Product Details

• Directors: Jamie Salvatori
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Jumby Bay Studios
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 2003
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00018J9US
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,709 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Kc Sales Release Date: 03/17/2004

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bought this as a sleep aid for my toddlers...fits the bill., January 24, 2008

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Creations By Caryn "Caryn" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ambient Sleep DVD: Ultimate Sleep Aid DVD (DVD)

I really enjoy the ambient DVD's. I have owned for two years (most if not all) the ambient series of DVD's. I have water, fire, sleep and calm. They all have wonderful visual definition and great music. I like that they allow you to customize the visual and audio, depending on your own mood. For example, the water one will allow you to have sound effects of the tank or reef with or without music or with or without sound effects...whatever. The fire has an option for music off/on and sound effects off/on too. It is good for Holiday party background and you will get both weird looks and questions from people. Especially if you are using this instead of a real fire (when you have an unused fireplace nearby). I also love that if there is a looping play, it is not noticable either because the loop is so long or because it is a wonderfully done fade.

I bought them looking for some night night videos for my children. Reading books seems to energize them and after about 5 bedtime songs, we were looking for something that might make them feel sleepy. I already had an old VCR tape called Solitudes that captures some video of Loon Country and my son would respond to that video by growing very sleepy. So, I started looking for some good cinematagraphy that might also accompany some soothing background music. At the time, my youngest son seemed attracted to fish tanks. I like them too so when I saw the ambient water, I thought ok, this is interesting. They have a website just do a quick search) that let you see clips and I liked what I saw. When I saw they had a calm and sleep DVD, I was hooked. After all, isn't that what I was looking for to begin with?

What I don't like is paying so much money (I think they were about $75 plus shipping) for all four DVDs only to find that there are glitches and snags in the play after only owning and playing them about a month. We are very meticulous about the way we handle our DVD's and most of our DVD's and CD's don't show anything more than barely discernable scratches. Our player isn't too blame either, as it plays everything else just fine. The play just freezes up or hangs for no apparent reason. Happens with every single one of the DVD's. I'm assuming it is a manufacturing detail. No, I didn't complain. That's really not my style and I don't have time. But, I do write fair and honest reviews. So, there you have it.

Over all, I think these DVD's have super potential. I love everything about them except for the freezing up. If your kid screams or throws a fit and has a hard time transitioning to bedtime or if you or a child just needs a little quiet time right before bed, then just turn out all the lights, snuggle up tight in a good chair (cause you will probably fall asleep too..don't want to drop baby) and turn one of these on.....BUT contact the company first and tell them you know about the issue and ask them to send you non defective copies. That way, there is a known issue as soon as you buy and a reason to return them later that wont sound made up after the fact. Hope you get some good copies!

P.S. Try Mindflo 3 for a wonderful experience (not customizable though) without the annoying glitches. I'm about to write a review right now. Awesome cinematagraphy. Awesome. Expensive, but worth every penny.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did not work for me at all., March 14, 2010

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William F. Taylor (gloucester, ma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ambient Sleep DVD: Ultimate Sleep Aid DVD (DVD)

Not only did this DVD not work it actually go me so riled up that I really could not sleep! Some of the scenes and sounds are good visuals and some are just plain stupid....like a scene of a cat sleeping or cartoon sheep jumping a fence.....a few others I find fairly entrancing. The main problem I found was that the visuals, clouds, etc., moved much too fast. I was able to slow them down with my DVD controls but that cuts out the sound and the motion was good at a 1/7 speed. But my real problem was that, even with my TV adjusted to it's lowest light level, the visuals were far too bright and lit up the room. One should be able to have them very dim as the room is darkened for sleep! I simply can't believe the producers of this DVD ever tried it and believed it works. I have studied hypnotism and simple slow visuals are all that is necessary. One good feature is the ability to time your session and mix sights and sounds.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great sleep saver, March 30, 2006

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N. M. Nascenzi (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This is perfect for the insomniac with a laptop at the bedside. I was always trying to watch dvds or surf the Internet while trying to go to sleep - no this DVD lulls me into sleep. I bought it on a lark and have been very pleased with the results.