Marine Aquarium (Special Collectors Edition) [Blu-ray]

We recently installed a 7000 series Samsung. My wife wanted it for cable but I wanted it for an aquarium. Since the install I have purchased 10 discs (from Blu Scapes series, to Trains, to Carribean, etc). This is the best one. The TV renders it very well. I kept an aquarium for 20 years and my wife and I regularly snorkle off St. John. This is the disc! It is the best so far. It offers 3 aquariums and each are excellent. The kids love it (age 9 and 11). We sit in front of it with dry erasure boards and take turn drawing and then guessing what fish was draw. Lots of fun. Of my collection "Carribbean" by Picture Perfect HD and Scenic Moods 4-Disc Ambient collection are the best (though the "Space" disc gets little play). On weekends we'll run these disks for 5-8 hours at a time. Enjoy!

Our living room is tiny and our furniture faces a giant plasma screen TV. It is hard to sit in front of it when it is off and ignore it- it is like a gaping black hole-but when friends are over and it is on, it kills the conversation and steals the attention. The aquarium DVD gives a nice ambient glow and is relaxing to look at, but easy to ignore, much like a real fish tank. There are cute little crabs and lots of other neat aquatic creatures, and the colors are amazing. We watch it on mute because it plays sleepy, ambient music. My niece can't ignore the TV when she is here but when I turn on a show she ignores everything else, and the aquarium DVD entertains and inspires her without being all-encompassing. I

I watched this over the weekend. The disc contains three different "vignettes" of underwater marine life titled "Sunrise," "Mediterranean," and "Caribbean." They all contain the usual reef marine life including, but not limited to, corals, sponges, anemones, clown fish, damsels, angels, and a variety of tangs. Even has the occational sea shrimp.All sequences are static scenes, no pan & scan, no narration. There is an accompanying musical score which was written especially for this disk by the award winning Gutleut Studios in Frankfurt, Germany which ebbs and flows along with the scenes and the accompanying ocean sounds.The total running time of the entire disc is 114 minutes. Each of the three scenes last 38, 33, and 43 minutes respectively. It is shot in 4K resolution with the audio track presented in 5.1 DTS-HD High-Res Audio Surround Sound. Picture quality in my opinion is near perfect - you can distinguish the floating particulate and plankton in the water. The near neon color of fish is extremely well represented.Having owned a 180 gallon saltwater "marine" aquarium for 15 years I can say that nothing is more immersive than the real thing! However, having said that, this is the next best thing and is EXTREMELY more affordable . After I initially watched this. I replayed it and sat in my favorite chair to enjoy a little reading. I found myself constantly looking away from my book to enjoy and take in the sights and sounds of the "virtual" aquarium being presented on my screen. If you've ever owned an aquarium you know exactly what I am referring to.At any rate, overall, I would give this a 4.5 out of 5.0 for PQ & AQ and recommened it to all...especially if you want an ocean experience on a goldfish bowl budget!

I bought this years ago as a screen saver. The best part of that was I had the ability to add and remove types of fish. There is no personalizing the DVD.Had i known that it was the same general imagery as the screen saver, I wouldn't have purchased this. This DVD has digitally created images(s). To me, the bubbles sound like running water, but not in a good way, IMHO. Not worth 30 paid. Can't return opened items. (Sigh).

The video is awesome and great quality being it's in Blu ray format. it's All the enjoyment minus the upkeep and cost of a saltwater aquarium.

Computer generated images..this is not hd film footage of live tropical fish..

I bought this as a natural treatment for insomnia. Got the idea when staying at a hotel in Vegas that had a relaxation channel that was similar to this, just an aquarium with soothing music playing. If your TV or Blu-ray player supports streaming you can also stream such videos off video sites. There are oodles of them. This Blu-ray is very relaxing and includes soothing music and sounds of the beach. Empty beach videos are also relaxing but this video does include sounds of the beach like waves and seagulls.

This is great!!!!You have a choice of a few tanks with different fish in them.Bought it for me to use as a night light and relaxation to help me sleep.Disc was in excellent shape.My cats love it as well .All day entertainment!!!