Discovery Atlas: Complete Collection

[Gators300]

Is now only $33.99 for the pre-order on Amazon, to be released November 10. For those who haven't seen it, it looks absolutely amazing. Not only that, but the complete collection for such a low price is awesome!

This set includes:
South Africa
France
Japan
Mexico
China
Italy
Egypt
Russia
India
Australia
Brazil

I have the original box set of four on HD-DVD, (China, Brazil, Italy and Australia) and they were a sight to behold. The collection has a full runtime of 559 minutes, so it really is a value! Even if you aren't into the whole "personalized" look at people in these countries, the video quality is top notch.

I am wondering if anyone else is as excited about this as I am? It is in my Top 5 Most Wanted! Here's box art:

[paaron46]

Looks fantastic, I've never heard of it, but I'll have to pick it up some time.

[Rich86]

Since each of the original 4 titles on HD-DVD was on HD30 discs, and the BDs were BD25 discs, how can they fit all of this on just 2 BDs? Are they dropping materials like the extras included in the original releases?
The cover art says 2 blu-rays - the Amazon text says 3 discs?

[Gators300]

I think that the Amazon text is correct - 3 BD50's.

[LiK]

it was an alright series.

[Guns4Hire]

Product Details:
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 3
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Discovery Channel
DVD Release Date: November 10, 2009

[bluskiessmingatme]

I'm beginning to doubt this is a "complete" collection. The website for Discovery lists this as containing only seven countries...India, China, Brazil, France, Australia, Italy and Mexico. It also lists the running time as 7 hours, 53 minutes...473 minutes, which is much shorter than the 556 mentioned on Amazon.

http://store.discovery.com/detail.php?p=105002

Weren't most of these about 90 minutes or so each?

[Gators300]

Hmm... The Discovery Store version apparently ships on October 6, if it is correct, which I doubt. Personally, I trust Amazon's information more than the Discovery Store, sad as that may be. We will see...

[bluskiessmingatme]

Since it is getting released on November 11, I thought it worthwhile to pop this up again. I've noticed that the Discovery Channel has fixed thier own listing to show that it contains all 11 countries, noit the 8 they had before. (But they still list it as 2 Blu discs and a running time of 473 minutes.)


http://store.discovery.com/detail.ph...046&pa=SEO-SSP

Amazon continues to list it as 3 discs and 556 minutes.

http://www.amazon.com/Discovery-Atla...5927232&sr=8-1

I've decided to order it since it has all 11 countries verified. Great price from Amazon for the complete collection (though it will be minus the shorts, I am certain).

[Columbo345]

I'm still confused how they will fit all of that (11 countries, two hours each) onto even 3 discs. I have four of them on HD-DVD, and they don't have HD audio tracks, but still, that is a lot of material.

My only guess is the other remaining 7 countries are not as long (maybe only 45-60 min each)

[Gators300]

Yeah, it will be interesting to see how it turns out. I'm excited and I am sure it will be amazing. A few more weeks to go!

[ToddS]

Great series and the few that I rented had some phenominal PQ moments!

[smartgophy]

Now since it is released, can anyone confirm that this set is seriously trimmed (cut)?

Originally Posted by ToddS

Great series and the few that I rented had some phenominal PQ moments!