Others say...

"Great Dvd!"
I bought this dvd for myself and my mother. My mom lives in Houston and they have no fireplace in their house so I thought she'd like this....and she does! Now it's tradition in her house to have her "fireplace" on during the holiday months. I love it too when company is over....they all get a kick out of it. I'd recommend this as gift, it's great.

"More variety than VJ World "Fireplaces Fishtank & Lava" but lower quality"
"Fun View" is a DVD containing numerous short videos. The most realistic is a closeup of a blazing fireplace. It is about 2 1/2 minutes long before it loops, and has pretty good video and sound quality. There is a video of a goldfish against a white background with goofy "bloop bloop" sound effects for the audio tracks. There are a couple of oddballs, such as the video of the running microwave oven. The rest are all partially or completely computer generated, and some (such as the zooming starfield) are literally computer screensavers caught on video. They're all well done, but do look a little fake, especially on a large HDTV.

In contrast, the VJWorld "Fireplaces Fishtank & Lava" (FF&L) containing 5 short videos, each about 30 minutes long. They are closeups of a two fireplaces (classic and modern), a campfire, a saltwater aquarium, and a lava lamp. The fire and fishtank videos are excellent, in sharp focus and with good, realistic sound quality. There are many active fish in the aquarium, plus some coral and a shrimp. While the DVD is standard def (480i), everything looks pretty good on an HDTV with a quality upconverter in the TV or DVD player.

The "Fun View" and "FF&L" fireplaces are similar, and perhaps a little better on "FF&L", and the "FF&L" fireplaces are much longer before they loop. The "FF&L" aquarium is much better than the "Fun View" goldfish. Both discs have a lava lamp. (I'd have preferred a freshwater aquarium.) "FF&L" is a clear winner over "Fun View" in the "fireplaces and fish" department.

However, "Fun View" does have seasonal videos, such as a jack-o-lantern with lightning in the background and a New Year's Eve-style countdown clock. They might be useful to play as a sort of animated decoration for a party. For variety at the expense of quality, "Fun View" is a reasonable choice.

Since neither is terribly expensive, a third option is to simply get both.

"You will love this!"
This DVD is awesome, it is perfect for when you want to make a piece of "art" out of your big TV screen, my infant baby loves it too. You will only be happy you bought this! CHECK IT OUT!

"Nice Product"
While I think this was designed for party backgrounds and such, I found it fun to plug it in when I got to surfing too much with nothing on that I wanted to watch. Putting this on with the fireplace background made me pick up that book and actually read it. I liked all the other scenes too, quite a variety!

"Just as described"
Item was very nice. The different themes are great for the price. I actually purchased the DVD for the fireplace scene. I am glad that I didn't buy a DVD of the fireplace scenes only, because I now have the option for holiday scenes and such.

Great buy.