Comparing everything to Band of Brothers seems unfair. In my view that was a ground-breaking series.
I can't put The Pacific in the same category. BUT...
I read Ambrose's book before seeing Band of Brothers.
I saw The Pacific before reading Leckie's book. Or, Sledge's. When I watched it the second time I enjoyed it a little more.
I looked this one up: $90 for the hardback, about $20 for Kindle. I reserved a digital copy from CCPL yesterday. We'll see how good of a read it is in the next couple of weeks.