A Sampling of National Geographic Specials (as well as some from the National Geographic Cable Channel)
I felt it necessary to write a review because the one review (literally, one single review) that was left for this item only gave it 3 stars, merely because there was no Blu-Ray option for this collection. Don't get me wrong: if there had been a Blu-Ray option available, that is the direction I might have gone, but the one reviewer did not discuss the content or the actual quality of this specific collection.
Anyway: overall I was very pleased with the collection. There isn't a theme to the collection, other than being a sampling of National Geographic documentaries from over the decades, starting with the first ever National Geographic broadcast, "Americans on Everest". For me, a few of these documentaries took me back because the opening music/credits reminded me of watching some of these documentaries as part of school curriculum, or with my grandparents when we would all gather around the television when a "National Geographic Special" was going to air (FYI: this...
Excellent product
This is a beautiful collection. I bought it as a gift for my father in law, and he couldn't been happier.
Where is the Blu-ray version?
I'm highly disappointed that there is apparently no Blu-ray version of this. How can you release a documentary in 2013 without a high-definition option?
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