Marine Aquarium (Special Collectors Edition) [Blu-ray]

The video is awesome and great quality being it's in Blu ray format. it's All the enjoyment minus the upkeep and cost of a saltwater aquarium.

I watched this over the weekend. The disc contains three different "vignettes" of underwater marine life titled "Sunrise," "Mediterranean," and "Caribbean." They all contain the usual reef marine life including, but not limited to, corals, sponges, anemones, clown fish, damsels, angels, and a variety of tangs. Even has the occational sea shrimp.All sequences are static scenes, no pan & scan, no narration. There is an accompanying musical score which was written especially for this disk by the award winning Gutleut Studios in Frankfurt, Germany which ebbs and flows along with the scenes and the accompanying ocean sounds.The total running time of the entire disc is 114 minutes. Each of the three scenes last 38, 33, and 43 minutes respectively. It is shot in 4K resolution with the audio track presented in 5.1 DTS-HD High-Res Audio Surround Sound. Picture quality in my opinion is near perfect - you can distinguish the floating particulate and plankton in the water. The near neon color of fish is extremely well represented.Having owned a 180 gallon saltwater "marine" aquarium for 15 years I can say that nothing is more immersive than the real thing! However, having said that, this is the next best thing and is EXTREMELY more affordable . After I initially watched this. I replayed it and sat in my favorite chair to enjoy a little reading. I found myself constantly looking away from my book to enjoy and take in the sights and sounds of the "virtual" aquarium being presented on my screen. If you've ever owned an aquarium you know exactly what I am referring to.At any rate, overall, I would give this a 4.5 out of 5.0 for PQ & AQ and recommened it to all...especially if you want an ocean experience on a goldfish bowl budget!

This is great!!!!You have a choice of a few tanks with different fish in them.Bought it for me to use as a night light and relaxation to help me sleep.Disc was in excellent shape.My cats love it as well .All day entertainment!!!

This Blu-ray has 3 "aquariums" which unfortunately only one looks really good while the others were OK. This reminds me of the screen saver application from the yester-years which looked great on a monitor to stop coworkers in their tracks and gaze at your screen. Here, the concept does not work as well. Why? Well, I was hoping for some diver swimming and taking High-Def underwater footage. I wanted to feel like it was a personal journey into the great depths. Granted this is probably as real as it gets to having a fish tank, I was just hoping for something more lively.On the plus side, there was a blue fish on the first "tank" which kept chasing other fish around which provided some laughter. At times the lighting made it look so real that I had to get close to my TV and stare in awe. I'm curious to see how it looks on a higher end TV like a 50"+ OLED or LED using a Digital cable. I'm using a 42" Sammy TOC with 120Mhz on HDMI hooked up to my PS3. So overall, it's great for just a virtual "tank" to having looping on your TV with guest over or when you need relaxing images and music when alone.

It is surely a great production given different view of aquarium. As many review have already stated the best usage for this video is to run it on your tv to emulate a live tropical aquarium right on your tv. Picture is clear, and each clip changes from dim lighted to fully expose lighting is great. I personally think it will be better if the video can zoom out a bit more since most people are purchasing 46, 52 plus inch TV nowadays and fish would look more into prospective instead of BIG Nemo swing across your TV. Video seems to just taken shots at center point of the aquarium with plenty of room left over left and right (because the fishes just pass by your screen and some never return). I would love to have a zoom out clip to give a fuller prospective of the aquarium. But again I am satisfied at the quality over all.

We recently installed a 7000 series Samsung. My wife wanted it for cable but I wanted it for an aquarium. Since the install I have purchased 10 discs (from Blu Scapes series, to Trains, to Carribean, etc). This is the best one. The TV renders it very well. I kept an aquarium for 20 years and my wife and I regularly snorkle off St. John. This is the disc! It is the best so far. It offers 3 aquariums and each are excellent. The kids love it (age 9 and 11). We sit in front of it with dry erasure boards and take turn drawing and then guessing what fish was draw. Lots of fun. Of my collection "Carribbean" by Picture Perfect HD and Scenic Moods 4-Disc Ambient collection are the best (though the "Space" disc gets little play). On weekends we'll run these disks for 5-8 hours at a time. Enjoy!

I have a Sony 1080p/24p LCD Tv and the quality on this Blu-Ray is awesome! Its not a pan type shot. It is a still camera pov. Lots of colorful fish. I am having a party at my house next weekend and i plan on playing this during the party. The only thing i did not like is the lack of set-up features-none. The main menu has the 3 locations to play and you check the ones you want to play back to back but you DO NOT get a repeat option unless you have one on your BRD player. Otherwise a perfect display of BRD 1080p!

Our living room is tiny and our furniture faces a giant plasma screen TV. It is hard to sit in front of it when it is off and ignore it- it is like a gaping black hole-but when friends are over and it is on, it kills the conversation and steals the attention. The aquarium DVD gives a nice ambient glow and is relaxing to look at, but easy to ignore, much like a real fish tank. There are cute little crabs and lots of other neat aquatic creatures, and the colors are amazing. We watch it on mute because it plays sleepy, ambient music. My niece can't ignore the TV when she is here but when I turn on a show she ignores everything else, and the aquarium DVD entertains and inspires her without being all-encompassing. I

Been looking and purchasing for a couple of years now but have not yet received a good quality aquarium DVD or BLURAY. I was hoping that this one would break the spell. (It didn't!) Three aquarium scenes depicted. The first was really dark and it looked like someone forgot to switch the tank light on before filming! The second was a lot brighter and with more fish but the fish moving in the front of the tank were out of focus. The third section had fewer fish and the ones shown appeared unremarkable. Also, the background music as well as sounds of the ocean are completely out of place and just add to the annoyance. At least you can switch the sound off which is a blessing. I purchased this at a much reduced price, so no big deal. Had I paid the full price it would have been promptly returned. Isn't there ANYONE out there who can produce a decent aquarium film??

This dvd is brilliant. just pop in the dvd, wait a few moments for it to load. then oasis of calm. with 3 tanks to chose from or just press play for all three to play in order. my children are amazed at it. no need to pay out for expensive tanks, equipment or even fish. just press play and go. especially when it comes to holidays no need to find someone to feed the fish. playable in any device this is a must have for anyone.

I wanted something different to have on my 60" TV when guests visit instead of just back ground music, very pleased with this DVD visually and relaxing sound track. OK some of the fish in the back ground are slightly out of focus, but hey I've just been to Specsavers. But everyone who have seen this DVD love it, in fact I've had a couple people think it's a real aquarium when they walk into the room.

I decided to purchase this DVD as I have kept an actual aquarium for many years. After replacing fish and parts, costing a lot of money, I decided to try this idea using a DVD player and situating 42'' TV on the floor of my room. It looks great and many visitors have commented on how good it looks. These fish never die and I could never have had these exquisite species as they are not available in my local shops.

Maybe I have totally lost it but after a while I was CONVINCED these cute fish were smiling at me. They've got names too. And that blue one definitely fancies the yellow one ....... ahem. Yep, nearest thing to having real pets and lovely to look at. I didn't like looking at the black box that dominated my lounge - now it is glowing and friendly.