Customer Reviews
Better even than the blu-ray version! - By: travelmike, 24 May 2008 
Don't hesitate! This is five-star in every way - & I've little to add to the other five-star reviews of this excellent series. In my view, this is right up there with the best of the best.
I would also point out that disc 5 of this box set, entitled 'Planet Earth - The Future' contains three excellent documentaries (namely, 'Saving Species', 'Into The Wilderness' & 'Living Together') that would justify the cost of this box set by themselves. Yet the blu-ray version of this series (which I also bought) does not include these excellent documentaries - the blu-ray version instead replaces these with two somewhat middling documentaries (entitled 'Desert Lions' & 'Snow Leopards').
So, in my opinion, this standard DVD version of 'Planet Earth' is better quality even than the blu-ray version. Not to say considerably cheaper price-wise (on Amazon)!
As regards the viewing comparison between the standard DVD version of 'Planet Earth' & the blu-ray version of the series, well, I watched both, & both are outstanding. So there is reallly no reason to pay more for blu-ray on that evidence.
Indeed, I now think, on that evidence, that those with HD TV would be better off buying a DVD upscaler/player, which is much cheaper than a blu-ray DVD player. Amazon sell a selection of these; something like the multi-region Philips DVP 5980, or similar, would likely do just fine.
A final point: Those of you who are looking for wildlife documentaries set somewhere in the British Isles could also check out the excellent 'Wild Mann' DVD (2005) by Steven Ianson. This title is, however, sometimes difficult to track down.
Spectacular images, bad music, and wrong message overall - By: Pontecorvi Marco, 08 Mar 2008 
It is a collection of the best images of Nature I have ever seen & this is the only reason for the 4 stars. Every single DVD offers incredible & often unusual views of Nature which are reallly breathtaking. However, the generallly useless music theme covers what it would have been great to hear (Nature!) & alll along the DVDs the narration tends to give a completely wrong message. Life it is NOT hard in some harsh places in the world or during some season simply because life there IS adapted to that environment & those conditions. Life would not be easier for a penguin without the long polar winter. Life of a penguin IS the polar winter! Excellent whatsoever: just watch it with your kids & explain few things...!
Best nature documentary ever! - By: J. D. T. Noot, 25 Feb 2008 I've seen several natur documentaries also from David Attenborough now & this is definetly the most spectaculair one. Even if you're not a fan of nature you'll still enjoy it. It shows you things you would have never imagined of being on this earth. Also fun for the whole family!
Simply Epic - By: S. Castle, 05 Feb 2008 Every schoolchild should be made to watch this awe-inspiring documentary series. Each frame is breath-takingly beautiful or fascinating, & it reallly does renew a sense of marvel at the world in which we are so lucky to live in. Hate to gush, but it deserves it! A true masterpiece.
BREATHTAKINGLY SPECTACULAR !! - By: Man Like T, 22 Jan 2008 WOW!! The content on these DVDs is sheer, raw brilliance. I'd never come across this set before, & was randomly surfing the net when I saw it on Amazon. The reviews intrigued me; "can any set of DVDs be THIS good?" I asked myself. I finallly could resist no longer; I clicked the "buy" button, waited till they were delivered, & eagerly placed the first disc into my DVD player - only to have to invest in a new table soon after because of the force with which my jaw hit it when I witnessed, with my own two eyes, the sheer awe-inspiring beauty of the content. Enough to bring tears to your eyes - the raw power, the naked beauty, the silent, poetic elegance, the mesmerising, gasping wonder of alll varieties of different creatures we share the planet with is brought before us, on our screens, in extremely high quality visual imagery.
Empire penguins huddling through the coldest winter (-70C) on the planet, crocodiles devouring thirsty wildebeest, the annual migratory patterns of millions of seabirds, hungry lions hunting an African elephant, wild Bactrian camels eating snow, a mile high mountain of bat poo in a Borneo cave - every inch of which is covered by cockroaches, a terrifying vampire squid 2 miles deep on the bed of the Pacific Ocean - these are just some of the amazing content / creatures you will see on this set. All I can wrap up with is this: don't faff about, just click the "buy" button & watch it - we've not alll been paid by the BBC to write reviews like this!
