Star Trek: Generations 4K UHD Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

Paramount keeps a thick, hard grain structure completely intact. The clean master helps keep this crisp, and the encode only shows brief spurts wherein it struggles. These can shave off the highest frequency information (look at Picard around 42:20), while the rest sustains a gorgeous peak.

Color is Star Trek: Generations best asset, whether the blues and greens from the various control displays, the red uniforms, or the attractively warmed flesh tones. Dolby Vision brings its own density, and it's spectacular.

Peak brightness is reserved for space anomalies, lasers, or other intense light source. The rest is appropriately reserved, mounting a strong consistency. Black levels produce dazzling, even brilliant shadows, draping the scenery in outstanding depth.

Audio

Brought into the 4K era with a widely spaced TrueHD 7.1 track, Enterprise interiors shake and hiss steam in every speaker, a great showcase that begins with rousing action. Directionality remains a constant, whether that's a warning beeping from the command deck or a voice just out of frame.

LFE will push a hearty rumble, thick and sustained, if down a notch from the best audio mixes. It's enough to get the point as the ships face explosions and catastrophes. Certainly, it's enough to rumble a theater room with a good jolt. The Enterprise crash landing does not, however, have the impact needed to sell the intended scale.