( 18 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 29 2009
This disc has great HD quality. 1920x1080 as advertised. My Sony Blu-ray is consistently churning out 30-40MB of content per second. The reviewer who thinks it's not HD needs to take a lesson in HD. However, something left to be desired on the audio side. One review already commented the LFE (Low Frequency Component) is not present which I agree. Overall sound is not quite theater quality. As for the content: it's well shot, well scripted, well narrated. The iceberg crashing scene you will not catch it on HD anywhere else. very entertaining and worth the money. Only downside: 1) animals scenes are great but need more geology 2) too short.
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 17 2009
This is not a high-definition DVD (as already noted by another reviewer, the picture quality is the same as that of a regular DVD). That's a pity because the photography is great. While watching this disc I thought "wow, this DVD would be great if it really were in high-definition". Darn!
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Posted: May 2 2009
This disk has great HD quality and the scenery is generally pretty good but the it's a bit like the travel channel, a bit like a sales pitch to travel Alaska. The scenes move along quickly and you wish the DVD were a little longer with better scene selection. Unfortunately, I guess I will forever judge outdoor content to the standard set by Planet Earth which really isn't fair. Overall the disk is good and I think it's probably worth buying if you want a primer to Alaska.
