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We continue our gCaptain gift guide with Planet Earth DVD Series. This series by the BBC is simply amazing and looks stunning on a plasma TV. For those not familiar the show is appropriately called “the definitive look at the diversity of our planet”. The clip above is shown in the first of 11 hour long episodes titled “From Pole to Pole” and is followed by an equally impressive look at storm systems growing offshore. Mariners will also want to check out episode 9 “Shallow Seas” and the grand finally, episode 11 titled “Ocean Deep”.

Want to splurge on yourself or loved one this Christmas? Buy Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life Special Collector’s Edition or the complete series on HD-DVD (just make sure you have an HD-DVD player).

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Over the next few weeks we are going to be sharing gift ideas. So if you have a loved on who is a Captain, Mate, Engineer or just a boater sailing the ocean keep an eye on our new Gifts Section.

Our first pick is a device that has made my life at sea significantly more enjoyable, the Tivo DVD Burner. Sure you could buy a video ipod which we also highly recommend but nothing is better than having a device connected to your TV, downloading TV shows for FREE.

The best part is how easy this unit is to use. It hooks up and operates just like a normal TIVO allowing you to pause and record live TV but insert a blank DVD-R/RW and it burns your shows to a disk he can take with him to work.

Bonus features:

• The Burned DVD’s work on any DVD play.
• The unit can record and burn movies from HBO, Starz…
• If your tivo runs out of space simply burn the extra shows to DVD and keep them for later.
• Select the option “Season Pass” and tivo will record the entire season of your show to disc. Perfect for catching up on series while you were away at sea.
• DVD’s are cheap to mail. Send your the burned DVD’s to his ship’s agent at the next port of call and we promise he will be the most popular guy on movie night.
• The unit also lets you transfer and burn movies from your old camcorder to DVD.

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