dvdpacific email confirming its shipped. As i chose International Priority Air Mail to keep the total price down im expecting it to take a few weeks to get to the UK. Hopefull around the announced release date of April 24th :)

Awesome! I can't wait to purchase this.

Yep - be interesting to see what the quality is like - and whether it is a 60i release of 50i to 60i conversion, or a 24p release of a 25p to 24p conversion.

Hmm I preordered from Warner during the 30% off sale but I wasn't expecting it to ship till next week - not sure the money's in my account... any idea why it's shipped so early? Don't want to complain but it's not how I planned it..

good luck with customs. this is over 18 pounds, so those vulchers will be circling.

good luck with customs. this is over 18 pounds, so those vulchers will be circling.


I was reading your post thinking "How the hell can he think that this set of discs weighs THAT much???" Then I clued in.... :p It must be past my bedtime.

Marc.

What?!?!? 12 days in advance?

I don't expect mine to ship until the 23rd, which is a week and a half from now.

Warner seems to ship at least some titles very early. I got March of the Penguins delivered to Europe about 10 days early.

good luck with customs. this is over 18 pounds, so those vulchers will be circling.

fingers crossed it will slip through

What are the chances that Amazon will ship early?

Who is going to be the first posting his or her impressions?
I guess we are going to have to wait for a review on this one since this box is 4 discs and 11 episodes. A lot of material to review in just one day.
I have also noticed that nobody posts screeen shots of documentary material.

Any word on the codec used?

Who is going to be the first posting his or her impressions?
I guess we are going to have to wait for a review on this one since this box is 4 discs and 11 episodes. A lot of material to review in just one day.
I have also noticed that nobody posts screeen shots of documentary material.

Anyone who pre-ordered from dvdpacific and is in the US should have it anyday now. Or maybe they just ship out the overseas orders early as they know it may take 5-14 days to arrive?

Ive watched on the BBC in hd using high bitrate h264 which was supurb quality. Not expecting these discs to look much better tbh.

Any word on the codec used?

it wont be mpeg2 :)

Mine shipped too - I had this series recorded in AVC from SkyHD last year. Really fantastic show. I'm glad the HD DVDs have the original David Attenborough naration.

Looking forward!

I wonder why the US domestic TV changes the original narators to an American actor.
Wasn't this with Walking With Dinosaurs as well? Is it the "accent"? I really didn't like Sigourney's naration on this one. Maybe James Earl Jones should had been choosen.

Who is going to be the first posting his or her impressions?
I guess we are going to have to wait for a review on this one since this box is 4 discs and 11 episodes. A lot of material to review in just one day.
I have also noticed that nobody posts screeen shots of documentary material.
I'm very anxious to see some sceenies of this! Hope the first people to get it throw some shots up for us!

arrived yesterday. Import duty of £13 which is around $26 atm so if your importing it into the UK you might want to get it from movietyme instead

Man I can't wait for my set to come....

How about giving this thread a purpose and posting impressions? The fact that it shipped or arrived is of little use to the public if not followed by a review.

arrived yesterday. Import duty of £13 which is around $26 atm so if your importing it into the UK you might want to get it from movietyme instead

What audio tracks does it have? Dolby True HD?

We want impressions!!!
Come on guys...do not be selfish, please share your opinions.

Any word on the codec used?


It was reported to be VC-1

How about giving this thread a purpose and posting impressions? The fact that it shipped or arrived is of little use to the public if not followed by a review.

Ditto...I don't understand why so many threads consist of "my copy arrived yesterday..." and that's it....don't you have anything to say about this much anticipated release? Anyone going to watch their copies? I know if I get mine and no other comments are made I'll gladly post my own thoughts about it!

arrived yesterday. Import duty of £13 which is around $26 atm so if your importing it into the UK you might want to get it from movietyme instead

sorry to hear that. i hate those bastards (customs). f'ing pirates is what they are.

anyway, i think movietyme is subject to customs as well (i just got a customs note for my PS3 from them). no where is safe :(

How about giving this thread a purpose and posting impressions? The fact that it shipped or arrived is of little use to the public if not followed by a review.Exactly. I'm ecstatic that you got your copy but at least post some details from the outside of the box, like audio codecs, run time, the color, current weather conditions, anything.
Sheesh.

Ditto...I don't understand why so many threads consist of "my copy arrived yesterday..." and that's it....don't you have anything to say about this much anticipated release? Anyone going to watch their copies? I know if I get mine and no other comments are made I'll gladly post my own thoughts about it!


my follow up post was just to indicate that although buying it from dvdpacific was the cheapest. After import duty it certainly wasnt and to give others who havent ordered it a chance to get it elsewhere.

As for PQ, thats subjective. 1 mans horse crap is another mans manure.

this thread needs closing...........im off the watch a few episodes. Will try and grab a few screens and post em in the other thread.......

It appears that all the early receivers of the HD DVDs had to sign a NDA or the mail guy wouldn't have handed them the parcel. ;)