The Best Virgin Island Beaches - The Best Bahamas Beaches: Waves - Virtual Vacations - Volumes 7-8

I bought this DVD along with Bora Bora, A Day in Paradise. If you are looking for something relaxing this is it. I was on the verge of emotional catastrophe before I bought these two DVDs, from too much TV, too much music, too much distressing noise and going for too long without a vacation (a budget issue). Sometime ago I went in search of some relaxation help. I found some budget DVDs by David Fortney. I own at least 6 of them, Majestic National Parks, Quiet Moods (very relaxing if you mute the music), Earth Flight, Desert Flight, Reflections (my favorite) and Visions of Light. These are great if you just want something awesome to look at, but honestly some of them put me on edge when I'd watch them in the evening. There is a lot of timelapsed photography, fast moving clouds, etc. Virgin Islands is totally different, there are just steady restful shots of some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. Virgin Gorda is my favorite as the ocean gently laps at the shore and the water is so crystal clear that you just want to sit down and let it wash over you. The scenes are simple and relaxing and there is no music, narration or any other intrusive noises to disturb your experience. There are subtitles at the bottom of the scene when it changes but it is only there for a few seconds. I understand that these have been removed on newer versions of other Virtual Vacations.Bora, Bora is the same, just quiet waves and waterfalls and the faint sounds of birds. The scenery in Bora Bora is beautiful as well and oh yes there is a faint thunder storm but it isn't disturbing. There are no subtitles to disturb your relaxation experience and the only complaint I have is that it isn't long enough. With these you can fall asleep without any problem. My sister is a Dental Assistant and her employer uses these in her practice. Her patients love them. If you can't relax after 15 minutes of one of these, then you are defintitely a type A personality. Voevodsky says he is thinking about doing one called Nature Walks. I hope he does. If you would be interested contact him at Powerfloe.com.I've played these DVDs nearly everyday since I purchased them. I'm now finding that I need some different scenery so I don't habituate. I've searched around but haven't found any that don't include music or some narration. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I need them. Thanks.

Having been to the Caribbean, there is just nothing like it for relaxing sounds and picturesque views that just take your mind away from the daily hustle and bustle of every day life. Just sitting in a chair in the family room, watching these DVDs (on a 50 inch screen is awesome), playing some steel drum music in the background and drinking something cool with a cocktail umbrella in it just soothes away the stress. I originally purchased these DVDs for a tropical themed party I was throwing, and had them playing on two t.v.'s upstairs and downstairs, it was very effective in creating the mood for the themed party! But we pop in the DVDs whenever we just want to unwind and chill from a hectic week. It is a virtual vacation, truly.

The Best Virgin Islands Beaches / WAVES: Virtual VacationsAn hours CD and video of some of the beautiful beaches of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Quiet and restful it captures some of the beauty of the Islands and the background sounds of the waves rolling onto the beach. Great to capture that feeling of inner peace and tranquility. As a regular visitor to the BVI's we have been to some of the bays and beaches and yes that is what they are really like!The producer has not tried to add complexity to the natural beauty on display and this makes a great background to those moments when you just want a quiet time and space in which to consider life's ups or downs!Don't expect sophistication or whizzy photographic tricks!

This could have been a great DVD but nearly every scene is underexposed. The beach, waves, and near shore water is okay but could be brighter. And I guess that is the important part. But the surrounding hills are always black and without any detail. The sky, when it should be bright blue is a dull dark blue to gray. I have three other nature DVDs: Australian Outback; Bora Bora: a day in Paradise; and Soothing Waters: Ore and Cal. All have very good to excellant video quality. On the plus side, this video has excellant audio. The scenery is great -- what can be seen. The individual scenes are long enough to give a feeling of being there. And the between scene graphics are brief and unobtrusive. The sunset scenes are the best exposed. I'll watch this again and again, but with sadness at what it could have been.

This is one of my favorite ways to relax and have company relax ! It has just absolutely soothing wave sounds and light music if desired. I've even had to purchase and give to others since they needed a way to catch a nap,etc. This is worth every penny you pay for it !!

I LOOOOVE this video. The quality of the images and the sound is simply amazing. I really feel like I am in the Virgin Islands when I watch it! I use it while I am walking on my treadmill and pretend I am walking on the beach. It makes my boring treadmill walk seem like paradise. I feel like I have stumbled onto a secret that the general public has not yet caught up to. These videos are truly "virtual vacations." So far, Virgin Island Beaches is my favorite! You won't be sorry!

This DVD is a nice idea- basically, they just planted a camera on a beach and you can sit and watch as if you were there- you watch the birds go by etc. But since they aren't really providing any content, you'd think they'd use the best camera they could find, but they didn't. The quality of the images is really bad- very 2-dimensional. It's very low resolution. Almost like a video that's been put onto a DVD. And the colors are flat and wrong-looking. The sound is fine- of the waves. Too bad the images aren't better.

I bought this DVD 5 years ago and still love it as much today as the first time I popped it in and played it. Great for relaxing with a book or getting a massage or meditating. Especially wonderful after a rough day and you need to be brought back to a calm and peaceful place.