Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0727994751960
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Warner Brothers
Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Brothers
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2007-03-27
Running Time: 90
Studio: Warner Brothers

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Awesome flick
Comment: I first saw this movie on the Nat. Geo channel and knew I had to get it in hi-def ASAP. I was a little worried reading all the reviews about it not working with many HD-DVD players. But I've got a Toshiba HD-A3 player and it works perfectly. Picture quality is amazing, you feel like you're the one filming all the action. The disc could of used some more bonus features besides a cheetah chase but still at this price it's a great buy.

I'd also recommend picking up the HD-DVD version of Planet Earth. It's an amazing set (4 discs) that will compliment this movie very well and is a showpiece for your HDTV/HD-DVD player

Customer Rating:

Summary: Did not work in my HD DVD player.
Comment: I had to return this product it would not work in my HD DVD player that I purchased in November. Its too bad I hear it looks great on blue ray maybe its reasons like this that Blue Ray won the HD war. Do not buy this DVD if you are looking for a great nature HD DVD and you can get enough after watching Plant Earth check out the BBC's Galapagos. Its absolutely visually stunning and Narrated by Tilda Swinton and it's just as good as Planet Earth and better than Blue Planet.

Customer Rating:

Summary: A Raw Real Life Adventure
Comment: Superb high definition videography, suberb narration by the eloquently toned British actor Jeremy Irons, make a true life story that is starkly realistic and brutally violent. If you are the squeamish type, this National Geographic Special is not for you. The story is about a rare pride of lions, named the Soros, that are unlike any other lions on the planet. They are about a third larger than ordinary lions and muscularly built to take down their large prey. They take to the water like they were made for it, going after their only prey, the water buffalo. This documentary makes no apologies and can be upsetting to youngsters or the lily livered in its unrestrained delivery. My only complaints are that some of the scenes of the lions killing their prey were redundant and the feature was a little too long.

Customer Rating:

Summary: UPDATE your player... This is a beautiful showpiece.
Comment: This is one of the best showpieces, and the nice thing is it has a good story to go along with the visuals. It follows a few pride's of lions and shows them over a period of time.

You get to watch the multiple prides interact, as well as grow and even some prides almost disappear due to their hunting styles.

I have watched this 3-4 times now (almost all within the first few weeks of owning this HD DVD. Most everyone that came over was completely captivated by it.

Also the extras on the cheetah are something to marvel. A don't miss bonus feature, thats for sure.

To those people that have had issues with this HD DVD playing in their HD DVD player. Toshiba offers *free* updates to their players. If this movie does not play, just go to their website and either download the update direct to the player, or to a PC connected to the internet. From that point you can drop the information into your HD DVD player and it updates by itself. Very easy, and it makes a world of difference. THERE is NOTHING WRONG with these HD DVD's.

A great piece of entertainment.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Picture is good, but not good enough
Comment: My Toshiba A20 can play this HD DVD. Everything is good, but picture quality is not as good as Planet Earth.

Anyway, I like it and rate it by 4/5.

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Warner Brothers Relentless Enemies - HD-DVD
It is a spectacle few have seen firsthand. Two foes trapped on an island in a remote part of Africa - and a battle to survive captured in high-definition over two years by award-winning filmmakers. Now, National Geographic takes viewers onto a unique battlefield in theOkavango Delta to witness the grueling fight for survival of highly specialized lions that prey almost exclusively on buffalo in Relentless Enemies.