BBC Planet Earth HD...

Do any of them show corals and marine life etc?

Also which one looks the best, thanks.

[niall 5000]

hi i have it on bluray but have not finished it yet so cant tell about coral but i can tell you it looks very good indeed even tho its only shown in 1080i .
you will not regret your purchase as its very well put together
yours niall

[Scrutinizer]

Originally Posted by HDPio

Do any of them show corals and marine life etc?

Yes, "shallow seas" contains corals and other marine life. "Deep seas" also shows marine life. The is also a bit in from pole to pole... Apart from that there is a sweet water episode and a blind fish in the caves episode.

[ozzzy189]

The uk ones are 1080i the usa versions are 1080p. I have a planet earth boxset uk on hddvd left over now my player has gone back.

[Marcos]

Originally Posted by ozzzy189

The uk ones are 1080i the usa versions are 1080p. I have a planet earth boxset uk on hddvd left over now my player has gone back.

why is that? thats, just, unfair why do we get 1080i?

[YellowSphere]

A better question would be why is the US version 1080p?

The program was made at 1080i (as indeed is all of the BBCs HD programming), so why make it progressive on the disc?

Then again, I've also heard that it only says 1080i on the box because one of the discs is interlaced and the rest are progressive, though until I've heard this confirmed, I'm more inclined to believe that there's a progressive transfer for the US market because of the supposedly must have aspect of 1080p.

As someone pointed out in another thread, 1080i60 contains more information than 1080p24.

[hollyjoint]

The US version does 1080p?

http://www.foxy.co.uk/Planet-Earth-B...ffiliatefuture
This version is US? Strange, the cover is different

Originally Posted by YellowSphere

Then again, I've also heard that it only says 1080i on the box because one of the discs is interlaced and the rest are progressive

I set the res on my ep30 to 1080p and the judder on my lx508 was awful!!

changing it to 1080i solved these problems, so I can't believe that any of it is in 1080p.

[Scrutinizer]

Originally Posted by YellowSphere

A better question would be why is the US version 1080p?

The program was made at 1080i (as indeed is all of the BBCs HD programming), so why make it progressive on the disc?

Then again, I've also heard that it only says 1080i on the box because one of the discs is interlaced and the rest are progressive, though until I've heard this confirmed, I'm more inclined to believe that there's a progressive transfer for the US market because of the supposedly must have aspect of 1080p.

As someone pointed out in another thread, 1080i60 contains more information than 1080p24.

Yes that is what I would have guessed as well originally. But BBC HD broadcasts 1080i50 and when the HD DVD was published the Toshiba players could not handle that format yet. Besides to my knowledge not current title is using that format yet. So if it is 1080i then it is 1080i60 which is not the same as the BBC broadcast format. In either case it may still contain film-based content, which is likely the case since apparently most of the material was shot progressive at 25fps.

The US version is probably 1080p24 since it is easy to convert to that format by slowing down 1080p25 to 1080p24.

Therefore I am inclined to think it is likely that both versions are the same except for the the fifth 1080i disk of the UK version.

S.

[Scrutinizer]

Originally Posted by mightyhammer

I set the res on my ep30 to 1080p and the judder on my lx508 was awful!!

changing it to 1080i solved these problems, so I can't believe that any of it is in 1080p.

Did you set it to 1080p60 or 1080p24? Did you do it while playing the fifth disc or one of the others?

[hollyjoint]

Well only the US version is 1080p?

How do I know what is the US version?

[YellowSphere]

Originally Posted by Scrutinizer

Yes that is what I would have guessed as well originally. But BBC HD broadcasts 1080i50 and when the HD DVD was published the Toshiba players could not handle that format yet. Besides to my knowledge not current title is using that format yet. So if it is 1080i then it is 1080i60 which is not the same as the BBC broadcast format. In either case it may still contain film-based content, which is likely the case since apparently most of the material was shot progressive at 25fps.

The US version is probably 1080p24 since it is easy to convert to that format by slowing down 1080p25 to 1080p24.

Therefore I am inclined to think it is likely that both versions are the same except for the the fifth 1080i disk.

S.

Makes sense. Thanks!

[Scrutinizer]

Originally Posted by hollyjoint

How do I know what is the US version?

US:

UK:

Originally Posted by Scrutinizer

Did you set it to 1080p60 or 1080p24? Did you do it while playing the fifth disc or one of the others?

The choices on my ep30 are 1080p and 1080p24.
I tried both. I tried it on the fifth disc and one other (I forget which one), before giving up and switching it to 1080i!
Mind you, there are still one or two slow panning scenes which still produce judder............, but I would still regard Planet Earth as reference material!

[hollyjoint]

Planet Earth the region a U.S. , is compatible with the European PS3?

On that site can buy the US version ( blu-ray) ?