|  | Actor: David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Warner
List Price: $79.98
Buy Used: $16.54
as of 7/30/2010 18:42 CDT details
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Seller: pieceofmindmedia
Rating:  2506 reviews
Sales Rank: 95
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Subtitled
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 550 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.2
MPN: E2938
UPC: 794051293824
EAN: 0794051293824
ASIN: B000MR9D5E
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 Great on blu-ray June 5, 2010
Martinjm (Washington, D.C.)
The product, although use, was in very good shape. This looks absolutely fabulous on blu-ray.
Buy it on Amazon.co.uk for half the price May 30, 2010
iza425
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
After doing a lot of research, I decided to buy this on Amazon.co.uk . I looked into it after reading some of the comments here from people who did the same, however they didn't give all the information I was looking for. So here is my comment:
Amazon.co.uk has this exact series for 17.93 Pounds but when I checked out they charged 15.26 Pounds. To add it all up, with price of item, shipping charges (to NJ), currency conversion, my Amazon Visa charging me 3% for currency exchange fee, I paid a total of $28.27 in US dollars for this DVD BluRay series. The only difference is that their version has 5 discs. The item arrived in one week via Royal Mail. I don't know if the UK version has more footage on the 5 discs but it says runtime of 550 min.
If you decide to buy it from the UK, make sure you buy the "All Regions" format. They sell both PAL version (which only plays in Europe and will not play in your BluRay)and they also sell All Regions version. You can find this info on the Product Details section (scroll down) on the page for the item. In the UK as well as some US reviews it also stated that it's in 1080p which is NOT true. The series is in 1080i. It says it on the back of the box. In any case, the picture is beautiful and you will not be disappointed. It plays on my cheap Blu-ray player that has no special features and I view it on my 46" 1080p LED TV. You can read the other reviews about the picture quality and the footage. They're all true so I won't go into details about it.
Note: Before you buy from the UK, call your credit card and find out what percentage they charge for currency exchange fees so you won't be surprised later. Like I said, Amazon Visa charged me 3% (at least that's what they told me but when I got my bill there wasn't any extra charges. Maybe Amazon includes it with the purchase total), and my AmEx wanted to charge me 2.7%.
I'm a little disappointed in amazon.com (US) for charging $50 when you can buy it from the UK for just about half the price. Sometimes you have to do some extra research. I hope this review helped.
Beautiful Cinematography & Superb Narration May 28, 2010
E. Chen (Los Angeles, CA United States)
I had originally looked at this collection during Christmas, but finally broke down and purchased it as the price came down to under $38. This is a fabulous collection that truly exploits Blu-ray HD on my Samsung Plasma TV. The landscapes are stunning, the narration is fantastic, and the whole collection is very well put together. I specially like the fact that the related subjects are grouped together into a single Blu-ray. This is a worthy series educationally and technologically. If you want to see what is possible in 1080p HD imagery, you should look at this excellent set.
Planet Earth 5 Disc Set May 28, 2010
FRANK DISS (Snohomish, WA USA)
I highly recommend this wonderful 5 disc set of Planet Earth. Although disc numbers 4 & 5 had to be fast forward the first few moments in order to play. I feel they are defective but still worth the price of the complete BBC series.
Check amazon's UK site and compare May 27, 2010
Just a consumer (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before buying this, check amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-Blu-ray/dp/B000SKNIWE/) to see if you can get a better deal there. I did that in April 2010, and since then, the UK version has been cheaper than the US version, even after factoring in the lack of free shipping. In my case, after subtracting VAT (the built-in tax that you don't have to pay if the destination is outside of the EU), adding international shipping, and converting from British pounds to US dollars, I paid about US$28. That was nearly half the price offered by amazon.com at the time. Amazon UK will offer you the chance to either pay in pounds or dollars; I paid in pounds, which after conversion to dollars by my credit card issuer was a bit cheaper than the US dollar price offered me by Amazon UK.
Be assured that the UK version is region-free and 1080p, contrary to statements I've read in some other reviews.
Note that the UK version comes with a fifth disc that contains two episodes of another BBC nature documentary, called "Natural World"; I viewed a couple of chapters of the episode on lion re-introduction and while it was introduced with a Planet Earth title card and is narrated by Mr. Attenborough, it's as much about the man involved in the re-introduction project as it was about the lions themselves.
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