BEST OF EUROPE: FRANCE {BLU-RAY}, October 24, 2012

I couldn't wait to see how the Rudy Maxa series would look in hi-def- it was well worth the wait.Fantastic transfer on the France disc- rich bold colors, excellent detail, didn't notice a trace of video noise or artifacting. Note- the Amazon description lists this series (France, Italy, England) as being in 1:33 aspect ratio- they are NOT! Full 16x9/- glorious!If you love the Maxa series/and or France, you will love this disc- an absolute no-brainer.5 stars- highly recommended!

The images are stunning. It is in 1080i but still looks fantastic. Very informative. Rudy Maxa is interesting to listen to and he gives good tips for travelling in the areas he documents. I felt I had to review this blu-ray when I saw one of the two reviews showing a one star review because the person apparantly didn't update their firmware for their Sony laptop computer and had problems watching the disk and rated this one star. They dinged all 3 blu-ray videos in this series for the same reason. There are other titles in this series including England and Italy which are also filmed beautifully and are interesting. Also video is 16:9 and not 1.33:1. Beautiful widescreen.

I got this back in the summer of 2012 & haven't watched it since, but I do remember that the content was ok,but not the blu-ray quality. I don't get to travel & I do like to watch travel shows on parts of the world I'll probably never get to. If you are going to France any time soon this would be ok to watch to get an idea of what to expect. I bought the blu-ray hoping that I would feel like I was right there. Not the case. I was rather disappointed with the quality & that could be why I haven't re-watched it. The price was right but not the quality.