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Survivorman Season 2 (4 DVD Set) | 
| Studio: Discovery Channel
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $35.99
You Save: $3.96 (10%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 9548
Format: Ntsc
Region: 0
Running Time: 420 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
UPC: 883629507774
EAN: 0883629507774
ASIN: B001AHPB2Y
Release Date: May 29, 2008
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Would you know what to do if stranded in some of the world's harshest environments without food or shelter? Survival expert Les Stroud spends seven days alone in the Rocky Mountains, the Artic, and the Costa Rican jungle without food, water, or equipment.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 These are not Discovery Channel Discs November 10, 2008
A. Altieri (PA, USA)
I neglected to look at the reviews for this as I got it as part of a "deal." Had I read the reviews I would not have purchased.
The video: Well...it's fake letter-boxed. So you end up with black bars on all four sides if you plan on watching it on a wide screen display. As a result, the video only takes up roughly half the screen. And the video quality varies from episode to episode. A couple look pretty good, and others...not so good. They are all watchable, and probably about as good as you'd see them on standard cable. But you expect more from a DVD set.
The Audio: The audio isn't bad at all, really. It's 2.0 stereo, nothing fancy. One reviewer mentioned that the sound was out of synch. I hadn't noticed that yet.
The DVD: This looks like something you'd get from a NY city street vendor. There are no menus of any kind. And the second episode starts half way through a chapter, so you can't even chapter skip to it. As others have mentioned, it is a DVD-R. Says it right on the paper, inkjet-printed cheesey label. So the DVD quality is really below anything you'd expect from anyone aside from, as I said, a street urchin peddling DVDs they made from episodes they downloaded off the Internet. If you look at the back of the case, you'll see:
"Manufactured by CreateSpace, An Amazon.com Company"
Honestly, I'm debating returning these. I got them as a gift for someone who is a huge fan of the show and is convalescing from surgery. I'm embarrassed to give these to him, honestly.
I'm hoping the first season set is much better than these.
Don't buy this set, I swear it's a bootleg--or just as bad November 3, 2008
Georgette Ruth (Iowa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Buy the Survivorman Season 2 (2 disc set) with the picture of the host on the cover, NOT this 4 disc set. I'm not sure who makes this 4 disc set, but it seriously looks and views just like a bootleg. WTF, Amazon?
I don't know if this set is being created legally, but it's $40 compared with the REAL set at $15. There are no extra features or episode. If you look at the bottom of the description, it says something like "this dvd set is created on demand with DVD-R discs. Ummm, who is making this? Take this off the shelves, Amazon.
By the way, my opinion of the show (on the 2 disc set) is that it ROCKS! Original, funny, impressive techniques in layman's terms, lots of teaching and learning by experience and looks like a lot of fun! Not fake or contrived.
Survivorman Season 2 (4 DVD Set) October 15, 2008
Don Olker (Illinois, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Recordable DVD-Rs used for this with standard lables printed on a laserjet printer.
Pretty crappy presentation with no menus and only 2 episodes per disc.
No extras, no documentation, barely readable artwork and $1 worth of DVD-Rs
I would recommend just TiVo-ing the series and save the $$.
 Almost as good..... August 26, 2008
K. Beard (Brooklyn, NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
In reading the fine print, this set is made by amazon, not discovery channel. But....
If you don't mind not having menus and chapters, then this dvd set is fine.
It seems they just recorded it off TV. Video quality is pretty good, but the sound is off a bit.
Otherwise, its a good buy.
Not the same as Genuine August 18, 2008
D. Kerrigan
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
if you goto the official survivorman site and see what they are selling, it is much different then what is shown here. menus on that are good and its official. not really sure what amazon is selling to be quite honest
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