The images are beautiful, but move quickly from one shot to the next. My benchmark is the Discovery Channel's "Sunrise" series.

The only real disappointment was the 'Wyndham Hill' soundtrack. the natural ambient sound would have been so much better.

Many other places in the world I have seen in real life or in standard definition videos looked much better than what are captured with the high resolution footages on this blue-ray DVD. Sure the image quality is good simply because it is recorded in high definition. There are a few nice scenes but overall the contents are poor, nowhere near the quality and depth of any National Geographic video.

Some of the video has a burned in logo for their website, in white text. Do not buy this if you're concerned about screen burn-in.

The inclusion of an ID "bug" for the entirety of every other segment mars what would be a very nice disc. What idiot thought it would be OK to use such a thing on videos of "Most Beautiful Places?"

For this reason I cannot recommend the purchase of this disc. They should be giving it away if they insist on using it for advertising.

My husband and I just finished an hour of uninterrupted beauty.
The photography was superb, the various subject matter kept our attention throughout, and the choice of music along with the few sound effects added another dimension to this splendid video! Rose and John