The Aquarium DVD - Fullscreen Edition

After a recent trip to the vet's office with our cat- I had to find this DVD. I could not believe how mesmerized my little guy was by this dvd, so much, that his usual anxiety of being examined was non existent. I had to laugh as I've never seen an animal so engrossed in anything on a screen before like this. He kept focused on one little orange striped fish in particular, you could actually watch his eyes follow it~LOL! (what an excellent idea this vet has to keep his patients calm- and at least in our case-worked great!).I have to admit I find this very relaxing to watch as well. I love aquariums, but honestly have no interest in the upkeep of one. Problem solved here.You have several selections of "tanks" to watch 1. Scenic Saltwater 2. Coral Reef Clownfish 3.Live Rock Saltwater 4.Freshwater Angels and 5.Freshwater Jungle. You can auto loop through one or do an auto loop of all. The background sounds of an aquarium are so much better than listening to some new age background music that you find on some dvds, at least for us. I guess it's a matter of preference on that one.And as for the debate of the quality of the image and whether it's true HD or not- it doesn't matter to me- the footage is beautiful with vivid colors varying with the fish and appears true to life. This dvd is getting a lot of play time here as I find it very soothing and a much welcomed break from regular TV programming. We had friends stop by today and they were so impressed by the beautiful tanks and very well done filming that they are now ordering their own dvd. Says a lot right there.Kudos to PlasmaCandy- I'm interested in seeing what they come up with next. It would be great if they could get some nice footage by something like Cape Neddick (the Nubble Lighthouse) in York, ME. One of my favorite lighthouses and the views are beautiful- with the waves crashing in the background - oh my- that would be so nice!Highly recommend this dvd to those who are like us- love aquariums but hate the hassle! Very realistic.

I haven't compared aquarium videos, but I'm happy enough with this one.When I first got the video I had to watch it of course, but I don't use it for entertainment, more for "art". Rather than having a big black flat screen TV in the off position, I turn on the video to add movement and color for interest, especially when guests come over.I have several picture settings on my TV (normal, wide screen, envelope, etc.) and I really don't have the exact setting needed to make this look like a real aquarium. When a fish swims to the side of the tank, he goes just a little off screen before bouncing back off the glass wall of the actual aquarium. Nobody will be fooled that this is an aquarium after a couple of seconds anyway, but I would think a videographer would try to make the video frame be exactly the size of the aquarium for realism. Also, remember that a little fish on a portable TV is still a little fish, but when he's blown up on a 50-inch screen he may look like a 5-pound guppy. Doesn't matter, it's just a novelty.

Very Happy with the D.V.D. Plays as it says only thing is that it doesn't play full screen on my television. I rated this an A grade and for other people this is ideal for entertainment when not watching the set, the other three scenes are different and just as good so they will keep everyone amused, you can't go wrong with that. The fish are very convincing swimming around and are more natural so what can I say, is only to see for yourself and become a critic and judge with your own opinion. Getting uptight and upset than let this help calm you down as the same as fish tanks do. Other wise just watch and relax to the fish and marvel at their way of life, somewhere we can't go. Enjoy!

I work as business manager in a very large physical therapy clinic. My office is small and painted dark burgundy with no windows, kind of a dark cave. I decided to set up my portable DVD player and play either fireplace or aquarium DVDs for the soothing effect and something visual besides the walls. This DVD has done the job. The scenes are colorful and a nice diversion to look at while I'm endlessly on hold at insurance companies. The water/bubble sounds are soothing in the background. The scenes authomatically replay so you don't have to keep hitting "play" when the scene is done. I'd love to see fewer scene choices with longer run times before it replays but all in all a good choice.

I usually don't leave reviews like this, but after reading many and finally making up my mind on which Aquarium DVD to purchase I wanted to leave my own. I found the other reviews on this DVD to be very accurate. The fish look amazing on a both large and small televisions. This is important to me because I've seen DVDs where a small tank was filmed and when you watch it on a 50" plasma the fish look like monsters. The backgrounds in all cases help make the scenes look very natural. Other DVDs I checked out seemed to have very plain or no backgrounds and this didn't impress me as much as the live rock or greenery. My wife and I had friends over during the 4th of July and everyone loved it. Sure, they could have just been acting polite, but two of them asked me to write down the name and where they could purchase one. This was very well done.

Just okay ... not great. I've seen much nicer, brighter, prettier videos,and was expecting something a lot better based upon all the five star reviews.Update ~ Altho' most of the videos are really not good, the Freshwater Angels video isVERY, VERY nice and it's been playing continuously for days. The sound of the pumpis pleasant and subtle, and makes the aquarium seem real. If the other videos were as goodas the Freshwater Angels, I would give a 5 star rating.