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First, a lot of people reading this are likely already fans of the series, and don't really need to read a lot more about it. So let me assure you that the quality of the video in this streaming version, while not HD, was absolutely acceptable. We watched it on a 55" screen with the 4:3 aspect ratio maintained. The picture looked crisp and we didn't notice any oddness in movements on the screen, which happens fairly often with streaming video.

As to the show itself, we'd never seen it and were pleasantly surprised. I particularly liked an exchange early on between the star, Ben Browder and Kent McCord, who played his father in this episode. It was touching, honest, and satisfying ... a very well craft piece of dialogue.

Special effects were quite acceptable looking, certainly seeming to match the standards of Star Trek shows and Stargate. The characters introduced were an interesting mix, and were convincingly acted. As a big sci-fi fan, I'm not sure quite how I missed this for so long. I think at the time there was just so MUCH sci-fi on that the field of viewing was a bit crowded back then, and this one just didn't make our schedule.

Now there is very little sci-fi on, so we're delighted to be able to watch this at our leisure with our Prime membership.

Highly recommended.

Great chance to watch the development of story line and characters from start to season 4 finish. Took a while to watch all 4 seasons, there is a lot of SCFI entertainment to take in.

Beware: you are about to be sucked into a wormhole of fantasy, adventure and science fiction from which there is no escape! The production quality of this classic is phenomenal. The writers can take a plot which sounds like complete drivel and turn it into an utterly captivating story peppered with unforgettable visuals, such as two astronauts holding hands while drifting through space above a burning planet. To engage in this series, it's best not to jump in the middle like I did in the early 2000's (I wound up jumping right back out since it made no sense whatsoever!) - you might try either 1) starting with the first episode and working through each one or, if you're the type who likes drinking from a fire hose, then 2) have a look at the 3 hour film, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars". If you like that flick, then you'll most likely love the series and can watch the flick a second time after better understanding the Farscape mythology. That said, the science is weak, consistency lacking at times, and the set's future technologies consultant disappointingly unimaginative on occasion, which might be the only things which kept this show from being one of the best science fiction series yet.

The special effects aren't top notch, the character costumes are a bit dated, and the scene lighting is outdated, but the story is fun, the dialogue dorky & interesting. If you like Doctor Who, and Battlestar Galactica this feels like a fun mashup of them both with a twist of Labyrinth. I enjoyed episode 1

I had to watch this series over a period of months that it took me to get it from NetFlix. This is quite possibly one of the best SCIFI dramas to have ever been made. It relied on good writing rather than million dollar special effects to capture its audience. Get this whole series with the movie that ties it all together as a finale Farscape - The Peacekeeper Wars . There is some discussion as to the quality of this particular recording but the series was awesome, do some research and see which release works for you.

I have had no problems with the encoding like the previous reviewer. Either Amazon has addressed this problem, or possibly some sort of connection problems. I have watched each episode clean and clear without any glitches, pauses, etc.

Well if you want a great TV show here is where to look. Farscape is one of those rare shows that has something for absolutely everyone. If you are a fan of SCI-FI and have trouble getting others to watch, sit them down to Farscape. they will be quickly hooked

Subject lines says it all, I watch the whole series and the PeaceKeeper Wars is the closer. My second best scfi series, which thwre was a revival or spin off.

Ok - love FARSCAPE of course. Easily one of the top 10 Sci-Fi shows EVER. I own all four seasons on DVD already, but the ability to stream them instantly to my laptop on the road is just whipped cream on top of an already delicious bowl of John Crichton! :) The picture quality was excellent, loaded and was playing within 90 seconds! So my question now that I have looked through the Amazon Streaming catalog is this.... why on Earth will I keep Netflix streaming? Well I won't - I'll stay with them for the 2 DVD at a time rentals just to get the latest movies, but I will NOT be paying their new fees in Sept for streaming video. Thanks Amazon!

This IS Farscape, so the content itself is superb. However, the video encoding here is absolutely terrible. I have downloaded a number of other shows from Amazon that play just fine, but in this case there is a frequent and regular annoying regular stutter that makes picture and sound halt for a second. This happens in every episode. Also, the picture quality is blurry, the sound is full of static. This is by far the worst quality of all Amazon Unbox videos I have seen.

Unfortunately, this is the only simple way of seeing Farscape Season 1 currently. The DVDs are not available, Netflix doesn't have this season, and iTunes is significantly more expensive.