A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD - Page 2

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

Well, that has been my experience (that I have received more scratched HD DVDs than BD), so what I am supposed to say? Perhaps I didn't make it clear enough that I was speaking from my personal experience.

And if that is the comment that spurned the 'conspiracy' reply that doesn't make any sense to me given that the response appeared be to that of someone accusing me of spreading FUD about BD rather than HD DVD.

Anyway, my point still stands, which is that everyone seems uber touchy these days.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

STILL waiting for my copy from hd-dvdworld.com. It's torture I tell you

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

So.... to get back to my question: Has anyone noticed some video noise during the waterfall scene on the first disc?

Just struck me as strange.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

I think I may have. I'll Check again.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

I can't wait to order this now that Deep Discount has their 20% off sale. If I could just decide what color (blu or red)...

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

I believe that both use the exact same encodings so which version you pick really doesn't make any difference. Although given the conversation above about scratched discs you may want to side with Blu-ray especially if you are going to use the free shipping. I've had the free shipping be absolutely brutal on discs before. Either way it's a great series!

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

They are the same encodes (VC1), and reviews have given both formats PQ high and equal marks. No scratches on mine (HD DVD), so get what ever format you would like. Either way you should enjoy this fine release.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

Still haven't watched but a few moments of this one yet. What I did sample looked rather good though. Yeah, the DDD sale is tremendous.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

It is nice to have confirmation that they are the same encodes. That is what I thought. I am planning on the free shipping option, but I haven't had any problems in the past. I am just trying to decide on format now. I am sure whatever format I choose that the other will be the winner in this "war." I'm sure Bill Hunt wants me to pick HD DVD .

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

Glad to see others having better luck with the free shipping than me. After getting another SD DVD in the mail that was unplayable I've decided to banish it like the plaque. Maybe my mail person has a vendetta against DVDs.



It's funny you say that because I planned on doing the same thing initially but then found myself finishing off the first disc at 4:00am on morning. I just couldn't stop watching.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

Well hopefullly your eyes were on the road and not the freaky sky.

I always called banding "plateu-ing" in the sense that the colors mash together onto plateaus or gradiant steps.

Anyway, I think this set may be the one that gets me to jump into the HD-DVD waters (since I have the 360 already). Tino goes on and on about how great it is...but despite him I believe the rest of you.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

Can anybody that has Planet Earth in the HD-DVD format tell me if it allows bookmarks? Bookmarks would be handy in my family, since it takes us a couple nights to watch anything. However, if there are no bookmarks I would likely go with the Blu-Ray version. I've scoured the internet trying to find an answer to this question, but haven't seen it mentioned.

Re: A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD

The Freshwater episode on the BD version has severe playback errors, I would guess some sort of tracking error on the D5 tape that was used for the encode, most noticeable in the waterfall scene(looks like azimuth errors)...I also noticed it in another episode on only one shot though, and it may have been a shot stolen from the FW episode...So this probably goes back to the edit master. The other thing that bothers me, and maybe other people have noticed it, but there is some sort of strange thumping going on with the audio. It's most noticeable on sustained notes in the music score. To my ears it sounds like pitch correction. Anyone else notice that? For a retail price of nearly $100, I would have hoped for better QC procedures. All of this aside, I think it is probably one of the best nature documentaries I have ever seen and could not have come at a more crucial time as far as our planetary issues go.