Product Details

• Actors: Planet Earth, fish
• Directors: DVD Productions
• Format: Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Powerfloe Network / WavesDVD.com
• DVD Release Date: November 29, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LC3RZW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,736 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SEE for yourself --> VIDEO CLIP FROM DVD <-- CLICK HERE to watch., October 31, 2007

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Jennifer Voevodsky (Portola Valley) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aquarium Widescreen (DVD)

Length:: 1:20 Mins

See a clip from all 4 aquariums and decide for yourself.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Bright, Lively, Colorful Fish and Fascinating to watch!, December 14, 2006

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G. Voevodsky "waves_dvds" (Portola Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aquarium Widescreen (DVD)

I've bought several best selling aquarium DVDs, but this DVD AQUARIUM WIDESCREEN (SHOT IN HD) stands out from the others. The vibrant colors and clarity of water create beautiful underwater scenes. Numerous fish of various size and colors float or swim naturally. I particularly loved the school of small blue fish in the Crystal Creek aquarium. The Reef Magic, Crystal Creek and Amazon Adventure aquariums are bright, lively, and fascinating to watch. Each has 4 different sound tracks: bubbles, ambient ethereal, ambient piano (my favorite), and lounge music to fit your mood or occasion. The unique 4th aquarium Blue Moods is a night aquarium which might work well in a soft lit room providing a quiet presence.

Just remember this is a standard DVD which can ONLY play standard definition or 480p lines of resolution. (There is NO WAY to play HD on standard DVD.) However, it does look a lot sharper than a DVD shot in standard definition since it is starting out with twice the detail. With that said, the only way to get HD (in 720p or 1080p) is to buy a new BLU-RAY or HD-DVD player and buy a BLU-RAY or HD-DVD copy of this aquarium. Those expecting HD on a standard DVD will be disappointed. They will have to wait for the the Blu-ray version coming soon in late 2007 or early 2008.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Aquarium Ambiance., December 26, 2007

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Gary Peterson (San Diego, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aquarium Widescreen (DVD)

Over the Christmas Season, we procured a "virtual fireplace" DVD for our widescreen TV and loved it from the first play. As such, the next step was to try something else. Hence, we purchased this "virtual aquarium" DVD.

The DVD that we chose offers four distinctively different aquaria and provides each with two different ambient sound backings, one lounge music track and one "natural" aquarium soundtrack. The four different scenes turn the TV into a good variety of continuously changing scenery that is both mesmerizing and relaxing. The colors on three are bright and vivid, too bright and vivid in my opinion. I wish there was a way to tone them down somewhat. As such, I prefer the remaining "Blue Moods" video because it strikes me as being the most realistic. Any of the four provide the nice background of a large fish tank, without any of the hassle.

The recorded music provides a soft, non-intrusive background to the aquarium scenes. I would not hesitate to use it on a short-term basis with guests around, but listening to any of the tracks on a longer-term basis drives me nuts. As such, I prefer the aquarium sounds, but played at a very low volume. Such sounds fit the "Blue Moods" video in that you can hear the sounds and see the rising bubbles at the same time. Such is not the case with the other videos and here they seem somewhat superfluous and I prefer them almost inaudible. I can put music on the CD player and use the aquarium as a visual backdrop. It's a nice way to listen to music.

All in all, we like and enjoy our virtual aquarium but not as much as our "fireplace." I'd say it's an excellent product, but with a few flaws as noted. Other virtual aquaria are available, but I have not seen them.

Gary Peterson