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Exotic Saltwater Aquarium [Blu-ray]


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Editorial
Synopsis

Stunningly-presented in 1080p High Definition, this innovative programme recreates all the wonder of a saltwater aquarium.


Too short and very poor quality
Review date: 2008-07-20 Rating: 2 out of 10

I picked this up to showcase the Blu-Ray quality of my new Playstation 3. The results were very disappointing. Looks like lots of lossy compression on the picture and, as others have mentioned, very short clips.

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Good idea but badly done
Review date: 2008-03-29 Rating: 4 out of 10

This is a really good idea, to be able to play a disc and temporarily turn your telly into a fish tank. The illusion is spoiled however, by the poor framing of the shots - how can you pretend to yourself that you're looking at a real fish tank when the fish swim in and out of shot all the time? They disappear to the left and right and also up. Sometimes you can see the sides of the tank, if they were a bit more clever they would have used a tank with slanted sides which match up to the camera angle - it'd be cool if the fish nibbled perfectly on the edges of the screen.

Besides the poor framing, I thought there was far too much background (fake coral etc) and not enough fish action. I'd far rather see a blank blue tank with fish clearly visible all the time and bubbles streaming up through the water. I'd love it too if there was an ironic tank with the cliché diver figure or a shipwreck at the bottom.

Not HD, not much use, best avoided.
Review date: 2008-02-19 Rating: 2 out of 10

I wanted to use this disc basically as a way to show off my HD set in the background whilst listening to music or entertaining friends. However, it's pretty much useless. It's clearly not been filmed in high def but rather upscaled from DVD (at best), and the duration of each clip is far too short for it to sit there unobtrusively - it gets very repetitive after a short time.

Best of the lot!
Review date: 2008-01-05 Rating: 10 out of 10

I've bought several of the HD Window type Bluray discs... this is definitely the best of the lot. I'm playing them on a PS3, so maybe if you play them on something else the results will be different.

I don't see these as anything other than a way of turning your expensive video system into a soothing work of art when you aren't using it for anything else. I don't expect to be entertained by staring at it... I don't think you would be for very long. It has half-decent music, and lovely smooth motion of the fish, unlike some other HD window discs that I've got, where everything is quite jerky and you have to silence the music if you have any taste at all.

It isn't meant to be a movie or a centre of entertainment... it's something you put on to create a soothing atmosphere while you do something else, and it works very well for that.

Duration far too short.
Review date: 2007-12-14 Rating: 6 out of 10

This is well presented and the footage of the tanks is good whilst it lasts but each clip is astonishingly short. How hard would it have been to keep the camera running for, say, 30 minutes per tank instead of the paltry 3 or 4 minutes shown here?! I see little point in a fish tank that can't be used for relaxation and this can't because you just start to enjoy the view and it's over!

Product Details/Specifications


Recording label: DVD International
Manufacturer: DVD International
EAN: 0647715601025
Binding: Blu-ray
Number of items: 1
Format: Colour, Dolby, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2007-11-05
Universal product code (UPC): 647715601025
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
Audience rating: Exempt
Running time: 90 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)

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