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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: $42.95
You Save: $77.03 (64%)
New (42) Collectible (2) from $42.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 302
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): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.6 x 2.6
MPN: WARDE4180D
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
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great series, but commercials are annoying January 17, 2008
26 out of 39 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
11 out of 20 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.
Fantastic January 14, 2008
The picture quality is amazing and I've never seen the world in such an extraordinary light.
Attenborough fan January 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Our adult son gave us this set for Christmas. We watched a few discs together and we all loved it.
I have been a fan of David Attenborough's since his Life on Earth series in the 70's. His insight and enthusiasm for life and nature revealed is probably the inspiration for the approach this series takes.
The producers have used new high-end video technology to portray our world in ways that we simply cannot access through our earth bound senses: sophisticated gimbled remote controlled camera mounts on helicopters provide shots that are extremely steady and can zoom into closeup and follow action in a way only seen before in high-end motion pictures and commercials. Especially unique is the moving time lapse photography. To pan, tilt or track the visual evidence of a change of seasons or an environmental event like a flood and its consequences yields footage that gives the viewer an experience never to be forgotten.
The pacing is excellent too. There is breath between the words, not a relentless machine gun spray of information. That gives us time to reflect, compare, and feel how what we see affects us.
Well done!
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