Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray]

This documentary is one of most essential ones every person should see. Breathviewing views of the planet and its habitat. This enlightens our perspective to care for our fragile world and its preservation. The breathtaking views of Angle water falls in Venezuela, views of the most mysterious animals like Snow lepoards in Karkoram range, weasles in the Artic, Taiga, the volcanic vents in the deepest parts of the Atlantic and the Paciffic, cayman in the amazon chewing th camera instead of attacking the crew, pirahnas busy in their work, polar bears struggling to keep their young belowed ones alive during the onset of spring in the arctic and the male emperor penguings risking the blizzards to protect the eggs transferred to them are some of the few oustanding fatures which really touched my soul. Every second is absolutely worth watching. This is the most precious gift one can gift to their beloved ones by making them to see the outstanding work. The commenatry from Sir. David Attenborough is equally outstanding. Amazon is brillliant in delivering this product.

First of all 5/5 for Amazon service. Ordered for 1 day delivery & got it as promised, on time.The good part of this are :* Great narration by Alastair,* Fantastic photography & filming. Attention to details is evident,* Exposes us to lot more things on this planet which many are totally unaware of,* Snow, mountains, caves, desert..... you name it & you have it in here. Really fantastic.And there are lot more but it needs to be experienced as this one is hell lot of piece of great work. Kudos to BBC.Some get confused between Planet Earth & Life. I would say opt for planet earth if interested in knowing the earth better, opt for life (some part is picked up from planet earth) if you are interested in animals, fish etc. but yeah, in 'Life' there are mating scenes too, so decide with whom you would like to watch. :PIf you are not buying planet earth, then you are missing something really beautiful in life. Its a great collection. Keep exploring.Cheers.

This is what you really call great stuff for all sections of audiences. BBC i would like love to say hats off for selling these dvds, as books related to such genres dont offer at all . After all ( books /textbooks ) they are just typical indian style of books and text books that are meant for mugging up the things . I have no more words to say , because this more than a masterpiece !

Brilliantly filled with extraordinary photography, this is an essential collection if you love nature and wild life. The set covers the entire original series of Planet Earth that aired on BBC in 2006. From mountains to oceans, from deserts to forests there is nothing that alluded the producers during their spectacular five year filming. With an epic narration by veteran David Attenborough, who had made several BBC documentaries on wild life, the outstanding high-definition photography combined with slow motion effects makes this series a pleasurable viewing experience.

To be where you never can be , to go where only a handful have ever gone , to experience the unbelievable ! Must see DVD !

One of my best purchases, the set is worth it you love nature and also have a big screen. The seller was kind enough to call and check if I've ordered correctly before shipping.

This is something spellbound real life video presentation of enormous happening around us in the globe. Just look at it and try to feel.. we know only a small of this world, its facts and so many interesting events happening around us always.. We have seen very few things of this world. The undiscovered ocean of fact is lying before us. It is worth everybody's watching.

I've bought this DVD set three time, once for myself and twice as gifts for family. It's been a big hit, I am my aunt's favorite niece. The narration is interesting and informative but doesn't distract from the stunning landscapes and beautiful cinematography. If I could give Planet Earth more than 5 stars I would

Planet Earth is one of the most beautifully shot documentaries ever. The complete box set has hours of awe inspiring facts about our planet. Everyone is bound to learn something new here. It also comes with a bonuses documentry on a separate disk too. This set went for a hundred bucks a few years back, so at under 30 dollars now, it is the best bang for your buck now, and deserves to be in any collection.

Documentary: 5/5, Picture: 3-5/5, Extras: 4/5THE DOCUMENTARYPlanet Earth takes a rather different approach to Sir David Attenborough's previous Life series: instead of taking a species or phylum, it explores a particular habitat. This is not so much a geological study of the Earth but rather a broad survey of the rarely seen or visited habitats and their inhabitants, with an emphasis on how they adapt to the forces of nature. At times it looks more like showing off spectacular scenery than a systematic study. Coverage is by no means exhaustive but what is presented is truly remarkable. Episode one takes you from the South to the North Pole, passing the various forest ecosystems and desserts in between and is a preview of later episodes.If you have watched the Life series and the BBC's Blue Planet you will notice some familiarity in Planet Earth. There are recurrent themes on survival and adaptive behaviour. I am constantly reminded of and impressed by the resilience of life.Memorable shots are too many to mention but polar bear cubs exploring the snowy slopes, the great white shark leaping out of water (with footage slowed down 40 times) and snow covered mountains come to mind. I particularly like the aerial views.PICTURE: VC-1 1080p 16:9The main feature IS "1080/24p", as indicated by my Pioneer BD player. The production for broadcast is mastered in 25p from various framerates (details on bbcresources.com); the PAL DVD is in 50i (equivalent to 25p) and each episode runs for 48 minutes (excluding the extras) compared to 50 minutes on Blu-ray. So the Blu-ray runtime is in keeping with a 25p to 24p slowdown. The 1080i v. 1080p feud has been blown out of all proportions. For the material shot on video the HD cameras used in the early 2000s were mostly 720p; note it says on the back "some footage was not captured in full HD". While a lot of scenes are spectacular there are occasional artefacts. People who find Blu-ray to be softer than HD broadcast have incorrect set-up somewhere in the video signal chain: it is not the fault of the Blu-ray.THE NARRATION AND SOUND TRACK (Dolby Digital 5.1)The background narration is occasionally too soft. The script is very well written, full of interesting statistics and entirely appropriate without being verbose. The music when present adds to the serenity of the magnificent scenery or the drama of hunting scenes. Subtitles are in English only.THE SUBSTITUTED EXTRAS (1080/60i)Regrettably this release does not have the original DVD extras: the 10 minute "Diaries" at the end of each episode and the 'Planet Earth - The Future' feature (2h56') and people felt let down. The "Dairies" are interesting and the message on the state of the planet is of course important and the BBC underestimated the viewer's sentiment. But the extras included here, Dessert Lions and Snow Leopards (the subject of DVD episode 2 "Diaries") from the BBC's Natural World in HD are interesting programmes in their own right and more amenable to repeated viewing. The biologist who tagged collars on the snow leopards died recently so that makes it even more valuable to watch. But it would be better to give us the original extras and have Natural World on a separate release.WHICH VERSION TO GET?The US Discovery Channel version is truncated and has an American non-naturalist narrator so that is a non-starter. This UK version has the same encoding as the US BBC/Warner four-disc version (both region free) but has the extras on a fifth disc and hence the best value. If you cannot live without the original extras then borrow the DVD.UPDATEI would now recommend the Special Edition instead as it has the Diaries and more extra features at similar price, but note the main episodes are 1080i50 (the original broadcast frame-rate) and the Diaries are 576i50. There is an American SE version in 1080i60 over there.A MUST-HAVE FOR EVERY BLU-RAY LIBRARYJust marvel at the contents: once you understand the technical issues you will realise that whatever technical limitations there are they are really of no great significance here.

I really enjoy these movies as does my nephew so I’m hoping he’ll like this for his birthday

DVD版を持っていたのですが、さらに美しい画質で見たくてこちらブルーレイを購入しました。内容は相変わらず素晴らしいです。地球の美しさを感じます。

Bei einem Punktestand von 29 (5 Sterne) : 2 (weniger als 5) muss ich eigentlich nicht mehr viel sagen. Die Aufnahmen sind bildgewaltig, wunderschön und Attenboroughs Kommentation finde ich einfach nur passend, und nicht übertrieben "pathetisch", wie es jemand hier bezeichnet hat.Den UK-Import habe ich gewählt, weil die Version billiger war, und ich glaube auf der deutschen ist nicht die Originaltonspur enthalten, dass sollte man aber nochmal nachprüfen, ist schon etwas her, dass ich das recherchiert habe.Inzwischen gibt es Massenweise Tierdokus auf Blu Ray, man muss also nicht unbedingt zu so einer Mega-Sammlung greifen. Ich bereue es jedoch keinesfalls. Die filme eignen sich für interessiertes Zuschauen, oder einfach als Hintergrund-TV-Rauschen, dem man nur ab und an einen Blick zuwirft und staunt.