Discovery Atlas: Complete Collection [Blu-ray] | ![Discovery Atlas: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BRxRH-ZNL._SL500_.jpg) | Actors: James Spader, Andre Braugher, Russell Crowe, Mira Nair, Edward James Olmos
Studio: Discovery Channel
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 18898
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 420 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 6302
UPC: 014381630251
EAN: 0014381630251
ASIN: B002KLQ2YA
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: November 10, 2009
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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 11/10/2009 Run time: 556 minutes
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Follows the People January 9, 2010
C. Woodruff (Tulsa, OK USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
These DVD's are top grade in photography. I didn't notice any color enhancing, etc. Beautiful scenery. But what I noticed that made me want to watch these again and again, is how they follow common people and happenings in each country so you can pick up on the culture of everyday life in that country. It shows people in competitions...some who win and some who lose...and follows their struggles and accomplishments with things we take for granted, like cable TV. I loved this product.
 I should have known, but I didn't listen to myself December 7, 2009
M. Chu (Boston, MA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was very excited when I saw that Discovery has released their Atlas series as a complete set. When I saw I could get a discount off from their store and get the blu-rays I immediately did it without listening to the voice in my head. It questioned how big was the box set gonna be since it had so many episodes. I remembered watching the first 4 episodes on HDTV and they were all 2hrs long. Blu-ray has more capacity, but it can't hold that many episodes per disc.
I was excited when the set came, but was confused by how it fitted in my mailbox and more confused when I saw only two discs. Nevertheless, I remained hopeful. Put the disc 1 in the player and while I was happy to be watching it, I decided to see how long was the China episode in total. It was only ~43 long, compared to the ~100 min from the on-air broadcast.
Discovery has severely shortened the episodes to a few key stories per country. I understand they did this probably to save on production cost as they fitted about 7 episodes on one disc, 5 on the 2nd, but I personally believe the cost was too great to sacrifice all the work placed into these episodes. It feels like the customer is being short-changed, not receiving as immersive an experience as the on-air versions were like.
Now for a person who hasn't watched the full versions, these episodes will do just fine. They cover the essences of each episode, so one wouldn't miss it if they never saw the full versions.
Overall, since this is the only way to get many of these episodes at a reasonable price, I would recommend this buy only for that. Know this through, should Discovery ever release the full length versions in a collectors box set, I will be selling this one and buying the new one in a heart-beat.
 The not "complete" collection November 27, 2009
Carmen Fuster
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Don't buy this version is not really complete! I watch the France, China and Italy documentary and there are not complete. The original versions of these documentaries are more than 100 min long. On this version they only last like 40 min!! I suggest buying each individually. Is not fair that they sell us a documentary that says "complete collection" on the cover when is not true.
 Great collection, even with the "cut" episodes. November 20, 2009
MiRSD
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As pointed out in the other reviews, these episodes are "cut" - and by quite a bit. Image/Discovery originally released the Atlas titles in single-episode Blu-Ray discs retailing for the same price as this collection. The individual sets didn't get far, only releasing 4 countries (Italy, Australia, Brazil and China). To give you an idea of how much is cut, the original Blu-Ray discs listed runtimes of just above 100 minutes (the new episodes are a little less than half of that). Despite this, I still gave the overall set a very good score because the episodes are still very good in their shortened form, and most of these are previously unreleased on Blu Ray (and for the ones that have been released, you're getting EVERY episode for the same price as what you originally paid for one episode. The shortened episodes work nicely as they don't feel overly long, and still contain a very good amount of content (several stories, landscapes, etc..)
If you don't mind the edited episodes (I never saw them on their original airings, so I'm not sure exactly what I'm missing (other than from what I saw on the 4 previously-released Blu Ray discs)), this is a great set at a great price.
Discovery Atlas Redux November 18, 2009
Tom (St. Petersburg, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree with most of reviews here that these shows are heavily edited. I saw the Brazil Atlas and it was 2 hr on discovery channel with commerical. and if you look at the Brazil Atlas Blu-ray you'll see that it has the running time of 94 minutes too. i really like how the show look at different people of each country so that not only you learn about the country, but its people, culture, and ways of life.
I like this show very much- i only got to see Brazil on TV so I dont know what else i miss with the rest of the shows.
if you never seen this show, then you'll be amazed and love this series- especially in hi-def, but if you saw them before on tv or stand-alone dvd/blu-ray- you'll be very disappointed... you're missing more than half of the original show!
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