Planet Earth (HD DVD) [£19.99@Zavvi]

Ruu_Old

Link here.

From the team behind the multi-award winning The Blue Planet comes this epic series celebrating the Earth as never before. Embracing the world's incredible landscapes and fascinating wildlife. Planet Earth takes the definitive look at the diversity of our planet.

Four years in the making, with a budget of unprecedented proportions. Planet Earth has stretched the boundaries of natural history television. High definition photography, revolutionary ultra-high speed cameras and detailed images from the air enabled the series to capture the most amazing footage ever seen.

This stunning television experience combines rare action, unimaginable scale, impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, this blockbuster series takes you on an unforgettable journey through the challenging seasons and the daily struggle for survival in Earth's most extreme habitats. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty of Planet Earth.

Soarer

Ah crap!
Already have it on BD.:(

witnessmenow

How much is shipping?

EDIT: Apperently free, and thats even with an Irish address

Any one know if there is a similar price in store for it?

cherrio

I got charged £2 for shipping, still a fantastic offer, cheers Ruu.

shayser

Just to be sure to be sure, this is the 5-disk UK version, 4 x 1080p main feature disks and 1 x 1080i extras disk?? Anyone got it?

cherrio

It's the same one, check the barcode: http://amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_/202-4608576-2971862?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=5051561000027&x=0&y=0

shayser

Thanks. Why did they have to put Mission Impossible box set there too!

Thanks for the link Ruu, been waiting for this to come down for ages.

Ghost Train

Thanks Ruu,

Now I just hope that when they say it's in stock that its actually in stock

dingding

Thanks Ruu,

Just got one for myself.

grimm2005

Thanks! will almost definitly get this.

Not a massive fan of nature documentaries but i hear this is meant to be absolutly stunning.

oh and as an above poster asked, is there any similar in store offers for this does anyone know?

ceejay

Thanks for that, I've been looking out for an offer like this

Ciarán.

mik_da_man

Great find - cheers

I don't think the zavvi stores carry HD-DVD any more.
Not in Cork anyway.

Mik

Ghost Train

ordered yesterday evening and got dispatched email this afternoon, so not too bad

mik_da_man

cherrio wrote: »

I got charged £2 for shipping, still a fantastic offer, cheers Ruu.

I didn't get charged shipping
But could only send to CC Address - so gonna have to home to get it :mad:

hughes2558

I got this too and was charged £2 for delivery. I wonder how some people got charged and others didnt.

grimm2005

just ordered this, wasn't charged delivery. its a steal at that price. saw it in hmv on hddvd today for €76!

witnessmenow

I only ordered today and did get charged delivery. You snooze you loose i guess.

Is it anything to do with sigining up at the time maybe?

Ryaller

Might be? I signed up on Tuesday and didn't get charged postage.

DubOnHoliday

Its 29.99 Eur in Goldendiscs. dont think its the HD version though.

Burning Eclipse

DubOnHoliday wrote: »

Its 29.99 Eur in Goldendiscs. dont think its the HD version though.

Pretty huge difference there so.

Thanks Ruu, I also picked it up!! Just shy of €28 delivered, very happy with that. Bought the player itself for €9.99 last saturday

Gadge

Thanks a lot mate.

grimm2005

so just recieved this in the post today. im sure it looks fantastic (havnt had the chance to test it yet) but noticed on the back of the box under "main features" its listed as only 1080i as opposed to 1080p. Maybe this was released before 1080p compatible hd-dvd players became available? Anyone know if this is a true 1080p title? or am i just looking into this a little too much!?

shayser

Mine arrived today. Looks decidedly second hand. No shrink wrap. Crease in the box cover and frayed edges. Mission Impossible box set came in the same package. This is shrink wrapped and new. Hope the Planet Earth wasn't somebody else's return of dodgy disks.

Ghost Train

grimm2005 wrote: »

but noticed on the back of the box under "main features" its listed as only 1080i as opposed to 1080p. Maybe this was released before 1080p compatible hd-dvd players became available? Anyone know if this is a true 1080p title? or am i just looking into this a little too much!?

reading up on it, the 4 main discs are 1080p and the extras disk is 1080i, the box is just labelled wrong

shayser wrote: »

Mine arrived today. Looks decidedly second hand. No shrink wrap. Crease in the box cover and frayed edges. Mission Impossible box set came in the same package. This is shrink wrapped and new. Hope the Planet Earth wasn't somebody else's return of dodgy disks.

Mine looks a bit shabby too, the outer cardboard a bit squashed, strange that they're not shrink wrapped

the reason for no postage for some people seems to be that the country in the address said uk

shayser

Mine said UK on the package. Somebody had scored this out in pen and written Ireland. Got charged the postage.

mik_da_man

eolhc wrote: »

the reason for no postage for some people seems to be that the country in the address said uk

Mine defo says Ireland - Strange

Ryaller

eolhc wrote: »

Mine looks a bit shabby too, the outer cardboard a bit squashed, strange that they're not shrink wrapped

I got mine today and it also looks like it was used. Mangey looking cardboard case with finger smudges and creases all over it. No shrink-wrap. Disks look OK, but haven't tried them yet. It came rattling around in an enormous A3 sized box with no padding or bubble wrap which probably didn't help, but still.

I'm a bit miffed but to be honest, if the disks play ok, I'm happy enough for the price.

Ghost Train

well did get charged postage for another boxset I ordered, so it's a bit strange

the planet earth discs look new and play perfect, outer box not perfect but not too bad really

monkeyfudge

Ryaller wrote: »

I got mine today and it also looks like it was used. Mangey looking cardboard case with finger smudges and creases all over it. No shrink-wrap. Disks look OK, but haven't tried them yet. It came rattling around in an enormous A3 sized box with no padding or bubble wrap which probably didn't help, but still.

I'm a bit miffed but to be honest, if the disks play ok, I'm happy enough for the price.

That's a bit shoddy. It's good price, but not that good that you should have to put up with that sort of quality.

I paid €50 for it on BluRay a few months back.

dez_warlock

Got mine today and it was perfect! Sealed and all. Strange.

don_incognito

dez_warlock wrote: »

Got mine today and it was perfect! Sealed and all. Strange.

Same here!:D
Cheers by the way Ruu

Ryaller

I fired them off an email yesterday and got this reply:

Thank you for your E-mail

We have investigated this and it is not Zavvi's policy to dispatch second hand goods, we apologise for the state that your item has arrived in

We can only assume that this was a picking error in our warehouse again apologies for this

To resolve this issue we would need you to return this item back to us via our freepost address which can be found on the delivery invoice

Please fill out the returns section on the invoice stating exactly the faults you have encountered with this item and enclose this when returning this item

As soon as we receive this item back a replacement copy will be issued to you which will be sealed and in a new state

Apologies for the inconvenience caused in this matter

Regards

Jamie

Customer service team

Now I'm just trying to figure out if I'm bothered enough to send it back to them.

Soarer

You woulda thought they'd have offered you some sort of compensation.

I mean the goods weren't in a new condition.
And now it falls on you to send it back to them (granted it's freepost, but you still need to buy an envelope and get to a postoffice), and fill out some sort of claim form.
Should definitely have been given something off your next purchase.

Ryaller

Is it freepost? I'm definitely sending it back in that case. Paying for the postage was the only thing that I resented. If they send me a new one I'll be happy. I wasn't looking for compensation, and to be honest, I'll probably have the replacement back before I'd have watched it anyway. The amount of cheap HD DVDs I've bought recently that I haven't even watched yet is ridiculous!

Soarer

I hear you on the HDDVD thing.
I even bought the Harry Potter boxset the other day. I fukking hate Harry Potter!! But it was cheap, so I had to buy it.
The fact that play are selling a load of them from €6.99 at the minute is scaring me a little too!:o

As for the freepost thing, that's what it says in the email you posted. Maybe that's just for the UK though?

Ryaller

Just goes to show you I didn't even read it properly!

Funny you should mention Harry Potter, I did the same and I can't stand them (Mrs. Ryaller, on the other hand, loves that rubbish). I had to sit through the first one last night. The worst thing about those movies is that Radcliffe kid. He couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag.

I'd draw the line at 2 Fast 2 Furious.