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| Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition) | 
| Actor: David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $119.98
Buy New: $42.91
You Save: $77.07 (64%)
New (47) Collectible (2) from $42.91
Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 503
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 950 minutes
Number Of Items: 10
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 2.6
MPN: 794051418029
UPC: 794051418029
EAN: 0794051418029
ASIN: B000TEUSQ8
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 2007
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: factory sealed. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: please, notice that due to shipping envelop limitation, you will not receive the outter dust cover of this boxset. we will break the boxsets into into two individual boxsets so it can fit into the US Priority mail envelope. You will receive everyting new except no shrink wrap & outter dust cover. Local US Buyers will receive the Boxset factory sealed
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good purchase January 23, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
(+) Excellent documentaries. Definitely an epic and peerless collection of footage and narration. Looks great on a big TV. I've seen a lot of documentaries, and I've been a big fan of Attenborough for many years. This is one of the most memorable productions I've come across. The camera teams went to some extraordinary lengths to get this footage.
(-) Style is set on an epic global scale, encompassing and summarising the entire globe. Which is great if it's what you're after and is a good crowd pleaser. However if you're after more specific footage or are only interested in certain kinds of species, there are other documentaries that would be better tailored for it. Not to discount this one though, that's pretty much the only negative I could think of.
If you have the money, buy it and share it with friends.
 Great, Masterpiece January 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received these a few days ago, and the entire family has enjoyed them. Its true that this is not the same naration as that seen on the Discovery Channel, but maybe I dont know what I am missing, but this one is just great enough.
 Great series, but commercials are annoying January 17, 2008
21 out of 31 found this review helpful
The series is great, but why do they put commercials on the DVD?
I PAID FOR THIS. There should be NO commercials.
So for that I have to rate this down.
My copy has terrible image quality January 16, 2008
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have only just opened my new copy of the BBCvideo "The Blue Planet"/"Planet Earth" collector's edition (or collector's set). I feel that I must report my dissatisfaction with the packaging, the discs, and surprisingly with the picture quality of the video itself.
The packaging of this "Collector's Set" is dull, as if the colour has been washed out from all of the pictures on the boxes. Not really a problem. But after looking at the discs (10 in total), seven of mine had scratches on the playing surface the first time I took them out of the box. I have played disc one and disc five from "Planet Earth" and all video on both DVD's look to me as though they are bad rips of pirated movies. The images are blurred, out of focus, and all the highlights are blown out. The affects varies somewhat from scene to scene but it is considerably aggravating to watch. Even the title page text at the start of each video is not crisp on the screen but has jagged edges instead. I have just previewed disc one of "Blue Planet" and I must say that it too appears dull and out of focus albeit not to the same pitiful extent of "Planet Earth".
I recall these videos as crisp, bright, and completely engaging. There must be something wrong with this copy. Could it be that I received the one bad copy in this run of production? Or is this Collector's set of lower quality? Am I supposed to go out and buy the Blu-ray version just to enjoy this series as it was intended?
I am more than a little suprised. I hope other copies are better than mine. BTW - Other videos appear as they should on my computer, an Apple Powerbook G4. My video appears as it is encoded on the DVD. These copies are flawed in my opinion.
I guess I need to look into an explanation, refund, or exchange.
WOW!!! January 15, 2008
Fantastic!!! My kids (6 and 4) are LOVING this! It is just fabulous. The cinematography is awesome.
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