Star Trek: Nemesis 4K UHD Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

The first shot in Star Trek: Nemesis reveals banding, a rather tough start for this Dolby Vision master. For whatever reason, digital effects in Nemesis struggle in modern definition, even if Insurrection's transfer didn't suffer the same despite being an earlier production. Aliasing and softness mar nearly every digital composite, and even some all-digital.

Cinematography veers softer overall, appearing less like a fresh modern scan than a recent(ish) one. Grain suffers depredation from the encode that leaves chroma noise in places. This further erodes the finest textures, making this a struggle to eclipse the Blu-ray's HD presentation, at least in terms of raw definition.

Luckily, the Dolby Vision's boost to black levels - sensationally deep - and the by-design blown out contrast in spots works miracles to create the needed dimensionality. That's where Star Trek: Nemesis earns its value on UHD, and that's apparently quickly when the Enterprise crew drops to the planet surface for the first time.

Audio

As the most modern Star Trek in this box set, the TrueHD 7.1 mix benefits from modern era mixing the most, thick in deep, rumbling LFE, dead-on accurate channel separation, and satisfying dynamic range. The way ships pass the screen, their engines roaring and stereos/surrounds suggesting motion, is flawless. Any action scene earns a reference stamp whether in space or on the ground. Gunfire and lasers effortlessly fill the available channels. When the Enterprise's bridge window goes out, the rushing air sounds wholly convincing.

Explosions add their weight and power. There's never a moment where Star Trek: Nemesis disappoints when using the subwoofer, especially as two ships collide, selling the scale through bass alone.