Who else is getting excited for Discovery "PLANET EARTH"!

[tivoboy]

So, maybe the wrong forum, but I for one think this is what my hdtivo has been waiting to do since it came to life AFTER the Blue Planet series, (IMHO one of the best out there)

Disocvery has a new 11 part series coming up, as if we all don't already know this, called PLANET EARTH. ALL in HD, ALL starting March 25, 2007

The trailers look awesome.

- I am in no way affiliated, work for or know anyone who works for the Discovery Channel or any affiliated Discovery enterprise -

:-)

[TimeHorse]

So, maybe the wrong forum, but I for one think this is what my hdtivo has been waiting to do since it came to life AFTER the Blue Planet series, (IMHO one of the best out there)

Disocvery has a new 11 part series coming up, as if we all don't already know this, called PLANET EARTH. ALL in HD, ALL starting March 25, 2007

The trailers look awesome.

- I am in no way affiliated, work for or know anyone who works for the Discovery Channel or any affiliated Discovery enterprise -

:-)

I saw this on CBC HD last summer. It was awesome and have some wonderful nature shots. Too bad my DirecTV HD doesn't have the disk capacity to record it. IMHO Miracle Planet was better and any Walking with ... kicks even that.

[TimeHorse]

My DirecTiVo HD doesn't have the capacity for that either and last week he decided to record stuff well farther down the Season Pass priority list instead. Again, thank goodness for StarChoice and NBC HD Seattle and Detroit.

[purduelion]

This is going to be great. DiscHD previewed the first episode in January. It was, as my wife said, "jaw dropping".

If there is a reason to own a HDTV, or if you need to "prove" hd to someone, this show will do it. The slow-mo of the sharks alone justified my investment in my home theater in my opinion and I consider myself an HD snob.

[TimeHorse]

...is that Discovery with edit it down and replace the narrator with an American like Avery Brooks or Christian Slater.

[Dreaday]

I saw this on Oprah the other day! It looks fabulous or as Oprah would say "Really Remarkable." Some of the footage they showed just blew me away I can not wait to see this one!

[tivoboy]

Looks like this is also going to be available on blu-ray coming in April, I might keep a couple recordings and then do a little comparo!
100$ for the set, is a bit much though

[Galley_SimRacer]

Some of the people at IMDb are saying Planet Earth is like the greatest show ever. A Blu-ray release might prompt me to finally pick up a PS3.

[Dreaday]

Well I have seen some of the footage and it is really amazing! I have been blown away by some of the things they captured!

[Seminole]

Do you think we can set a season pass without it recording every episode as they like to run shows a million times over. Is it going to be on the same time each week?

[bdlucas]

Do you think we can set a season pass without it recording every episode as they like to run shows a million times over. Is it going to be on the same time each week?
As long as the guide data lists the episode title, the TiVo will automatically record only one instance of each episode (as long as it's within thirty days I think).

[Robert Spalding]

it'll also be on HD-DVD!

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Complete-BBC-DVD/dp/B000MRAAJW

[TostitoBandito]

...is that Discovery with edit it down and replace the narrator with an American like Avery Brooks or Christian Slater.

They won't do that. They showed the Blue Planet series with Attenborough and the Miracle Planet series with Christopher Plummer.

[tivoboy]

yeah, I don't think this will be edited, why pay to change, having the british accent will just add that level of cache to it.

[willardcpa]

....the british accent will just add that level of cache to it.But I thought that "cache" was french, not british??? :p :D

[Rob Helmerichs]

But I thought that "cache" was french, not british??? :p :D
I think he meant cachet.

Which is still kinda Frenchish, but at least has the added benefit of making sense in context! :D

[g-man]

I was just looking to add a season pass for this and noticed I can only find it by going to channel 76 on Sunday. It doesn't show up in search by title :confused: Anyone else see this behavior?
Anyway, really looking forward to it!
Edit--must be an indexing thing since it's so far out. Guess I'll have to wait a couple of days to see if it fixes itself.

[tivoboy]

most certainly frenchish,
:-)

I sometimes type a bit too fast,
let's get back on point people. T-minus 11 days.

[tivoboy]

dup

[willardcpa]

dupHmmm, is that French or British?? :p

[sirfergy]

Is this available on an HR10-250?

[AccidenT]

They won't do that. They showed the Blue Planet series with Attenborough and the Miracle Planet series with Christopher Plummer.

And by "won't" you mean "will," right? It's already been confirmed that Sigourney Weaver is the narrator on the version that will be shown in the US.

[ashu]

WAAAYYY excited - I watched a couple of HD Previews at the end of other shows (DHD is the ONLY channel I watch anything on while (shhh) Channel Surfing) :)

Season Pass just added online, now that it's within the 14-day window and my S3's Guide info should have it!

[ashu]

Is this available on an HR10-250?

Umm, any HD program shown on a channel received by your unit should be available on it.

The question you need to ask is "Does my programming package from DirecTV include Discovery HD"?

As for the On Demand one-week-early preview in HD, that's a Comcast exclusive (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=344213). I have Comcast, but don't yet get HD OnDemand.

[Woody_One]

I was just looking to add a season pass for this and noticed I can only find it by going to channel 76 on Sunday. It doesn't show up in search by title :confused: Anyone else see this behavior?
Anyway, really looking forward to it!
Edit--must be an indexing thing since it's so far out. Guess I'll have to wait a couple of days to see if it fixes itself.
I had to use the same approach to find it too.
Doesn't seem like the normal way this should be happening. Search by planet earth only found PBS offerings, and they were not the same as these new ones.
Poking around, on a future look at 76 found them (25th?)

[weaver]

I set up a season pass last night using a title search with no problems.

[AccidenT]

A title search worked for me, but I noticed that the 1st episode showed up as a different series than the 2nd and 3rd ones, so if you want "From Pole to Pole" you'll have to set it up to record in addition to setting up the SP for the rest of the series.

[tivoboy]

Is anyone else surprised that they are going to show three a night? I wonder why they wouldn't want to string it out, create some hype, etc. Maybe they are trying to race the clock for when the DVD release comes out? although, not really sure how many people are going to spend 100$ for the set.

[Rob Helmerichs]

A title search worked for me, but I noticed that the 1st episode showed up as a different series than the 2nd and 3rd ones, so if you want "From Pole to Pole" you'll have to set it up to record in addition to setting up the SP for the rest of the series.
I had the same problem, only it was just the first showing of "From Pole to Pole" that was different; a season pass for the second showing would pick up the rest of the episodes.

[ashu]

(On my S3) I set up a WishList weeks ago (and forgot about it) - so it had already beens cheduled when it showed up in the Guide data - and yesterday's online SP setup attempt failed. Fortunately it was an acceptable failure :)

[purduelion]

Pole to Pole was originally aired in January...It is a Repeat!

[Dreaday]

I am so excited about this showing in HD. My friend just got a new HD TV and he is excited too! I know I will be watching at his house!

[Dreaday]

Sunday at 8! Its going to be HD heaven!

[tivoboy]

I was reading in usatoday today (okay, NOT a great paper but still) that this is going to be arguably the best HD content of anything to date,

but, inded, it will be seqourney weaver and not our man attenboroguh

[willardcpa]

....but, inded, it will be seqourney weaver and not our man attenboroguhShe gonna arrange for the show to include a creature busting out of a guys guts!!! :eek: :D

[tivoboy]

I just hope it is only her voice and not face, she's getting a bit long in the tooth.

sorry SW

[henryld]

I just hope it is only her voice and not face, she's getting a bit long in the tooth.

sorry SW
So are a lot of us. Pre "baby boomer" here.

[Leila]

I've had DTV HD for years. Planet Earth is the reason I signed up for DirecTV HD
for the last several years.

I have programmed all of my HR10s to record EVERY episode of Planet Earth! :)

[tivoboy]

hmm, just saw some footage on the today show, looks SWEET!

[Lije Baley]

I had the same problem, only it was just the first showing of "From Pole to Pole" that was different; a season pass for the second showing would pick up the rest of the episodes.

Thanks for the heads up. I made an SP using Pole to Pole and it looked ok. However, only PtP was on the to do list for this Sunday, while the following Sunday had all three episodes set to record. I had to individually select the second and third episodes for this Sunday.

[Lije Baley]

Check your SP!

My SP was gone!!! The two episodes I individually added were still there. Obviously something was screwy with the guide data.

[Rob Helmerichs]

I think they fixed the Guide Data, so if you got your SP from the "phantom series" it's gone now.

[stevel]

I was a bit puzzled to see that they're showing the first three episodes one after another, twice tonight.

[tivoboy]

couple more votes and we'll be at 80%, hung at 75% for the whole time now.
guess a number of people have a number of heroes to watch! :-)

[tivoboy]

YES,
CHECK YOUR SP, MINE was completly unscheduled, even though I had setup an SP AND selected to record ALL THREE EPISODES

Not really sure what happened, but it wouldn't have recorded otherwise.

Maybe it is only going to be coming in MPEG2 or something, whichever format my HD TIVO DOESN'T receive?

:-(

[Rob Helmerichs]

Maybe it is only going to be coming in MPEG2 or something, whichever format my HD TIVO DOESN'T receive?

The original problem seems to be that they had two separate series codes in the Guide Data, and which particular showings you got depended upon which particular episode you got your Season Pass from. They now seem to have corrected it, so if you got your Season Pass from one of the episodes that was under the wrong series code, you will not record any episodes.

This should probably go under Season Pass Alerts...


[edit] And I see now that it is! http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=345751

[GadgetJunkies]

Did you see that freakin Great White Shark?

[tivoboy]

Pretty amazing, I haven't watch it yet, but heard Sigourney from the other room. It sounds like the same text, from Sir ATB, but simply read by SW. That isn't right. Only SRA can get away with saying the things he does. Sleepy old britt. they should have changed the language for SW.

[Galley_SimRacer]

Those birds of paradise are crazy! :D

[ashu]

Watched it (pole To pole), just behind realtime. Incredible! Had friends over for dinner and they were absolutely amazed too. THIS is what we all bought HDTVs for :)

Not recording the remaining episodes tonight - when they re-broadcast later this week - but this show is an instant fave!

Those birds of paradise are crazy! :D

Yeah - they were an instant hit! You could just see the blue one, saying to itself, "Women!", after all that preening was to no avail :)

[tivoboy]

how big was that great white shark? 20ft?

[whsbuss]

I watched all 3 parts this morning and THIS IS the reason we bought HD!! The scenes were breathtaking and amazing.

What I would hope is Discovery.com will make this available in BlueRay (its currently available in standard DVD). I would add this to my BD library in a heartbeat.

EDIT: Amazon.com has this series available on BlueRay and HD-DVD format. Scheduled for release on 4/24/07.

[Cudahy]

The most impressive video I've seen since I got HD a year and a half ago.

[Dreaday]

When that Great white jumped out of the water I was so freaking shocked at how big it was! It was the biggest thing I have ever seen talk about HUGE and POWERFUL! So amazing!!!!!

And the Paradise birds....they were cute I loved that dance they did!

[ashu]

And the Paradise birds....they were cute I loved that dance they did!

Cute? Really? I thought they were C-Razy! But looked amazing!

[Dreaday]

lol I think the dance was kind of odd it almost looked like they were doing the hula...but with their bodies which was strang but kind of neat!

Animals are neat!

[MisterEd]

The narration puts me into zzzzzzzzzzzz land but the photography is incredible.

[tyketime]

I watched all 3 parts this morning and THIS IS the reason we bought HD!!

Hmmm... :confused:

I only saw one episode in the guide for the 25th (From Pole to Pole). This coming Sunday (Apr 1) I see two listed: Ice Worlds and Deserts.

Did I miss two episodes?

[Rob Helmerichs]

Hmmm... :confused:

I only saw one episode in the guide for the 25th (From Pole to Pole). This coming Sunday (Apr 1) I see two listed: Ice Worlds and Deserts.

Did I miss two episodes?
Yes...

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=345751

[tyketime]

I was already aware of the Season Pass issue, so I went into the guide to create manual recordings. So I should have been more clear that when I only "saw one episode", I meant in the guide itself and not the "To-Do List".

Shoot! Can someone give me the two episode titles so I can look for them in repeats?

Thank you!

[Lije Baley]

Search for "Planet Earth" and then view "upcoming episodes." The first three episodes are shown late tonight (3/30), extending into tomorrow morning and again on Sunday (4/1) in the morning.

Here's a scheduling note from Discovery HD, posted over at AVS:

Planet Earth kicks off with three episodes on Sunday, March 25th (8, 9 & 10p E/P), followed by two more every Sunday (at 8 and 9p E/P) through April 22. Here's the premiere schedule:

Sunday, March 25
8p - Pole to Pole
9p - Mountains
10p - Deep Ocean

Sunday, April 1
8p - Desert
9p - Frozen

Sunday, April 8
8p - Shallow Seas
9p - Plains

Sunday, April 15
8p - Jungle
9p - Fresh Water

Sunday, April 22
8p - Forests
9p - Caves

Discovery HD Theater will then encore Planet Earth in a weekly primetime slot -- 8pm on Thursdays beginning May 3rd.

Regards,
John
Discovery HD Theater Programming

[Leila]

not sure if this has been asked or not....

I was wondering why "Pole to Pole" isn't in the Planet Earth folder
like the other two episodes?

Thanks!

[Rob Helmerichs]

not sure if this has been asked or not....

I was wondering why "Pole to Pole" isn't in the Planet Earth folder
like the other two episodes?

Thanks!

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=345751

:D

[Dreaday]

Man each episode gets better. I can't wait to watch the new episodes this sunday!

I love how they show 2 episodes its great!

[Dreaday]

New episode is tonight!

[ashu]

I better catch up NOW - I have 3 recorded episodes, and I think my KUID is 3! If I don't watch a couple, they'll go kerbloom!

[Dreaday]

Yes you should catch up fast. I watched last night and it was really good. The birds were kind of weird. One of the coolest things I saw was the jungles with the parasites killing the bugs; it was like an alien movie. That freaked me out for a second but I thought, how cool is that!

[Helipilot]

There is some crossover footage between the episodes...dunno why.

[Rob Helmerichs]

There is some crossover footage between the episodes...dunno why.
I think that's mostly if not entirely cross-over with Pole to Pole, the overview episode that seems to be a "best-of" clip show to whet the appetite.

[aringhof]

I watched a few episodes of the Plnet Earth on my Tivo Series 3 on my Sony LDK-52XBR3... it was 52 inches of 1080p heaven. Discovery Channel and pro football are the best programs on high def.. why cant all channels broadcast this way.. come on already.

[Dreaday]

Yes the Pole to Pole was just a little something to let you know what was to come. This show being in HD is the best! Its like you can see everything so clearly it is just awesome. it really can't get any better.

[mrpope]

the photography is amazing with this series. i'm about half way caught up. the thing i keep noticing is that they beat you over the head with "this is a pia shot to get." "this is the only shot of it's kind." and so forth. tired of that.

[Ragsy]

The Planet Earth series looks fantastic in High Definition. The photography is absolutely stunning. I really enjoyed Sunrise Earth for the photography, but nothing really much happened on those. In this series, watching the animals in their natural habitat is amazing. The underwater photography is breathtaking. I'm sorry the series is almost over.

[ChofuHS]

The series was awesome...spectacular!

[gsslug]

So far have TIVOed 9 and watched 8. Great series.

[ashu]

Watch-and-Delete-then-Buy-BluRay.

The optimal solution to the massive space on disk occupied by the 11-part series :)
Available for pre-order at Amazon/buy etc. Even in that 'other' HD format. $69.95 (or thereabouts)

[Galley_SimRacer]

It's really odd that Planet Earth was not featured at all in any of the weekly ads. I was hoping for a price under $50.

[Dreaday]

So far have TIVOed 9 and watched 8. Great series.

I have to agree with you there, the series is great. Yesterday was earth day so they showed Planet Earth all day,what a great day:) I have watched every episode thus far but I was still glued to the TV for the Marathon.
They did a behind the scenes look after the Caves episode and it was really cool. The bat segment was really interesting, I could not believe how much waste they produce!

[ashu]

It's really odd that Planet Earth was not featured at all in any of the weekly ads. I was hoping for a price under $50.

True - I'm going with the 66.99 shipped at AmaZon (BluRay of course) Orrrr the 58ish+shipping at Warner, but I've lost the coupon codes and will have to hunt through fatwallet again.

[Galley_SimRacer]

True - I'm going with the 66.99 shipped at AmaZon (BluRay of course) Orrrr the 58ish+shipping at Warner, but I've lost the coupon codes and will have to hunt through fatwallet again.

I pre-ordered the BD from Amazon as well, but it's on backorder already. :(

[bidger]

The series was awesome...spectacular!

Late to this thread, poll, and the show itself. Only recorded the last 4 shows, but the description I quoted works for me.

If this series doesn't amaze you, then wtf does?!

[maldini]

Does this series need to be watched in order or do the episodes stand on their own?

I have recorded 8 of them so far but not the first couple in the series.

Maldini

[David Platt]

Does this series need to be watched in order or do the episodes stand on their own?

I have recorded 8 of them so far but not the first couple in the series.

Maldini

They can pretty much be watched in any order. The very first episode, 'Pole to Pole,' was kind of an overview of the whole series, but other than that they're not inter-related at all.

[tivoboy]

I ordered the BD from amazon as well, it shipped on Monday (typical, to arrive on launch day) and should be at my place now. where I am not, but I am slinging the last couple epsiode from my pro slingbox at 800kps, and it looks pretty darn SWEET!

I really can't wait for the BD disk to arrive and I can do a bit of a comparo.

[ashu]

From all the reviews, it appears the BD disc is VASTLY better than the HD broadcast version on Cable/FiOS (lets keep D* HD-Lite out of this discussion ;) )

hidefdigest (http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/planetearth.html)
avsforum (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10398658&&#post10398658)
(That was me that just dissed his dissing of Dave Attenborough :) )

Ohh, and maldini - I;m watching it completely out of order too. you miss nothing :) And many episodes repeat, and Discovery occasionally does all-day marathons (last Sunday/Earth Day was one!) - you may catch the rest soon too!

[tivoboy]

couple more votes and we can get to 80%!