Customer Reviews

Living Landscapes HD The World's Most Beautiful Places [Blu-ray]

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3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

Just got a copy of World's Most Beautiful Places, and it is exactly what the title projects it to be. Absolutely gorgeously filmed, Hi-Def locations and landscapes from all around this beautiful planet, expertly framed and edited, compiled here from their other full length disc sets. I played it, expecting to use it as pretty, moving backgrounds, but was captivated to sit and watch the whole thing in one setting. The music is appropriately soft and elegant, along side the background sounds of streams, wind, ocean waves. This disc is easily on par with my other nature disc, Planet Earth, but without all that talking. It will make a specatular "screen saver" in my front room, ever reminding me of the magnificent contrasts of nature's natural beauty. I will be buying the rest of HD Environments BluRay discs very soon, and look forward to their future releases as well. It's a wonderful production that met AND exceeded my expectations, so that is five stars in my book.

Some of the video has a burned in logo for their website, in white text. Do not buy this if you're concerned about screen burn-in.

The DVD sleeve describes this collection as "designed to create sensory-immersive experiences of the worlds most beautiful environments" For me the enjoyment was ruined by the piano sountrack which drowns out the natural outdoor sounds. It's like watching Sunrise Earth with an annoying new age piano soundtrack. There is no way to kill the piano sountrack other than muting all of the sound.

This program makes me glad I turned my livingroom into an HD home theatre. We can't believe how fantastic it is to be transported to what truly seem to be some of the world's most beautiful places in the comfort of our own home. The colors, the clarity and most of all the amazing places I've never seen make this a breathtaking experience. The natural surround-sound is over the top.... I seriously thought there were songbirds in my house when the Costa Rica and Hawaii chapters were playing. I'm tempted to get some of the other programs in this collection.

The inclusion of an ID "bug" for the entirety of every other segment mars what would be a very nice disc. What idiot thought it would be OK to use such a thing on videos of "Most Beautiful Places?"

For this reason I cannot recommend the purchase of this disc. They should be giving it away if they insist on using it for advertising.

I use this video as a demo on how good blu-ray can look and sound. It is also a good stress-reduction tool. Lots of spectacular scenery with a soundtrack that is soothing. It may disapoint viewers who were expecting a more naturalistic experience or a documentary. It is very effective for what it is.

Well filmed and good looking 1080i and not p as others have said but it is pretty good looking never the less. The music is ok as well. I would love to have had the loops be longer. These are not long loops at all so do not plan on throwing this on for ambiance at a get together and not expect for folks to see the same things 3 or 4 times during a get together. It has baited me for some of the longer versions and is a good sampler disc. I would have gladly paid twice as much if the loops were longer.

Awesome DVDs. I highly recommend them.

OK, so I set up my home theater and I've been looking for great alternative Blu-Ray films. That was when I ran across Living Landscapes HD Collection. These beautiful DVDs bring the outside inside. These are the kind of films you'll want to watch over and over, even if it is just playing in the background while you're having a morning cup of coffee.

They are filmed in High Definition and the photography is excellent. My visual experience was immersive and compelling... it looked to me like I could walk into the scene.
Couple that with audio in 5.1 surround sound and the DVDs creates the sense of being there.
The first released versions do have music playing in the background. While I did enjoy the music selections, I understand that there are soon-to-be-released versions that will allow the user to pick music or no music and listen to just the natural sounds. These will definitely be added to my collection.

When I first spotted these on Amazon, what I wanted to know was "is this going to be cheesy and a waist of money or a treasure I'll really enjoy."
After watching my first one numerous times now, the verdict is "treasure".

[I'm playing these in a basic home theater setting -- Sony equipment: 50" 1080i Wega TV, HTDDW795 surround sound, and s300 Blu-ray player.]

After recently purchasing a High Definition television and a Blu-Ray player I wanted a nice nature video with background music. Living Landscapes: The World's Most Beautiful Places by HDEnvironments is a video that far exceeded my expectations. While I do enjoy other nature videos from time to time, I spend time with The World's Most Beautiful Places every day. Between the absolutely amazing photography and the beautiful background music, I find it to be the most wonderfully relaxing and calming disk I have ever owned. After watching the video even a single time, you will feel like you have been to these wonderful places without even leaving your home. This disk gets an A+++ in my book.

If I were to be stranded on an island and could take only one blu-ray
dvd, Living Landscapes would be the one. The quality, colors and splender are unmatched. I have many IMAX movies along with the
Planet Earth series and others. In my opinion Living Landscapes far
exceeds them all in level of quality, content and production. As for the music, I feel it was perfect for the content. By all means pay whatever the cost and get this blu-ray dvd.