The Most Phenomenal Television Experience I've Ever Had
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"Invasion" is a masterfully crafted sci-fi drama about a small Florida town undergoing some frightening changes in the wake of a hurricane.

The show has everything: an amazing, intriguing and twisted overall mystery, brilliant writing, great acting, real characters, a distinct, sinister tone, nonstop pacing, chilling thrills, great special effects (need I mention Lewis' thrilling encounter in Episode 10?), an absolutely sensational musical score (written by Jason Derlatka and Jon Ehrlich) and an obvious care taken in the making of the show.

ABC, having described the show as "phenomenal," was completely out of its mind to cancel "Invasion." Here, two months after learning the horrible truth, it still makes me sick to my stomach that this show will no longer air on television. Yet, unlike what others have said in their reviews, there is absolutely no way I wouldn't buy this set just because no closure was given to the series. Sure, I'll always watch the heartbreaking final scene of "The Last Wave Goodbye" disgusted with ABC for canceling the show, but I'm still able to marvel at the incredible production values that made it such a joy to watch. It's like a painting whose artist we'll never know. Though it's frustrating that we'll never have a clear understanding of the unknown artist's life nor his or her motivation behind the painting, we can still gaze in wonder and appreciation at the piece of art before our eyes.

I have to say, though, I'm upset that the DVD will not include the 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround track that was included in the HD airings of the show. The 2.0 is very disappointing. As for some wishful thinking, I'm crossing my fingers that the featurette called "Invading the Mind of Shaun Cassidy" will give us fans some more insight into the mystery that we weren't given a solution to. It's more likely it will be a six-minute clip of Shaun Cassidy explaining what the show is about (not that one can't get that from just WATCHING the show), but one can still hope!

At least we get a DVD release! And I'm not exaggerating when I say that the DVD set for "Invasion," once in my hands, will be my most treasured DVD in my collection.
252901
24 has been one of the best television shows for a long time now, but season one of 24 is the best season of ANY television show. EVER. Watching this season on dvd is one of the best entertainment experiences you'll ever have. What makes 24 season one so great is the intensity and pacing of each episode. Each episode leaves you wanting more and more. Its almost like one long 24 hr episode that you can't turn away from. Its addicting, rewarding, surprising, fun, cool, suspenseful,and tragic. The show also takes more risks than other tv shows which pays off tremendously. Jack is an awesome main character. His violent bad boy side, combined with his good heart and love for his family make him one of the best tv protagonists ever. Later seasons tend to have crazy plot twists that borderline on the bizarre, but season one has one main plot that paces perfectly. What also makes this season awesome is how it is centered on family. While later seasons try to be bigger and badder by killing more people and making the scope more grand, in season one, its PERSONAL. And thats what makes it more powerful. You actually care about these characters while in later seasons you tend to laugh when the killings begin. If you have an inkling of interest in this show, CHECK it OUT. It's a hell of a ride.
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When we originally watched this air on Discovery, it would air one set per week. After each week, we couldn't wait for the next, and it was driving us all nuts waiting for Sunday to come around again. When the series was over, we really wished there was more because it was that enticing to watch.

The footage is incredible. The story gives you tingles watching it. I was not born at this time, not even close, and neither were any of my friends who loved this series as well. But it really gave us a great sense of feeling of what went on, and the great accomplishments of this country going to the moon.

I highly recommend this Blu Ray for anyone. It was undoubtedly the best series I have ever watched on Discovery.
2235688
I hadn't been watching much television for the last few years ever since "reality t.v." became the thing and I discovered I'd rather watch paint dry than watch ridiculous people compete to marry a total stranger and other bizarre shows that actually have next-to-nothing to do with any reality I'm aware of. Last television season, my mother happened to mention to me that she'd discovered a really good show that she thought I might like. Since I trust my mom's taste in telly, I came in on about episode 4 or 5 of Person of Interest, and I was instantly mad at myself for not knowing about this sooner. Honestly, there's nothing about this show I don't like. The show stars Michael Emerson as a reclusive genius who developed a computer program known as The Machine which the government uses to predict acts of terror. Incidentally, it can also predict violent crimes, but the government considers these crimes irrelevant if they don't pertain to national security. Haunted by the thought that he may be able to prevent crimes, he enlists the help of a former CIA agent played by one of my favorite actors, Jim Caviezel. Together these two work to investigate crimes which haven't even happened yet in the hopes they can save lives. Each episode stands alone, yet the entire season had several plot lines that carried over multiple episodes. The writing, acting, and production values of this show make it (in my humble opinion) not only the best show on television right now, but also one of the best shows ever. My husband got the season one blu-ray collection for my birthday, and we've been watching a few episodes every evening since I opened it. The blu-ray collection also has the show on dvd's so they can be watched on either type of player. There are some special features (documentary, gag reel, extended pilot) but the show is so good that those extras are truly unnecessary. If you haven't watched this show yet, you might consider buying the entire first season sight unseen because I assure you: it is THAT good!
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all i need to say is this might be one if not the most influential show i have ever seen on TV. it effects are felt by me daily . it just that goooooooooood.
1401708
This 3-disk DVD set is definitely worth every penny.  The knowledge contained in these disks is not only fascinating, but oftentimes entertaining and awe-inspiring.  I challenge anyone to get through this series without an "ooh" an "ah" or a "WOW".  The footage is gorgeously shot and the special effects beautifully rendered, and though some bits repeat a few times (I believe the animation of the big bang is shown at least once in every episode), none of it really detracts.  In fact, it often gives a bit of breathing room, where you can sit and absorb the new things you've just been shown.  Both the presenter and the professionals he speaks to on the show have a lot of knowledge to offer, and I doubt there are many people who will watch this program without learning at least one thing.

Professor Brian Cox is an excellent presenter.  As many have said before me, he puts everything in language that's easy to understand, without being the least bit condescending.  He's genuinely, contagiously excited about the material he's presenting, almost always with a nearly childlike grin plastered onto his face.  On top of this, he's charismatic, and often quite funny.  This makes the program feel less like a classroom than it does a journey of discovery.

I was also pleasantly surprised to find that the third disk contains Prof. Cox's two HORIZON specials, "What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?" and "Do You Know What Time It Is?"  Though there are no other special features on the disks (No behind-the scenes or deleted footage to be found), these specials bring the amount of material on the disks to about 7 hours.  I'm definitely not complaining, as this is quite a bit of footage for the price.  (Edit: I had miscalculated, originally.  The specials were marked into 4 scenes each, and as this was not in a separate scene selection menu, I thought the specials were each 4 episodes.  However, each special is about an hour long, and the menu is for the different scenes.)

Put all of this together, and you have a series that's not only valuable in the amount of material in comparison with the price, but in the value of the material itself.
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I just want to add a few thoughts to the mostly glowing reviews here.  Brilliant conception, astoundingly smart and believable writing, and most of all, microscopically brilliant acting.  The reason this series is as great as the very best HBO shows - including Sopranos, the Wire, Deadwood,etc.-- the ones that have broad visual canvasses lacking on the mostly one-room IN TREATMENT--is that you see as much going on visually on the actors' faces as you did in the striking settings (New Jersey lanscapes, bada bing, dusty Western saloons, dark brothel rooms, etc.) of those other shows.

If Gabriel Byrne did not spend a decade in therapy it's hard to understand how he aced the mannerisms and expressions of psychotherapists. Byrne's face was as active just watching his patients talk as it was when he was talking and gesticulating. And oh, what gesticulating. Every single actor who played one of his patients was not just good but jaw-droppingly good. Layers and layers of thought and emotion, often ones contradicting each other at the same split second in time, can be gleaned off their faces. (All you have to do is watch them as closely as Byrne does.)  Embeth Davidtz's arching eyebrows had so much attitude, her body language betrayed so much ache and anger beneath the  words that were drenched in denial.  Josh Charles peeled open his character over the eight weeks like delicate layers of onion. Blair Underwood's physical and attitudinal bluster was so believable that it was genuinely shocking when his confusion and heartbreak came pouring out toward the end.  Michelle George as Laura was a revelation.  Why isn't this woman a big-time movie star? As right for her character, the actress created a slippery sexuality at once seductive and suspicious; yet still, she managed to reveal a vulnerability perched right at the corner of manipulation and authentic pain. You could never make up your mind about her, which is exactly what was required by the story of this unnerving and unnervingly beautiful character. Dianne Weist couldn't have been more credible as a psychoanalyst if she herself had spent a decade in analytic training.  But perhaps most astonishingly of all, Mia Wasikowska as Sophie, the teenage gymnast, created the most indelible of all the patient characters.  Apparently without much prior acting experience, Wasikowska managed to embody all the contradictions of the most complexly written character on the show, and she brought dimensions beyond what was written.  Her voice, her physicality, her minute facial expressions could not have been any more revealing even when her character was doing everything she could to hide her painful truths not only from Paul the therapist but from herself. How she pulled it off is a miracle of genius acting from a relative neophyte.  The fact that she wasn't even nominated for an Emmy is bizarre.  Who are these people doing the nominating?  The NY TIMES did an article some weeks before announcement of the Emmy nominations calling for her nomination.  You'd have to be blind, deaf, and certainly dumb not to have been dumbfounded by her performance.  I guess she gets something of a last laugh; I just read that she was cast by Tim Burton as the lead in his upcoming version of "Alice in Wonderland."  HE was certainly paying attention watching her perform IN TREATMENT.

The direction and everything else was perfect, and the script, transmogrified somewhat from the Israeli version, was as layered and brilliant as the acting that fleshed it all out.  So I am thrilled to have also just read that the series has been renewed.  It is being filmed now, it seems, and will be aired sometime in 2009.  Maybe that's why they delayed the release of the DVD of season one - wanting it out just as the second season begins.

Don't miss this show; it's one for the ages, and I have a sense that it will become the humongous hit it deserves (I guess it was a moderate hit when first aired)when more people see the second season.
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We got this TV toward the end of June and have had a few months to watch various content on it including TV shows, Netflix, movies (BD, DVD, and 3D), and PS3 games.  The viewing experience on this TV is absolutely phenomenal.  The fans on the TV are audible, but they are no louder than our Onkyo receiver or the PS3.  So, unless one is watching a silent movie with no other components running, the noise does not detract from the experience.

The colors are fantastic and the blacks on this TV are unbelievable. The 3D experience using the included glasses was pretty nifty as well (PS3 games and BD 3D movies).

I will admit that there is a bit of image retention on the TV from static elements from Netflix etc., however, they are not very obvious.  We run the screen swipe every now and then and that seems to have helped.

If I had to go back and choose again, the only choice I may have made differently would have been to spring for the 65"-er.

This TV is a phenomenal addition to our home theater.
770145
Not just the best documentary I've seen all year but the best TV show I've seen in a long time.
4666410
This program is incredible.  The acting is superb and very often riveting, which is quite a feat since the majority of the program consists of two people talking to each other.
1522504
Absolutely amazing!  The clarity and the vibrancy of the picture exceeded my expectations.  This TV looks even better at home than in the stores.

I also have an Xbox 360, and I felt like a 5 year old at Christmas when I connected it to this TV.  I was in awe of the textures, colors, and overall detail.  It is a totally different and almost indescribable gaming experience.

DVD's (running through a progressive player with component cables) look amazing as well!  I've only had the TV for one night, but it has already surpassed every expectation that I had for it.

Also, Amazon's delivery worked great!  It was handled by a well-know moving company.  They called a day before delivery to confirm the delivery date, and they also called an hour before arriving at my house, so I had time to get home without waiting around for them.
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It might not have gotten the viewership of Game of Thrones or the Sopranos, but "The Wire" was the best television show ever aired.  From beginning to end it tackles important social issues with a hefty dose of reality thrown in.  Watching the entire series is an exercise in elation and frustration you just can't help but get involved with the characters, the story line, and the social issues that are not resolved.  If you haven't seen this series it's worth the price of admission, especially now that it's available for free with your prime membership....

(Netflix, watch out, Amazon is coming)
4960998
I only recently discovered this show and I have to say it is one of best I've ever seen.  I'm upset that I wasn't able to watch the show originally when it aired, but glad that it is available in this format.  It was always better watched this way in the first place.

More than anything this is a comedic epic that is meant to be watched all in one sitting and not a show to be digested piecemeal.

Every person who has a taste for comedy should watch this show so they can appreciate the level of sophistication that this show delivers consistently.  Without a doubt one of the best things on television.
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The only reason that I don't get this bad boy a 5 is because it reflects like a mirror in the daylight.  I owed a Sony projection television before I bought this one and it didn't reflect anything.  So I was stunned when I sat in front of this television and saw myself and the back wall.  And when the television is on the blacks projected on the screen reflects the wall and whatever is back there.  I was so concerned that I was going to send the television back.  But that would have been the biggest mistake of my life.  Here is what you probably want to know; this television's picture is absolutely awesome.  The colors jump from the screen and dance in front of your eyeballs, like a ballerina in an opera,  I had to hold my breath as I watched "The Thing" (the pre-sequel  to Kurt Russell's) in Blue-Ray.  I play PS 3 games on this beautiful creature and I can't believe the colors of Madden or Tiger Woods or Basketball or on anything else I put in the machine.  This television is one of the best that I have ever had and I had a few good ones, for a poor boy.  And to end this, I want you to know that now I don't see the reflections,  I guess after awhile you stop noticing them.  But you will never stop noticing the colors, never.
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I think the headline says it all, but here are some further details.  The picture is astounding, particularly for movies with special effects or outdoor imagery (Nature never looked so good).  That is probably to be expected but even regular programming benefits--most especially sports events.  Football and baseball games are a whole new experience.  Part of this is size (the largest screen I've owned is 36") but most of it is the enhanced visual quality due to twice the pixels.  Wow!

Equally important is ease of installation and this couldn't be easier.  A friend and I got it out of the box above the fireplace and up and running in 10 miniutes or less.  It was a snap.  I never heard of Hisense before but this TV is an eye opener.  It's a great product and highly recommended.  You won't do better than this.  Highly recommended.
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This is simply brilliant television with dazzling understated and subtle performances and skillful muted  direction and exquisite  cinematography ------- all of which adds up to  pure delight.  Costumes, settings, all the small details  ---  sheer perfection.  I have never seen Henry VIII material done in this way.  Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell is riveting.  What he achieves without saying a word is incredible.  What he achieves when he speaks in magnificent.  This is  one of the finest performances I've ever seen on television.  Though it is much smaller (so far) in scope, I rank this series with Neil Jordan's "The Borgias."  A shining example of the new golden age of television.  ----  Frankly, I was reluctant to begin watching this.  I thought, "Can I really go Henry and Anne yet again?"  But I was instantly captivated --- because this is fresh, innovative, and  profound.  Highly recommended.
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I just loved this Series. This season like the ones that follow are beautifully crafted, wonderfully deep relationships, entirely credible and played out with taste and skill. I can not say enough good things about the story , the acting, the relationships nor the delightful complexity and seductive intrigue of this wonderful Television experience. More please.