Blue Planet II [4K Ultra-HD] [2017] [Blu-ray]

I got this in sale at half price excellent quality

Having purchased the 4K UHD of Planet Earth 2 last year i had high expectations for this UHD release and boy Im not dissapointed. The Detail in this release is mental and the colors just pop off the screen, the UHD format really shines with releases like this, the BBC should be very proud :) Planet Earth 2 & Blue Planet 2 are the 2 4K UHD releases you should definatley own if you have a 4K/HDR TV. Video: 10/10 Audio: 8/10 Notes: The HDR is beautifully done, its not BANG in your face, it pops with color but is really natural looking.

When I first watched the original Blue Planet series, I believed it to be sufficiently visually impressive to be impossible to better, however Blue Planet II in 4K UHD, with advances in filming facilities and techniques managed to outshine its magnificent predecessor. Personally, I also appreciated the music which accompanied the visuals. As I prefer to use subtitles in order to fully digest the wisdom of David Attenborough's words, the music was able to convey the mood of the moment in its own dramatic way, although it could easily overpower the essential speech for those not using subtitles. (Incidentally the subtitles themselves were beautifully presented, too.) Consequently, I would recommend Blue Planet II as an absolutely essential purchase for those wishing to see 4K film-making at its very best.

This is for the 4k version. Being technologically challenged, I had problems with Planet Earth 2 having plugged the connector into the wrong inlet on the AV receiver, so for a year I was watching upscaled HD on the blu ray player rather than glorious 4k (still very good, by the way). Having corrected that, the picture and sound on the new Blue Planet 2 disks seemed excellent but not quite with the pop I would have expected. I finally figured out a setting I had missed on the Samsung TV and now I can report that he mists have cleared and this series is a visual and aural treat, considering so much of it is obviously filmed underwater. It is also excellent value with so many episodes to watch. With the home theatre sound system properly adjusted, it sounds as if I have a serious water leak in the living room. The sex-changing fish with the lumpy head has a starring role, along with the greedy sea cucumber and the clam-busting denizen of the deep. Magnificent. More 4k nature documentaries please, BBC.

This documentary is a little revolution for documentaries. Most shots are splendid and show the new capabilities of our 4K-HDR screens. Only one problem is that there are some "stock shots", maybe from older documentaries or impossible to film on 4K are appearing and hurt the eyes. Some seems to be HD1080i, sometimes very badly compressed, but worse, it seems some are ony SD576i. The same appears on Planet Earth 2. I am french not speaking fluently english and however I understand 80% of the comments. Hearing Sir Attenborough is like reading a old classic book. I can't bear any dubbed version after that. International subtiles could have been a plus for a wider selling. For the content, sometimes it is very new, sometimes it is already seen and seen again. But the technical point make me often happy. If you are a nature and technique lover, you can go-go.

This is a must have!

So much worth the wait! The 4K release of Blue Planet ll is a testament of what is possible when the human race decides to do something extraordinary. I spontaniously started crying watching the first episode, totally breathtaken by the sheer beauty of this production, that takes us to places and insight you have never seen before, even if you are a avid nature programme watcher. The photographers involved with this state of the art production, will be able to die happily, knowing what they have done is a peice of work that will leave generations inspired to preserve and protect our delicate mother earth.

You already know this, but here it goes again. .. this series is absolutely stunning. It's unbelievable how good this 4k HDR image is on an Oled tv (LG B6). The filmmakers are absolutely due their praise because what we see on screen sometimes had many months of patient filming and keeping that in mind makes the series even more compelling. Yes there was some controversy with the plastics part but it helped with the message. Kudos to David Attenborough. He is a national treasure. Do I really need this? Yes!

Qualité d’image franchement exceptionnelle en 4K : couleurs, détails, profondeur… on en prend plein les yeux. C’est le genre de documentaire qui justifie vraiment le format Ultra-HD. Gros bonus côté contenu : coffret très complet avec 3 Blu-ray 4K + 3 Blu-ray HD, pratique pour regarder partout. Et surtout… mon fils le regarde en boucle, fasciné à chaque épisode. Un achat que je ne regrette pas du tout.

Everything sounds and looks amazing, couldn't ask for more!

Precio caro.

The delivery of the disc was on time and with no hassels. As for the disc itself, it is breath taking. David Attenborough's voice evokes nostalgia of one's childhood when one used to watch those one hour NatGeo specials on DD. The content and quality of the disc are superbly shot but you must have a 4K TV to truly enjoy it. It is a special collection and a keeper.

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