Planet Earth: The Definitive Thread

[Blu-Benny]

I scored an Attenborough narrated version of Life on ebay the other night for $35. My local best buy only carried the Oprah narrated one.

You can get the Attenborough Life set for between $30-$40 on ebay from what I could tell. It’s $47 on amazon right now……@ least it was when I looked yesterday.

[odvan]

I saw first 3 episodes from 2007 transfer - was surprised to see 4,5 mark, because on Panni 50ST60 the picture was quite mediocre - almost all footage, except aero shots, has noise, dithering, low resolution, etc. Almost painful to watch. Life is way better.

[Kryptonian]

I just bought the globe, brand new, from Ebay. But I noticed that mine didn't include the small plaque(?) that shows what edition it is out of the numbered collection. It didn't get ripped off because the padding is still intact. Anyone else have this problem?

I also noticed that there wasn't a listing for the Planet Earth Globe DVD. The first globe I bought, I thought was the blu ray but it turned out to be the DVD. I'll be adding the listing shortly.

[celticmoon]

So I have a superficial question regarding packaging.

To anybody who owns or has seen the boxset of Planet Earth: Special Edition and Life, does anyone know if this is a complete repackage, or if the individual digipacks are simply placed in an outer box?

[Tellymon]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

I scored an Attenborough narrated version of Life on ebay the other night for $35. My local best buy only carried the Oprah narrated one.

You can get the Attenborough Life set for between $30-$40 on ebay from what I could tell. It’s $47 on amazon right now……@ least it was when I looked yesterday.

That a typo, did you mean you scored one for $25?

A few BB near me are carrying Life. Hope they still have a few when U&S hits.

[JayFank]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Plane...Blu-ray/29695/

Does anyone here have this collection? Is it the two digipaks or is it two regular blu-ray cases? Can anyone post a pic or describe how this set looks?

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by odvan

I saw first 3 episodes from 2007 transfer - was surprised to see 4,5 mark, because on Panni 50ST60 the picture was quite mediocre - almost all footage, except aero shots, has noise, dithering, low resolution, etc. Almost painful to watch. Life is way better.

Keep in mind that the standard for blu-ray in 2007 is quite different than it is today. This was used on demo sets everywhere. Life came along wayyy after the fact.

[svenge]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

Keep in mind that the standard for blu-ray in 2007 is quite different than it is today. This was used on demo sets everywhere. Life came along wayyy after the fact.

That, and it's not like the HD video cameras used for Planet Earth were nearly as advanced either.

[JayFank]

Originally Posted by JayFank

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Plane...Blu-ray/29695/

Does anyone here have this collection? Is it the two digipaks or is it two regular blu-ray cases? Can anyone post a pic or describe how this set looks?

Anyone?

[celticmoon]

Originally Posted by JayFank

Anyone?

I had the same question as you and I PMed one of the members that had it in their collection. This is the response I received.

Originally Posted by strumdogg

If I remember correctly, each set comes in book form, where the discs slide out of the pages...like this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V9-YMie80k...4BRDBEAUTY.JPG

Then, both "books" slide into a nice slipbox.

It's been a while since I looked at it, but I'm pretty sure that's it. I'll check when I'm home later, and let you know otherwise.

So it sounds like the original digipaks are stored in the outer box.

[Donat96]

Originally Posted by JayFank

Anyone?

I don't have it, but I did find this unboxing:

YouTube

I hope it helps.

[celticmoon]

Originally Posted by Donat96

I don't have it, but I did find this unboxing:

I hope it helps.

Thanks! I was looking for an unboxing but couldn't find one.

I think I'm going to end up going for the individual sets, since I'd like each set to have its own slipcase. But this is a nice set.

By the way, strumdogg followed up his reply with a photo of his set as well:

Originally Posted by strumdogg

FWIW, the way the discs are housed is different for each. See:

http://s28.postimg.org/h64hp28f1/IMG_0051.jpg

[Donat96]

Originally Posted by celticmoon

Thanks! I was looking for an unboxing but couldn't find one.

I think I'm going to end up going for the individual sets, since I'd like each set to have its own slipcase. But this is a nice set.

By the way, strumdogg followed up his reply with a photo of his set as well:

Yeah I got the individuals, too. I think I paid like $47 total for both at Best Buy (on separate occasions).

[JayFank]

Originally Posted by Donat96

Yeah I got the individuals, too. I think I paid like $47 total for both at Best Buy (on separate occasions).

Thanks!

[celticmoon]

Originally Posted by Donat96

Yeah I got the individuals, too. I think I paid like $47 total for both at Best Buy (on separate occasions).

Last year around Earth Day, I believe Best Buy had them on sale for $26.99 and $19.99, respectively. AND they had U&S going on at the time. I totally failed by not taking advantage of that.

I think I'm just going to jump on them at Amazon's current price ($57 for the two), since I don't think they'll be going on sale again until either the holiday season or Earth Day again next year.

[JayFank]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

or this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Blu-ray...&keywords=life

I'm assuming this will work on a U.S. blu-ray player? And that there should be no differences between this and the U.S. set, right?

[Dispatch Ninja]

I think I'm going to go with the planet earth/life box set.

[JayFank]

Anyone who has the 2007 release be willing to trade the artwork for the Special Edition packaging?

[Hayabusa85]

Originally Posted by JayFank

I'm assuming this will work on a U.S. blu-ray player? And that there should be no differences between this and the U.S. set, right?

Depends on your player. While they are region free you would need a player that can handle 50hz which a lot can't. Especially Sony players.

[JayFank]

Originally Posted by Hayabusa85

Depends on your player. While they are region free you would need a player that can handle 50hz which a lot can't. Especially Sony players.

Thanks. Yeah, my main player is a Sony. Oh well.