The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it!
Such a fun, educational show. Great clarity and description.
Posted by rnt58
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Bad decision to replace the original narration
This is the Americanized version or at least what Discovery Channel thought we wanted. Like with the original Planet Earth that Discovery replaced the great David Attenborough with Sigourney Weaver and re-edited the video to fit American commercial TV structure which ended up a poorer choice all the way around. This time they used Oprah who just is out of her element in this presentation and ended up with an even less successful result. I like Oprah in general, but this was a poor pairing.
The video is also less clean than the DA narrated version being an OK 1080i transfer instead of the better 1080p transfer used for the original release. At least the edited sections removed for time editing of the US TV episodes had been added back in the extras so you aren't losing material. There is also the option of just playing the video with the music only audio which can make for a nice background presentation -- pretty pictures with pretty music.
Overall, I would strongly advise people to buy the original version since there is really nothing in this addition that is equal to the other.
Posted by ThufirHawat
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Series
This series is visually stunning and incredibly informative. The only down side, if I have to choose one, is that it left me wanting more. Maybe some more extras. Otherwise it's great. As far as the Oprah narration is concerned, she does a very good job. If you buy the DVD, buy it for the visual and informational content. Unless the narrator's voice is particularly irritating, and I don't think Oprah's voice is, it doesn't matter who's narrating.
