Planet Earth review - BD vs. HD broadcast

[baccusboy]

This review caught my eye:

http://www.eproductwars.com/asinsale...sin=B000MRAAJM

Not as good as when it was aired - - I love the series, it shows a lot of interesting species in remote regions of the world and others which are rarely seen. Many of the situations they show you play out like a drama, if you have seen Blue Planet you know what I mean. Great store telling.

BUT, my one gripe with the HD versions is that I was quite disappointed in the quality on my tv. I was hoping for better than the broadcast quality from my Comcast connection but it was actually worse! Quite grainy in some scenes where there was no graininess in the broadcast. I know because I recorded the broadcast on my HD DVR and compared the 2. Currently I have a PS3 with Samsung 1080p DLP setup and I used the same tv to compare the Blu Ray and recorded show, there is definitely I difference.

If you believe what he said, then it kind of makes the "grain is intended to be there by the maker" argument go South, doesn't it?

I've long held that some BR disks suffer from excessive grain.