Buy:Murmur
12-30-08, 09:15 AM
I got this one from FW and I didn't see this listed anywhere and thought it was a pretty good deal (thanks to Snobord99).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-Blu-ray/dp/B000SKNIWE
Got a hankering to buy Planet Earth on Blu Ray without having to hear Sigourney Weaver's voice and found this from some random (to me) site who jacked it from SD (so I guess credit goes to SD). So it's the UK version of the BBC version which means it's (as far as I've read) 5 disks instead of the U.S. version's 4 so there's more content but I don't know what. Either way, it's the best price I've been able to find on the BBC (not Discovery Channel) version of this.
It's £25.23 shipped so I guess that comes out to somewhere between $35 and $40 depending on the exchange rate and whatever charges you may have to incur from your cc.
Some more info I had from the forum I found the deal on prior to buying and posting but didn't include:
1. The box says 1080i for legal reasons because some of the bonus material is 1080i but the substantive stuff is 1080p.
2. People in the states who ordered have received it and report that it works beautifully. One of them owns a 40gb PS3 which I assume was the weapon of choice.
3. They're receiving it about 10 calendar days after ordering.
4. Will arrive via USPS.
5. I recall seeing one person say one of his disks was loose in the box when it arrived but was unscratched. Most [common] damage I saw was creases in the box probably from shipping.
6. Differences in versions:
BBC UK version: Attenborough Narrages, no cut footage, 5th disk with "Natural World" bonus
BBC US version: same as BBC UK without the bonus disk
Discovery US version: Sigourney Weaver narrates, 10 min cut from each original episode (for commercial time), has 5th bonus disk with "The Future." Also, I'm not as sure about this, the encoding actually IS 1080i. Based on a review I read, the picture quality is a little inferior to the BBC versions, but I assume that's only if you're REAL nit picky
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-Blu-ray/dp/B000SKNIWE
Got a hankering to buy Planet Earth on Blu Ray without having to hear Sigourney Weaver's voice and found this from some random (to me) site who jacked it from SD (so I guess credit goes to SD). So it's the UK version of the BBC version which means it's (as far as I've read) 5 disks instead of the U.S. version's 4 so there's more content but I don't know what. Either way, it's the best price I've been able to find on the BBC (not Discovery Channel) version of this.
It's £25.23 shipped so I guess that comes out to somewhere between $35 and $40 depending on the exchange rate and whatever charges you may have to incur from your cc.
Some more info I had from the forum I found the deal on prior to buying and posting but didn't include:
1. The box says 1080i for legal reasons because some of the bonus material is 1080i but the substantive stuff is 1080p.
2. People in the states who ordered have received it and report that it works beautifully. One of them owns a 40gb PS3 which I assume was the weapon of choice.
3. They're receiving it about 10 calendar days after ordering.
4. Will arrive via USPS.
5. I recall seeing one person say one of his disks was loose in the box when it arrived but was unscratched. Most [common] damage I saw was creases in the box probably from shipping.
6. Differences in versions:
BBC UK version: Attenborough Narrages, no cut footage, 5th disk with "Natural World" bonus
BBC US version: same as BBC UK without the bonus disk
Discovery US version: Sigourney Weaver narrates, 10 min cut from each original episode (for commercial time), has 5th bonus disk with "The Future." Also, I'm not as sure about this, the encoding actually IS 1080i. Based on a review I read, the picture quality is a little inferior to the BBC versions, but I assume that's only if you're REAL nit picky