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To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the king's demise, Paramount issued a boxed set called "Elvis - 8 Movies DVD Collection" in August 2007.
Back in 2007 the dvd format still was the standard for home entertainment, but blu rays already were on their way to phase the older and inferior format out. Therefore it would have been nice, if Paramount had bothered to give the movies a proper hd-remastering and issue them on blu ray, too. But while I can understand their strategy from a monetary side, I don't know why Paramount failed to include "Loving You". It would have been great to have all of Presley's Paramount movies in a single set. For reviews of the accordant movies just tap on the dvd covers.
The video was remastered and exceeds the quality of previous releases. The colors are bright, but the picture discloses some wear and tear of the original negatives and everything doesn't look as sharp and detailed as on more current hd remasters of old movies. The newer incarnations of "King Creole" and "Blue Hawaii" win hands down.
The original soundtrack is available in a quite solid 5.1 mix, other languages (including German) are just available in mono. However, everything sounds well balanced and free of hiss or other distortions.
The video and audio quality is ok considering the source and age, but even in 2007 a proper hd scan / remastering would have looked much better. Besides that, there are no extras and the first movie Elvis made for Paramount is missing.
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