Paramount is working backwards through the entire series and released this disc three weeks before the debut of their winter Star Trek blockbuster on DVD, Insurrection . Overall, I wasn t that impressed with the visual quality. The master is getting old, so image detail and color saturation is weak.
Grain is noticeable on many shots, as are jaggies and image shifting.
For a particularly strong example of this last problem, watch the edges of the white Klingon subtitles closely. Black levels are even throughout the entire movie, however it is not the same shade of black as used for the widescreen bars. The movie is presented on a single layered disc. For audio, the soundtrack has been remastered from the original Dolby SR to a brand new Dolby Digital 5.1 version. The rear channels are used frequently throughout the movie, however it s very hard to find any discrete activity.