Special Effects

  The secrets behind the eye-popping visuals that give the Heroes their amazing powers.

• The Stunts

  A back stage look at the show’s hair-raising stunts.

• Mind Reader Game

  Matt Parkman’s mind reading abilities reveal your inner Hero with a series of simple tests.

• Profile of Artist Tim Sale

  A look at the Eisner Award-winning comic book artist (Spiderman, Batman, Daredevil) behind much of the Manga-influenced artwork used in the show.

• The Score

  Go behind the scenes with Wendy Melvin and Lisa Coleman (of Prince’s The Revolution) as they create their ASCAP Award-winning musical score.

• 50 Exclusive Deleted Scenes

• Audio Commentary

Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), a genetics professor from Chennai, picks up his late father’s research and makes an astonishing discovery-a seemingly random group of people around the world are developing astonishing super powers. From a drug-addicted artist (Santiago Cabrera), who paints the future and an ambitious politician (Adrian Pasdar) who can fly to a New York cop who hears other people’s thoughts (Greg Grunberg) and a Japanese computer programmer (Masi Oka) who can distort the space time continuum, these new Heroes seem to have a shared destiny. Creator Tim Kring (Crossing Jordan) fashions a complex new world full of hidden clues, breathtaking plot twists and suspense-filled conundrums for an exhilaratingly fresh story about average people who are confronting the existence of inexplicable super powers. Also starring Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, Ali Larter, Noah Gray-Cabey, Leonard Roberts, Tawny Cypress and Jack Colman, Heroes: Season 1 is packed with special bonuses that take viewers deeper into this rich and riveting series. Relive the excitement or discover it for the first time with Heroes: Season 1 on HD DVD.