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Viewers will take a trip into the heart of Africa, and become immersed in a spectacular world where wild animals seem so close you can touch them. Our guides on this adventure are sixth grader Jillian Palmer and her 10-year-old brother, Jack. …
Jillian’s Travels: Africa 3D features good 3D video but a rather flat and lifeless general picture quality. The image appears somewhat hazy and flat. Details often appear washed out and lifeless, evident from the beginning when audiences first meet Jack and Jillian in their tent. Faces appear pasty, and only basic definition is visible on clothes and the odds and ends around the makeshift sleeping quarters. Shots out in the field follow suit; there are a few downright blurry shots, some flat and unappealing, and some that are marvelously detailed. The image sometimes straightens up and yields some amazing HD footage of animals, presenting amazing textures on rough crocodile skin or great clarity evident on giraffe bodies. It’s too bad it’s not more consistent, because the good parts look great and the lesser shots are quite disappointing. Colors are rather flat, but then again much of the show is made of earthen, ordinary hues. When the screen is packed with pink flamingos, however, that pink color really pops. There’s no real banding or noise of which to speak; the transfer’s general attributes hold up adequately with moments of greatness. The 3D elements, however one-up the rest. …
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