Over British Columbia [Blu-ray]

Every since I first saw this video on the former HDTheater channel I knew I would have to have this on blu-ray to get the full 1080P. A magnificent showcase of British Columbia and its incredible mountains and beautiful music and a narrator, who is almost whispering in awe himself, this presentation took my breath away. Finally I was able to order it and was very excited upon receiving it in just a couple of days of ordering, placed it into my Vizio player and when at last it got started...oh no. The sound which is essential to the production goes in and out like a bad radio station throughout. Not good! So, I thought, maybe the lens on my player needs cleaning so I inserted my cleaning disc and afterwards still no change. Next, I complained to Amazon, who does not sell it, but an outside company. The outside company, which calls themselves a small family business, was quick to respond. I got the replacement this morning, and looking forward to at last watching a decent copy...same thing. Sound was cutting in and out in practically the same places. Even more disappointment gave me the impetus to write this review. While the video portion is all that I expected in showing that glorious scenery the audio, well, just sucks. I am not knocking the distributor, as they are very serious about customer satisfaction. It is the company that makes these "Over" videos (TOPICS entertainment) who is ultimately responsible. As of the writing of this review I am wondering if anyone else has run into this problem. I was planning on purchasing other "Over" videos but I won't set myself up for any more disappointments at this timesUpdate to this review. I loaned my copy to one of my friends who said the video played flawlessly on his player so now I know that it was my player and not the video that was at fault. Now I need to replace my player. My apologies to the makers of the video TOPICS Entertainment.Another update. I now own a Panasonic blu-ray 3D player and the video plays just fine and it is still gorgeous to watch and listen to as well for the stirring music accompaniment.

The scenery and camera work on this film are great! Lots of key points of interest and beautiful scenery. Well shot. The film breaks down a specific area of British Columbia and does about 5 minutes or so on each area, showcasing mostly touristy things while mixing in some beautiful rugged mountains and rivers and other wildlife. The visuals are great. The only issue I had with it was the narration. The narrator really irritated me with his cliches and vague attempt at creating his own 'visuals' with his words. I don't need visuals with words. I'm WATCHING it. The guy also seemed like he was whispering the whole time, another irritation. Why is he whispering? The music went with the images for the most part. The video is about 40 minutes. I would say for some beautiful, inexpensive scenery, this Blu-Ray of British Columbia is great! Worth around $9. Minus one star for the irritating whispering narrator. Other than that guy, would be nice to have on with some of your own music.

The good - video is simply beautiful. This is a photogenic province. The bad - the narrative. I think the scriptwriter had just received Roget's Thesaurus, and was trying to use every word in that book. The result is a series of metaphors that make me gag, because they verge on the semi-literate as they just don't fit. You can turn the sound down, but there is some background music that does fit the video, so it is a shame to lose that. Get a new narration and this could easily be a 5-star disc.

I was in Vancouver in 2006 and, since then, I kept good memories from there. So, whole British Columbia is really beautiful. I was in Vancouver (city of last Winter Olimpic Games), Whistler and Victoria. Really beautiful places to live and explore.On Blu Ray you can find different places to know and amazing sightseens. And I, good places to remember and, obviously, set as my next trip objectives on Canada. Good movie to explore part of Canada without going out from your home.

I was disappointed in this project. I have other "Over" travelogs, and they are quite nice, thus I bought this one.The voice and it's dialog are irritating to listen to. Grandiose speaking in a whispery manner, giving little actual information. Frankly I was glad that there were some unvocal spots in the video.The photography is great as usual. If I watch this again, I will do so with the sound off, and my own music playing.

I watched this with my folks about 3 years ago and searched all over to find it and then it hit me, check Amazon!!The movie was just as great as I remembered it and the HD quality was superb on my big screen. Definitely recommended to anyone who's seen it or hasn't because its that great.

This production, which was originally shown on PBS stations, effectively portrays the beauty and grandeur of British Columbia.I have previously purchased VHS and DVD versions of this production.However, the program was created in HD and is significantly enhanced when viewed in HD.For anyone who appreciates beautiful scenery, the videography of this production is as good as it gets.The music and narration are also excellent.

I too own the Dvd and my opinion is the blu ray version is slightly better, it wont blow you away as i was expecting, shame as its an awesome docco on an awesome part of the world.

Based on recommendations I was expecting an amazing video comparable to "Over Canada". The images I was able to view were great but the entire length of the video was unstable. The image fluttered and skipped and seized up and the audio followed the video failures. Maybe this is why it was such a low price???The vendor was great in their support and sent me a new disk at no charge. Unfortunately this disk was no better than the first, jittery video and audio and continually cutting out and seizing up. Because sometimes the "Third times a Charm" I purchased another copy along with "Over Alaska". The "Over Alaska" video is faultless but again the "Over British Columbia" disk failed. This time the video was solid and did not cut out but the audio was unstable, cutting out every few minutes and the only way I could listen to the sound track was to pause the video then restart it. the audio would be good for a while and then cut out again.Having 3 copies of this video fail I have given up and will watch for this film on line or through Netflix so I can watch it without interruption. I guess we get what we pay for???

I just bought a new HDTV and Blueray DVD player. This was one of 3 "demo" disks I purchased - along with "LCD Plasma Ultimate HD Experience" and BBC "Planet Earth". This falls in the middle of the 3. The LCD Plasma DVD is basically static scenes that are neither very interesting or very well done. Over British Columbia is initially appealing but becomes repetitious as it circles the province, covering basically boring towns from the same helicopter perspective. The video quality is fairly good but does not seem to be full 1080p. The Planet Earth series on the other hand is sublime and would be the only one I would recommend buying of these 3. The video is amazingly sharp. I would only recommend Over British Columbia to people who have never been to this part of the world and wonder what the countryside is like.

Ordered a Blu-Ray DVD. Tried to play it on my Blu-Ray player, then on other devices that also play Blue-Ray DVDs. The DVD refused to load. Reported it to the vendor who wanted me to order a different DVD that I did not want. What I want is to return this DVD for a refund. I do not want a DVD that I have no interest in. NOT SATISFIED

Wasn't aware that Bluray will not play on my computor. Needed it for a presentation and it won't work? Not the sellers fault, here very quickly and new but does me no good. My fault.

Awesome as ever! I bought this when it was first available & lost it in my 'moving' goods. So pleased I have this once again :)