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Summary: Hawaiian Dreams DVD AWESOME!!!!
Review: After visiting the islands many times, I find this video a great contribution to the beauty of Hawaii. The beauty of the sunsets, that you can only view on the islands are fully captured here, the calm sound of the ocean is more then enough to sooth your stressed mind and soul. I have viewed this dvd on our 61 inch Big Screen with surround sound. I had a virtual trip to Hawaii, without the hassle of packing and flying for many hours. So Peaceful!!!!!
Thank You Greg for helping this stessed out city dweller, who was raised by the sea, come home again. I know what my friends and family are getting for gifts this year, for many years of enjoyment and stress relief,,,,,,
These videos are totally awesome. I have wanted to be home by the ocean again, and enjoy the beauty and peace of the sea, but life has not permitted it at this time. I have found the closest thing tho now. What a blessing!
I have bought three of these videos, and there is no favorite one. I suggest you get them all. They are so relaxing, you can almost smell the salt air.
If you want to relax, enjoy beautiful ocean scenery, seagulls, sand and surf, these are the best!!
You will not be disappointed.
Believe me I have prayed that I could find something to get rid of the stresses living in the city, and to just relax by the ocean shore, and now I have my answer. These video's take you to the most beautiful shores, where you can sit back, read, or listen to your favorite music, and not have to shake off the sand.
A beautiful work of art, this man has captured the beauty of nature.
So if you want to relax and enjoy~
I highly recommend WAVES!!
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Summary: It's real nature so peaceful
Review: At the first time I've seen it. I think it's nothing no music only sea & surf but after I had seen it for 10 minutes with, then wow I like I'm sitting in front of the beach. :) it's so relax.
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Summary: Perfect picture, perfect sound
Review: For years I have looked for ocean videos, but they all had music backgrounds. I wanted just the wave sounds. I did find a DVD where one could isolate the natural sounds,but unfortunately the picture had jiggling problems. So I about gave up until I discovered Hawaiian Dreams--perfect picture, perfect natural sound. I watch a 27" TV with a 37" magnifier, which gives kind of a 3D quality, and since I am not aware of the TV behind the magnifier, I seem to be looking through a window out at the sea--my own virtual ocean view window without all the troubles of being on the real oceanside, not to mention the expense! The DVD picture seems so real that I actually feel like I am there. Also I can change the view out of the window with a click of a button! Though, thanks to the DVD repeat function I usually just let the same view play on and on. And by adjusting the TV controls, I can change the time of day or night, such as looking at the ocean under moonlight. Wonderful! Am so looking forward to getting the rest of the Wave series--Hawaiian Zen, Californian Dreams, and Californian Zen. They will soon be available in DVD I am told. So will have even more ocean views through my "window." After many years of searching I finally found what I wanted. Thank you, Powerfloe (the Publisher).
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Summary: Your Own Private Beach
Review: From the opening scene, with waves practically crashing into my living room, I knew that I was in for a treat. I have never been to Hawaii. But if it looks as good as it does on Hawaiian Dreams, I'll be booking the next flight out! I felt like setting up beach chair in the middle of my living room, rubbing on some sunscreen, breaking open a good summer read and letting the sound and images wash over me.When you buy this video, I recommend you do some experimenting. Put it on while you read, take a nap, garden, cook a gourmet meal. Even if you can't see the television, you will still find the sounds of the surf to be relaxing. If your DVD player has a timer, try waking up to a Day in Hawaii. The graphics dividing the 6 "island days" have no intrusive music or sound effects. This is especially helpful for those going for total relaxation or meditation. For those looking for their own private beach in Hawaii, this video delivers. The crisp details of the images put you right there, toes in the sand, warm waves lapping at your ankles. Fantastic!
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Summary: No Homeland Security Hassle Getting There
Review: I am watching this DVD even as I write. I love it, to be honest. It's so artfully done that, when seated near my TV monitor, I'm tempted to extend my foot and wiggle my toes in the lustrous, lapping waves. I knew I'd hit paydirt when I happened on Greg's work while cruising relaxation disks right here at Amazon. Until then, I'd doubted ever finding such elegant simplicity, only the real deal, sights and sounds of pristine beauty ... period. Being frazzled since birth, I was familiar with the standard relaxation fare. I enjoyed it, to some degree at least, but it got so that the 'elevator music' in the background was spoiling the experience. Whether it was Mantovani or Bach, it wasn't enhancing. It was annoying, distracting. And it was everywhere. But then I encountered what for me amounted to perfection: nothing but real Hawaiian vistas, in this case, with the endless waves as background sound. Once in a while a gull might glide through the frame and utter its haunting cry (which DID enhance the experience), but nary a violin for the entire, uninterrupted 'virtual vacation' to this planets most shining visual jewels. I think it might even be an improvement on going there ... because it is so easy and trouble-free. No airport body searches. No fear of flying.
Greg Voevodsky does all the work from Molokai to Kauai, Lanai to Maui, with Oahu and Hawaii filling the bill.
I keep mine close to my DVD player or IN IT most of the time. I just hope DVD's last as long as they say they do!
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Summary: Excellent gift idea....
Review: I bought the whole collection, and they are excellent! The natural sights and sounds are really soothing and relaxing. I gave copies to a couple family members for Christmas last year, and they were a real hit. My wife likes to watch the waves while running on the treadmill, and it gives her the feeling of running on the beach in Hawaii. It's the next best thing to being there. I will definitely be giving this DVD to my friends for Christmas this year!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I bought this, based mainly on the reviews I read here on Amazon, for my impending trip to Hawaii. I was really disappointed and wish I hand't purchased it at all, maybe I am a victim of hype. If you are looking for basically STILL pictures and sounds of the ocean by all means buy it. But don't expect this in any way to indentify specific places on the islands or teach you anything about the islands. Also the cinematography left something to be desired as well, fuzzy pictures (not DVD quality by ANY means). I have an audiophile grade sound system and the sound is not 5.1, or even pro-logic for that matter. Who knows, maybe I will appreciate it more upon return from Hawaii (if I return) but for now I would say don't waste your money on this video.
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Summary: A tape to fall asleep to
Review: I guess it's just what it claims to be, but a single view of an ocean of waves just didn't cut it for me. Granted each "chapter" includes another island, another view, but it's still just waves (like I should have expected more?). The sound is good and I tend to prefer closing my eyes when relaxing, so it works in that way. Maybe you could use it at your next Hawaiian Luau party combined with a Hawiian music CD.
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Summary: Pleasently pleased to relax and Meditate.
Review: I have now watched H.D. (Hawaiian Dreams) in total or part for the 13th time. I still find it so well done. The entire production value is top notch. The sound is sensational, the waves and sunsets hot, there are even birds that fly along the beach.
I even loned the DVD to my mother who was recuperating from a hip replacement surgery. She was not recovering very well, two weeks after surgery. So I droped off the product hoping she would watch it, and relax a bit. She was very down about her slow recovery, losing interest in her Physical Therapy. She tells me the scenic sights have given her a new healing quality to get back on her feet and to give her P/T. a 100 % effort. I want to say thank you for such a possitive relaxzation product, that not only helps me to relax after dealing with hundreds of customers all day, but for giving my 72 years old mother a re-newed sence of healing and such a positive perspective. I recoment this Video to anyone young or old, and enjoy the waters, the sounds, the sunsets, and the nature as it is presented.
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Summary: Incredibly Relaxing & Realistic!
Review: I have several of the Waves videos on VHS and couldn't wait to see what the first DVD would look like. Simply Incredible! You can now see the grains of sand and the tiny ripples in the lapping waves. The improved resolution and contrast make it incredibly realistic. It's like the difference between a Beatle's record and the remasted CD. It's worth buying all over again. It looks and sounds like you're really sitting there on the beach, listening to the waves, watching the sunset, and feeling completly at ease... Best of all, it can loop continuously so I can let it run for hours... dreaming... I'm vacationing in a beautiful 5 star hotel. Try it, there's no other nature DVD like it!
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