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Studio:Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Director:Alastair Fothergill

Cast: Patrick Stewart, James Earl Jones, Ulrich Tukur, Ken Watanabe

Running Time:96 minutes

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Narrator - Patrick Stewart

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- Far and away the best picture quality yet

This Blu ray is amazing. Pin sharp picture, full HD 1080P. At just over an hour and a half, the film never lags, and the narration is superb by Patrick Stewart.

Just a note to those who already own the Blu Ray of 'Planet Earth' that the BBC released last year - around 10-20% of the footage appears to be either the same or similar, especially in the Polar Bear and Cubs segment.

There is enough new material to warrant a purchase, however. Watching through my PS3 console on a 42" Toshiba HD tv and the picture is pretty much pin-sharp in every scene, unlike the Planet Earth release that was a mixture of standard and high definition and often looked it!

- Great movie, slightly bad disc manufacturing

The movie itself is very good, the images are spectacular. I haven't seen the Planet Erarth series so I cannot comment on how many footage is the same. As this movie is also created by BBC you could see it as a short version of the series. The transition to Blu-ray is quite good but on some occasion the darker part of the screen becomes "noisy" e.g. at the Dunes of the Kalahari desert.

The only downside of the disc is that the audio is behind of the picture due to the possible manufacture problem. Normally you wouldn't notice the difference but as another review said the most noticable when the whales are flapping the sea.

My favourite extra content on the disc is the "Making the movie" which is nice and long. Very interesting to see how they get the remarkable images.

- BRILLIANT!

This is by far the best quality dvd we have seen yet. We've seen movies on blu-ray, but this just blows them out of the water. The picture quality is absolutely amazing! If you are investing in a blu-ray player, we would highly recommend this as a first blu-ray dvd purchase!

- Great for a Blu-ray newbie

Having just invested in Blu-ray technology I wondered what disc to start with. I thought natural history would be a sensible initial investment. I was not wrong. The HD of 'EARTH' certainly delivers and the colours and fine detail are worth the investment. I heartily recommend it.

- Earth in Blu-ray

This is an excellent companion to the BBC's Blu-ray version of Planet Earth. The presentation is different - and in some respects better. The quality of the camera work is equal to that of Planet Earth. Make sure that your HDTV has 24p Film setting switched on, so that the time-lapse shots of seasonal change etc are smooth. A very worthy addition to a Blu-ray documentary collection.