Jewel in the Palace / Dae Jung Geum (PMP Version Complete Series, All Zone, Good English Sub, Korean Drama)

We loved this series so much, we wanted to own it. Many of these historical Korean dramas are so exciting, it is hard to not want to watch them late into the night, just to get to a part you feel you can finally wait for and still get good sleep! The acting is amazing and the subtitles are okay, although we do notice some grammatical and incorrect word usage at times. It just makes it that much more fun, because you really feel connected with the Koreans.

The content first.The story is interesting, Knowing that it is based on a real person makes me wonder how it really was back then. Seeing Korea and learning a bit of it's culture is good to. I am watching it with my Korean girl friend who loves it. For me the style is a little simplistic but it is still watchable.The content is probably worth 3.5 stars ***** I have just finished watching the series now. I have increased my overall rating to 4 stars. I will now say that the story is worth 4.5 stars. I stand by my earlier comments, however I think that the story (and possibly the acting or I have gotten more used to the style)grow as the series proceeds. I really like shows that have a long story arc and this show has one that goes from start to finish. It has some very poignant moments.Next this editionThe outer case is fine, but the discs are just in CD type soft slip covers (very cheap and as soon as I saw this I was worried that this might be poor quaility).Fortunately the video does seem to be fine, however the production of the discs has been skimped on in a few annoying ways.A) there are no episode lists on each disc, just chapters. This makes it very annoying if you are returning to a disc part way through (there seems to be 4 chapters per episode).B) Poor quality subtitles. The translations are poor (maybe barely acceptable), the length of time they are on screen is ridiculously short most of the time and occasionally way to long and there are frequent miss spellings. This detracts from the whole experience quite noticably. With good subtitles, when you think back on the program the next day it should feel like the characters were speaking your language, but these subtitles make it feel like the characters were mute.C)The volume (especially of the disc production credits)is set very high compared to all other titles. Be prepared to get blasted as you start it.This edition is probably worth 2.5 stars.In summary, because of the poor production of the discs it takes quite an effort to watch, so make sure that you are ready to concentrate. However with practice it does get easier to deal with the bad subtitles. I can now say that I think the effort is worth it if you cannot get a better edition.Hope this helps

Jewel in the Palace / Dae Jung Geum (PMP Version Complete Series, All Zone, Good English Sub, Korean Drama)Lee Young Ah (Primary Contributor), Ji Jin Hee (Primary Contributor) | Format: DVD. I love this Korean Drama. It is very refreshing to view a historical piece that is done well and is entertaining in the process.

First disc won't play episodes 4-7 just stops, and won't play at all.

This DVD was a gift for someone. They absolutely loved it. The price was worth it. The item arrived to me intact and clean. The shipping was very fast. Thank you very much.

Very good story and plot

I enjoy Korean TV series, especially the historic ones. The story is excellent, but the translations disappear too quickly and I had to look at sequences a few times. I viewed it on the internet, and it was far better.

loved it