Just in time for First Contact Day on Wednesday, the four Star Trek: Next Generation movies have been newly rescanned and released in 4K Ultra High Definition. The films are being released today in a new boxed set edition as well as individual releases. This review covers the new boxed set.
The Movies
Seeing The Next Generation crew “graduate” to the silver screen, like The Original Series crew did before them, was a momentous occasion for a Trek fan in 1994. Generations didn’t quite live up to the hype, but it sure did look nice, showing just how great the Enterprise-D sets could appear with more cinematic lighting. The new 4K HDR transfer gives the moody Enterprise interiors a bit more room to breathe, and the harsh sunlight of Veridian III looks a little bit more natural than before.
The Enterprise-D bridge in the new 4K remaster
The Enterprise-D bridge in the 2009 HD version
The sophomore outing for the crew, First Contact was an instant success, setting a high bar for future Trek movies. The next film, Insurrection, is enjoyable in the spirit of an expanded episode of TNG, but not exactly blockbuster status. (Screenwriter Michael Piller’s Fade In: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection documents all the changes the plot went through to get to the average outing we ended up with.)
Geordi looks over Ba’ku with real eyes in the 4k restoration
Geordi looks over Ba’ku with real eyes in 2009 HD
First Contact and Insurrection were both directed by Jonathan Frakes with cinematographer Matthew Leonetti. Both films look great and both have similar gains in this new 4K transfer. Arguably, First Contact is the best-looking of the 4 films. Insurrection started to use more CGI, so it has a few softer or less convincing shots here and there. Where the two films really shine (pun intended) is in the natural lighting when our characters get off the ship. The new HDR dynamic range also helps with small things like the specular highlights from sweat beads in the hot and humid (39.1ºC) Borgified sections of the Enterprise-E.
The detail and gleam from the sweat elevate the feeling of being there to a new level
Picard and Borg Queen (2009)
After Insurrection didn’t reach the heights of First Contact, the future of the TNG film franchise was mulled over by Paramount leadership, stalling the cadence of Trek film releases. Eventually, Nemesis was released in 2002. The film desperately wanted to say something about roads not taken, age, mortality, and sacrifice for comrades, but it just didn’t land (for a number of reasons that are well-known to Trek fans). Sadly, this ended the TNG cast’s time on the silver screen. Nemesis comes to 4K looking as good as it ever has. The darkly lit throne room scenes are a bit better refined in HDR, but it’s not a massive difference. For those wondering, the dune buggy chase on Kolarus III is just as blown out as ever since that was an intentional style choice.
Captain Picard bids farewell to newly promoted Captain Riker in Nemesis (4K)
Captain Picard bids farewell to newly promoted Captain Riker in Nemesis (HD)
The Ultra HD Blu-ray set
The boxed set comes with a large 8-disc flipper case inside. The four Ultra HD Blu-ray versions of the movies are in the front half, and then in the back half are the four movies on standard HD Blu-ray discs. The Blu-ray discs are based on the same newly restored versions of the films, just in 1080p. The Ultra HD movies are also sold individually. And new versions of the 1080p Blu-ray movies are also available, sold individually, for those who haven’t made the leap to 4K/HDR.
Video Quality
The short version: These four movies look great. The wider color gamut of Ultra HD allows for richer colors; for example, the deep shades of the departmental colors in the uniforms. It’s especially noticeable in Generations, where the later season TNG uniform is still used. The films also benefit from a restrained HDR grade that helps retain details in the extremes (dark/light) of a scene.
Geordi and Data discuss Data’s emotion chip (2023)
Geordi and Data discuss Data’s emotion chip (2009)
Unlike the TOS movies, the TNG movies fared a bit better in their older 2009 versions. The older versions still leave quite a bit to desired, with too much grain reduction at times and certainly too much sharpening applied, which makes them look a bit too digital. Those versions might have looked pretty good in the early 2000s when they were first created, but as TVs have gotten larger and better quality, they’ve started to look pretty ragged. Thankfully, the new 4K scans of the original 35mm films freshen them up and make them as engaging as ever, with skin tones and skin texture looking noticeably more natural now.
| NOTE: The screenshots included in this article are down-converted from 4K and HDR, so they’re not a perfect representation—they may appear darker on your screen than they will when watching the movie on a proper HDR display—but still give a good idea of the subtle improvements that give these latest editions a more filmic quality. Staring at still frames of a motion picture isn’t exactly how a film is intended to be watched, so take these as a general demonstration of the changes. |
Data and the Borg Queen (2023)
Data and the Borg Queen (2009)
Audio Quality
The audio mixes are effectively the same excellent lossless 5.1 Dolby TrueHD mixes that were released with the previous Blu-rays; however, this time it’s presented in 7.1 format. I will say I’m slightly disappointed they didn’t remix the movies in Dolby Atmos, but that isn’t a deal-killer by any means. The mixes were great in 2009 and still sound great on a modern surround system.
Having a 5.1.4 Dolby Atmos system, I can attest that the audio tracks work very nicely via Dolby Surround Upmixer (DSU) to fill out a room (this is a technology to extrapolate Dolby Atmos-like sound from a traditional surround soundtrack). Doing a rewatch of the four films, I was quite engaged by both the video and audio.
Special Features
As is common practice, the Ultra HD Blu-ray discs have minimal special features to allow maximum space for the 4K video. The majority of the extras are found on the standard Blu-ray discs. This set carries over pretty much all of the special features from the 2009 versions of the movies, which in turn carried over most of the DVD features from before. I recommend you check out our review for more. (A full list of special features can be seen below)
There’s only one noteworthy feature missing: “The Captain’s Summit,” made for the original series 2009 boxed set and not released again. The summit included the Next Generation cast, so I had some small hope it might be included in this TNG boxed set. It’s understandable why “The Captain’s Summit” feature isn’t there, as it was a specially commissioned documentary that was included as a separate bonus disc, but it sure would be nice to make it available to people who don’t have the 2009 set.
Final thoughts
The four Next Gen movies have never looked better. For fans who enjoy these films and want to have them in the best possible format, this is a must-buy. Fans need to vote with their wallets. Releasing the movies only to digital is relatively easy and low cost for Paramount (the remastered First Contact has quietly been available in digital for a year now), but physical media requires time and effort since it is a physical product. Showing the studio that fans want Trek movies on physical media is important.
Streaming rights come and go and vary by region, so the only surefire way to collect these movies in 4K to keep as your own is on disc. And at least for the US version of the set, it comes with a code for a digital copy of each movie, so you can have your handy digital version while also showing your support for the disc format.
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Full list of features
Star Trek Generations 4K Ultra HD
- Commentary by director David Carson and Manny Coto
- Commentary by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
- Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
Star Trek Generations Blu-ray
- Commentary by director David Carson and Manny Coto
- Commentary by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
- Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- Library Computer
- Production
- Uniting Two Legends
- Stellar Cartography: Creating the Illusion
- Strange New Worlds: The Valley of Fire
- Scoring Trek
- Visual Effects
- Inside ILM: Models & Miniatures
- Crashing the Enterprise
- Scene Deconstruction
- Main Title Sequence
- The Nexus Ribbon
- Saucer Crash Sequence
- The Star Trek Universe
- A Tribute to Matt Jeffries
- The Enterprise Lineage
- Captain Picard’s Family Album
- Creating 24th Century Weapons
- Next Generation Designer Flashback Andrew Probert
- Stellar Cartography on Earth
- Brent Spiner – Data and Beyond Part 1
- Trek Roundtable: Generations
- Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 007: Trilithium
- Deleted Scenes
- Archives
- Trailers
Star Trek: First Contact 4K Ultra HD
- Commentary by director and actor Jonathan Frakes
- Commentary by screenplay writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
- Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
- Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
Star Trek: First Contact Blu-ray
- Commentary by director and actor Jonathan Frakes
- Commentary by screenplay writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
- Commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale
- Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- Library Computer
- Production
- Making First Contact
- The Art of First Contact
- The Story
- The Missile Silo
- The Deflector Dish
- From “A” to “E”
- Scene Deconstruction
- Borg Queen Assembly
- Escape Pod Launch
- Borg Queen’s Demise
- The Star Trek Universe
- Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute
- The Legacy of Zefram Cochrane
- First Contact: The Possibilities
- Industrial Light & Magic – The Next Generation
- Greetings from the International Space Station
- SpaceShipOne’s Historic Flight
- Brent Spiner – Data and Beyond Part 2
- Trek Roundtable: First Contact
- Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 008: Temporal Vortex
- The Borg Collective
- Unimatrix One
- The Queen
- Design Matrix
- Archives
- Trailers
Star Trek: Insurrection 4K Ultra HD
- Commentary by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
- Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
Star Trek: Insurrection Blu-ray
- Commentary by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
- Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- Library Computer
- Production
- It Takes a Village
- Location, Location, Location
- The Art of Insurrection
- Anatomy of a Stunt
- The Story
- Making Star Trek: Insurrection
- Director’s Notebook
- The Star Trek Universe
- Westmore’s Aliens
- Westmore’s Legacy
- Star Trek’s Beautiful Alien Women
- Marina Sirtis – The Counselor Is In
- Brent Spiner – Data and Beyond Part 3
- Trek Roundtable: Insurrection
- Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 009: The Origins of the Ba’ku and Son’a Conflict
- Creating the Illusion
- Shuttle Chase
- Drones
- Duck Blind
- Deleted Scenes
- Archives
- Advertising
Star Trek Nemesis 4K Ultra HD
- Commentary by director Stuart Baird
- Commentary by producer Rick Berman
- Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
Star Trek Nemesis Blu-ray
- Commentary by director Stuart Baird
- Commentary by producer Rick Berman
- Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- Library Computer
- Production
- Nemesis Revisited
- New Frontiers – Stuart Baird on Directing Nemesis
- Storyboarding the Action
- Red Alert! Shooting the Action of Nemesis
- Build and Rebuild
- Four-Wheeling in the Final Frontier
- Screen Test: Shinzon
- The Star Trek Universe
- A Star Trek Family’s Final Journey
- A Bold Vision of The Final Frontier
- The Enterprise E
- Reunion with The Rikers
- Today’s Tech Tomorrow’s Data
- Robot Hall of Fame
- Brent Spiner – Data and Beyond Part 4
- Trek Roundtable: Nemesis
- Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 010: Thalaron Radiation
- The Romulan Empire
- Romulan Lore
- Shinzon & the Viceroy
- Romulan Design
- The Romulan Senate
- The Scimitar
- Deleted Scenes
- Archives
- Trailers
More images
Captain Kirk in Generations (2023)
Captain Kirk in Generations (2009)
Picard pursues the Borg (2023)
Picard pursues the Borg (2009)
Riker and Geordi on Earth (2023)
Riker and Geordi on Earth (2009)
The landing party beams down to Ba’ku (2023)
The landing party beams down to Ba’ku (2009)
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Is it me, or are these 4K Shots a bit Darker then their HD counterparts? Is this some HDR thing?
I was wondering the same thing. The HD version looks better than the 4K shots.
NOTE: The screenshots included in this article are down-converted from 4K and HDR, so they’re not a perfect representation—they may appear darker on your screen than they will when watching the movie on a proper HDR display—but still give a good idea of the subtle improvements that give these latest editions a more filmic quality. Staring at still frames of a motion picture isn’t exactly how a film is intended to be watched, so take these as a general demonstration of the changes.
That note appeared after my Comment, so it’s all good
Ah! I didn’t catch the note.
Same here; thanks for clarifying :)
I agree and thought it was just me; the 2009 HD’s all look crisper and brighter than 2023, I don’t understand…
It’s like Star Trek :) They are so used to their Scanners and View Screens, that most forgotten to look outside the Window.
(aka Silent Run of the Normandy – Mass Effect)
That’s artificial sharpening. Look at the images full screen, there’s much more natural skin textures.
I own all of these already. Remaster Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and I’ll make it rain.
But according to this article things won’t happen unless everyone buys more physical media! Buy it all! Again and again!
some kind of Idol industry
no, “some kind of star trek”
Same here. How many times am I supposed to buy the same films, for God’s sake.
Nice to see Riker, as a character, getting his due on the promo art.
Alt TNG movies:
Generations – Tomorrows Enterprise (Ent D in 23rd Century)
First Contact
Insurrection – Into The Mirrorverse
Nemesis – The Resurrection of Khan
Not sure how these stills were grabbed, but the brightness levels look far too low in the new version examples. Hopefully that’s due to how they were obtained.
NOTE: The screenshots included in this article are down-converted from 4K and HDR, so they’re not a perfect representation—they may appear darker on your screen than they will when watching the movie on a proper HDR display—but still give a good idea of the subtle improvements that give these latest editions a more filmic quality. Staring at still frames of a motion picture isn’t exactly how a film is intended to be watched, so take these as a general demonstration of the changes.
I’m incredibly disappointed. I was expecting a dynamic new transfer that improved upon the original Blu ray release. Sure, there will obviously be greater resolution for the 4K, but these screen grabs look like a downgrade in terms of overall visual quality. Meh.
As the disclaimer says, these screenshots were made with an algorithm that adjusted the HDR for standard displays, it’s an art not a science, I targeted them for a bit brighter screen (200 nits) than it seems most people have, if you view it on a high quality display at higher brightness you can see they look just fine. I will re-do them at some point soon for 100 nits.
In person they look great.
Cool, good to know.
What about the included regular 1080p HD Blu-rays? I plan to get these, but although we do have a 4K display we don’t yet have a 4K player, and it may be a whole, during which time I’ll just be watching the “regular” 1080p Blus in these packages (where so many of the extras live anyway).
The same basic comments apply since they come from the same source. They look more natural/filmic and the color timing has been redone for the films, I think again, they look more natural, and in some cases a little warmer. Generations and First Contact are the most noticeable. In the older versions, Generations had a yellow cast to it, and First Contact was a little bit colder (bluer) in places.
I updated the images in the article, so you should be able to get a better idea of how the movies look now.
Super cool, but seriously; why are they all darker than the 2009 versions? WTHeck?
There’s a note right there in the article.
NOTE: The screenshots included in this article are down-converted from 4K and HDR, so they’re not a perfect representation—they may appear darker on your screen than they will when watching the movie on a proper HDR display—but still give a good idea of the subtle improvements that give these latest editions a more filmic quality. Staring at still frames of a motion picture isn’t exactly how a film is intended to be watched, so take these as a general demonstration of the changes.
Yes, I see; but, like, every commenter is asking the same question. :)
Have to admit the screen-captures aren’t doing a good job convincing me. They look softer and darker.
Got my set in the mail today. Nice sturdy case for them. Cover art could be better but the price was very good for digital/blu/4k combo for 4 movies. Now i have all 13 features in combo packs except for VI and TMP those weren’t offered. VI directors cut was 4K only, TMP directors only available in limited box set no standard combo was offered. You could get the 4K and blu separately now for what they should have offered a combo for in the first place but that isn’t my point.
I’ve bought each of these 3 times already – on VHS, then DVD, then Blu-Ray. Nemesis, 4 times (the initial bare-bones DVD edition, then the two disc special edition). I’m sure these will look better than the 2009 edition, but I can’t justify buying them again. (Yes, I bought the TOS movies on 4K – but there we got the remastered TMP, and Director’s cut of TWOK.) But I’ll be there for Picard Season 3 in 4K!
I will probably just buy First Contact.
If they stick the landing I’ll be picking up PIC s3 as well. Big time rewatch value, here.
I’ll get FC and Insurrection. I love those two films!
Cool. Interesting to see that Star Trek has actually been too dark since 1994!
Ha! Good one!
I’m never sure what to do with these kind of reviews. The 4K images always look worse than the 2009 editions and you give us a NOTE as to why that is. So what exactly are we to take from this? Why provide us with screen grabs if they don’t actually show us what we would see on screen? If you (Paramount) want us to vote with our wallets, this won’t achieve that to be honest, because based on this review, I don’t need this set.
You’re right — the images with the review are completely unhelpful. It would have been better not to include them at all.
The thing is, I picked it up earlier today and just finished watching “Generations. Trust me when I say that it looks an order of magnitude better than the previous blu-rays. This is as crisp and clear and beautiful as that film has ever looked, and I every reason to expect the other three will be just as remarkable.
The other thing is, when you have a good TV/home theatre system these days, it’s somewhat pointless to debate things like “It’s too dark” since TVs have so many customizable settings. Before-and-after pictures just aren’t that helpful when any person can make their TV display a film any way they want…
Count me as one of the people who doesn’t understand all the “It’s too dark” people, for what it’s worth. Those people obviously don’t have their TVs set up properly. Or even if they do, and they still legit just think it’s darker than they would prefer, it would be a simple matter to go in and bump up the brightness 10% or something.
Thanks for the reply. This was really helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts on the other 3 films once you’ve seen them.
Surely someone has these image descriptions the wrong way around??
7 episodes into (Picard season 3) darkness and everyone is like: “second one, second one, second one!”
“If people don’t buy these on disc, it sends the message that streaming-only is okay.”
Sir, respectfully, this is your own narrative.
Sometimes… if people don’t buy new released on disc… it’s more often because the releases are lazy, overpriced or do not add any specific extra value. ie: no Atmos remixes.
That last part is certainly true for me. I’ll buy any new updated edition IF it’s worth it (price, content, quality), but only then. You can only spend your money once (this might be a Dutch expression).
Also that whole “buy now to send the right message” is kinda consumerist. But then again, he didn’t say WHEN to buy it. ;) You could wait till the price goes down haha.
It goes beyond being consumerist. I enjoy reading reviews of new products, and unbiased recommendations are useful. That statement is not.
My biggest problem with physical media releases are the mind-boggling attempts that studios make to DARE me to not make future purchases…
I found that statement incredibly distasteful. Because 1) what if we think streaming-only is okay. 2) what if we just don’t want to buy these discs.
It might be fine for someone to say in the comment section, but for the site to peddle that message is bad form, and hardly any kind of journalism. At best it essentially paints those who don’t buy the discs as bad fans, and at worst, it comes across as a paid endorsement, and makes me wonder if they were told to push that message — or some “go buy this” message — in exchange for free copies.
We get it. You think streaming only is just fine, which you’ve said all over our comments any time a physical media release comes up. So then you’ve made your choice, and you’re voting with your wallet. Which is really what my point was, vote with your wallet. I encourage people to support physical media, and in the current business climate of physical media becoming a niche, this is what we’re going to get, and it’s not a bad upgrade for $18/movie that you own forever. You’ve made your choice. Now please move on.
“Showing the studio that fans want Trek movies on physical media is important…If people don’t buy these on disc, it sends the message that streaming-only is okay.”
I disagree with this (and I’m a big supporter of physical media). These need to be in 4K HDR anyway because that future-proofs them for streaming in the future when the public will prefer 4k HDR streaming (and the future bandwidth will support it for most homes/locations).
Besides, they’re not going to use the expensive physical methods to eventually upgrade DS9 and Voyager to 4K. Instead, they’re going to use AI/deep learning software remastering tools — once these tools mature in the next three to five years — to remaster them to 4K via software/AI.
That all being said, I’m still going to pick this up for my collection. I just don’t believe in this rationale that’s all
Yup. This does not look like a great product, so the message it sends if everyone buys it isn’t “they want high quality physical media,” it’s “wow, they’ll buy lackluster products.”
Every single one of the 2009 screencaps looks better to me. Hopefully the movies will look better to me in motion.
As the disclaimer says, these screenshots were made with an algorithm that adjusted the HDR for standard displays, it’s an art not a science, I targeted them for a bit brighter screen (200 nits) than it seems most people have, if you view it on a high quality display at higher brightness you can see they look just fine. I will re-do them at some point soon for 100 nits.
They look great in person.
Just don’t understand why they’re Not in Atmos, and the same for 2,3,4 and 5 when The Motion Picture is.
So I don’t think I’ll be buying. Pointless
I care more about the lack of original theatrical audio. It wasn’t a deal breaker i bought the 4K/blu set. But wish i could retire my DVD’s and Laserdiscs. I have no idea why all the studios now never include the original mix. Even Disney just released Cinderella in 4K its mono mix was left off, ridiculous. Its the original audio.
Surely it would be better to compare remastered blu ray to the older blu ray. Then you’d see the difference. I have the 4k remaster and in 4k her dolby vision is much brighter than these screenshot which do a dis service to the release.
I typically do Blu-ray to Blu-ray (apple to apples), this was an experiment with this review. I will re-do the screenshots at some point soon to better match the standard Blu-ray shots.
I found these screenshot comparisons perfect. I know the brightness will be different on my TV – it’s the detail and colour I’m interested in and these screenshots you provided show it all perfectly.
Thanks to your review I am very excited to own this box set once it is available in my country.
Thank you, that was my hope when I first posted the shots, but it became clear I needed to re-do them since people were really distracted by the brightness differences.
I haven’t seen any announcements for release dates in other countries, which is disappointing.
Not everyone understands how HDR and 4K generally works. It’s not easy to capture in a computer screenshot. The fact you got it as clear and useful as you did deserves applause in my book! You’re doing great work for us Trek (and physical media) fans.
I agree, too. Please do not take it wrong @Matt Wright.
The New 4K Update Pictures looks now more fuller then their HD Counterparts
Much more filmic and natural looking over the overly-sharpened 2009 versions, can’t wait to see them in person (minus Nemesis, the worst Trek movie)
Hard pass. Especially Generations which was a real missed opportunity.
TNG is great…. when done as a TOS movie era movie series!
Watched the 4K discs over the last couple of days, they are a MONUMENTAL upgrade over the excessively sharpened & DNR-laden 2009 Blu-rays.
(IMO) You must be half crazy (in the most innocent sense..) to pay those prices for what in essence is a product offering a different, but arguably marginal difference, in picture quality, no dolby atmos, and no new special features compared to the blu-ray 2009 edition. Paramount will not have worked especially hard with ‘remastering these’ because if they did, why wouldn’t they have upgraded the sound, and included at least one or two new features offering an up to date perspective on the film/s? These should be premium products but what are you actually paying for here? A somewhat different picture and that’s about it really.. seems extraordinarily expensive to me. But, if some find that worth it that’s OK. Maybe just a bit jealous I don’t have that sort of money to burn (lol).
I loved the lighting in Generations. The Bridge actually looked great dimly lit with the industrial lighting in the door alcoves… I also loved the warm orange from the Veridian star and wished more episodes considered how the external environment would effect the lighting in the ship. Overall, childhood fond memories made me love this movie no matter its faults (which I will agree is many)
Great review Matt. Lovin’ your work.
It’s not easy to capture 4K screenshots (most reviewers don’t bother) and so it’s been great to see comparisons that are helpful. The detail and colours are an incredible upgrade. Also, the 7.1 mix is a draw for me.
I was always going to buy this box set, but this review has convinced me to pay top dollar for it instead of waiting like I sometimes do with these things!
I agree with the review’s comment on physical media. I love streaming, and it definitely has its place, but I’ve lost access to so many films and TV shows too many times. If I love something (as I do with these films and TV shows) I’ll always get them on disc if I can. Also, if my internet goes down – I can keep on Trekkin’! ;)
LLAP :)
Are the included digital codes for upgraded versions of the movies on iTunes, or are the same releases? I already have the existing ones purchased, so don’t want to waste the codes.
The newer 4K versions of the TNG movies are on iTunes.
Typically (but not always) with digital purchases on iTunes you get access to the latest version of a movie. If you’ve already bought the TNG movies previously iTunes should offer up the newer version when you go back to it in the store. If the details say it’s available in 4K and Dolby Vision, you know it’s the new version.
A shame for Paramount these films aren’t worthy enough to do a Dolby Atmos 3D sound mix!
Rather disappointingly, there is less exposed frame on these 4K scans isn’t there? I’m watching Insurrection for instance, which had a geometric distortion corrected on the 2009 Blu-ray. By which I mean some shots the actors’ faces are heading towards an oval squashing. Coupled with the loss of picture at the edge of frame – cropping essentially – and I have to say there’s a difference here in the attention to detail applied to the original six films, and gleaning every last mm of picture information out of the frame.. that seems somewhat lacking in remastering First Contact, Insurrection and Nemesis. Generations is the best I think I’ve ever seen it, but that’s a small consolation.
Actually disregard my above post. Double checking – by playing the 2009 Blu-ray side-by-side with the UHD and I find no loss in the frame. There’s actually slightly more to either side of the picture.What I’m seeing might be just an effect of the over-sharpening on the old standard HD disc.