Customer Reviews

Best of Europe: Italy [Blu-ray]

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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This is a great disc to own, It has amazing picture & sound quality. Something we all expect from Blu Ray discs. Rudy Maxa is a great Host & gives us several tips which include even where to buy bus tickets, what to look for at a bus stop etc. there are maps of the location..all this & more, which should be helpfull to all foregin travellers who can sometimes get confused in places like these.
The photography & music are first grade & this is the next best thing to being there.
now for the drawbacks : There is just not enough of Italy shown, considering the storage capacity of Blu Ray discs a lot more could have been included. plus some extra features like interactive maps, best & worst seasons to visit, List of festivals & local Holidays, Important Italian phrases or words & their english translation etc should also have been included.

The images are stunning. It is in 1080i but still looks fantastic. Very informative. Rudy Maxa is interesting to listen to and he gives good tips for travelling in the areas he documents. I felt I had to review this blu-ray when I saw one of three reviews from someone who apparantly did not update their firmware and had problems watching the disk and rated this one star. There are other titles in this series including France and Italy which are also filmed beautifully and are interesting. Also video is 16:9 and not 1:33. Beautiful widescreen.

Somehow I seem to enjoy these BluRay DVDs better than actually being there. Sure are a great reminder of what one has seen on holiday, without having to worry about being pick-pocketed or ripped off and, you don't have to worry about the weather either.

It's more of a guidebook type of video, with actual travel advice. It's not terribly insightful, but it's not annoying either. Fortunately, even if you're not planning a trip to Italy, it's nice to see these amazing locations in HD.

nice and funny blu ray video
it is must if you planning to travel to italy
good tips and advices

I have researched and researched for our upcoming trip to Italy. I bought this blu ray for more of a visual of what I had read so much about. I really enjoyed it. It's a good value and it gave me a few new ideas. Ca'Macana, the mask store in Venice is now on our list of must sees. Of course in this short of time it's impossible to cover everything, but's still pretty concise. It was nice to see St. Clemente, The Bargello, and the mask shop, which are not Must Sees compared to the Colosseum and St Marks. I also enjoyed the tips such as how to ride a bus in Rome and a vaperetto in Venice. It is a bit older since the money used is Lira, but the information presented is still relavent and only the lira gives away the age. More then anything it makes me more excited for my trip.

We enjoy Rudy's programmes...the only way we can see them is via the Amazon DVD's....no HD TV here in Indonesia....
Rudy if you are reading this review...please come and do some programmes on Indonesia....there's lots to see and do, and where we live Bandung with 3 five star hotels is rapidly becoming a lure to travellers from all over Asia...Rudy with your blessing it would be even better...

This is an excellent DVD. Casual, non-pretencious and warm and welcoming.

The Blu-Ray quality is quite good! Yet keep in mind that the video was often shot as long as 5-6 years ago. You'll see footage with tourists still using pre-Euro money.

It was apparently a TV series so the DVD is divided into 4 segments. The Amalfi Coast/Naples segment is the weakest with the Rome segment the best and most accurate. Venice is also excellent.

Great DVD. Better than most.

Picture & review by Rudy in true High Def.
Great DVD for your HD TVs.