Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
by George Cassey
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Actor: Narrated by James Earl JonesDirector: George Cassey
Brand: Razor
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); English (Unknown); French (Unknown); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: IMAX, 1.66:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Razor Digital Entertainment
Blu-ray Reviews of Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: Buyer beware...
Summary: 1 Stars
If you own BBC Planet Earth in Blu-Ray and purchase this, YOU WILL BE VERY SORRY. First the quality is not good when you compare it to Planet Earth. Yes, it's better than DVD but the shooting, dynamic range, and image quality is just bad (not to mention the poor transfer/encoding). This would have been amazing 10 years ago but not by Blu-Ray standards today. You even see dust particles show up in some frames and some are huge. There is no reason for this at all in this day and age. I have no idea why people are rating this so high.
The second biggest problem that I have is the narration and quality of the content. It's childish, boring and almost pointless. "Look at the pretty lions. Now look at this animal, it lives here too.". Please. Again, if you have seen the BBC's documentaries, then this is just below average. Not horrible or pure garbage but simply worth $4.99 in my books. And no, I am not from the UK.
One last thing. Blu-ray has three codecs people can use. One thing that baffles me with this video is why on Earth they used MPEG2 (older, slower) instead of VC1 or AVC and why didn't they do some kind of re-processing to adjust the colors and provide more dynamic range in many scenes??? Yes, the MPEG2 is at 1080p but why?? In some scenes you can see the good old "I don't have enough colors to display this scene Moire pattern" you get with several DVD movies. I have a Pioneer Elite and this thing looked bad. And no, I am not an audiophile or video enthusiast. I just got very mad when I saw this. I was shocked given the price, ratings and the fact that this is a Blu-Ray disc. It took me off guard completely. There are many other videos from this company that are just as bad. The re-production is horrible. At least if that had been good then I could have gotten a bit of eye candy. Nothing.
If you do not believe me, buy it and watch Planet Earth or Galapagos right after in Blu-Ray. Day and night. If you argue it's because the movie is older, fine, no problem but buyer beware. I never would have purchased this had I seen the video. It's not total crap but it's a boring slightly better than DVD video with poor narration and so-so cinematography which probably looked really good when it came out. In 2008, it's a disappointment.
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