Product Details

• Format: Color, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001C73OT4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,456 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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ATMOSPHERES:EARTH AIR AND WATER - Blu-Ray Movie

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a blurry mess......, June 16, 2009

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Bee (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: National Geographic: Atmospheres - Earth, Air and Water [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

First off, I NEVER write reviews, but felt I needed to in this case. This blu-ray is so bad I literally took a look at the disc to make sure I wasn't sent the DVD version. The content I rate 3 stars given my family enjoyed it (including my 3 year old) but I have DVDs that look better upconverted than this film. When the best part of the HD experience is the dolby digital track (which is standard on DVDs) you know it's a stinker. The show looks so compressed and blurry its embarrassing to be considered hi-def. It wasn't even worth the $10 I paid for it during high definition week. Which I'm now officially convinced was 'clean out the garage and have a hi-def sale' week.

Since it looks like a dvd, and sounds like a DVD....I'm going to say you are getting a DVD in blu-ray packaging. If anyone is wondering, I have over 150 blu-rays, and I'm going to say this is the worst one I own.

The production value is horrible, at about the 30 minute mark, it pauses for about 3 seconds, I was thinking....is it over? Maybe it IS a dvd and I'm experiencing a layer change? It then goes into the next segment. It's all a little cheesy but relaxing. They could have done so much more with it though.

Bottom-line, save your money or buy the DVD version.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor picture quality, July 9, 2009

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Joan L. Schluter (rhinelander, wi.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic: Atmospheres - Earth, Air and Water [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Bought from Amazon for about $10.00 and it is worth about $5.00. Based on the reputation of National Geographic I thought the image would be outstanding, I was wrong. I don't think it even qualifies as a good SD upconvert.
Planet Earth it is not!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disaster, July 19, 2009

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Krzysztof Kowalski "topjes" (Lodz, Poland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic: Atmospheres - Earth, Air and Water [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I had a grat expectations abut this title... But... The video is definitely not HD - it's blurry and SD (upconverted).

The "plot" is quite boring, nothing special and breath-taking. This movie has nothing in common with "Planet Earth" or "Earth". Waste of time and money.