6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book (David Ajala) and Adira (Blu del Barrio), must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy.
Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary WisemanSci-Fi | 100% |
Adventure | 73% |
Action | 50% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)
English SDH, French
Blu-ray Disc
Four-disc set (4 BDs)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Star Trek: Discovery has literally been all over the map during its three year run. Season One followed a protracted war between the Federation and the Klingons, a war ignited by the show's protagonist, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), while also diving into the famed "Mirror Universe." The show's Second season introduced Captain Pike, Spock, and the Enterprise into the Discovery timeline. Now, season three sees the intrepid crew hurtled about a millennia into the future where they find a vastly different universe, a Starfleet in shambles, and new possibilities for personal growth and group progress.
For the most part, Star Trek: Discovery - Season Three's 1080p transfer is a delight. Detail is often spectacular. Uniforms, ship interiors, hair, and Saru's skin and prosthetics boast high yield textural depth and efficiency. Human skin close-up are beautifully intimate and razor sharp. The picture integrates practical elements and digitally rendered supports with seamless blend. Color output is terrific. The blue uniforms, the gold and silver trim, the colorful digital readouts, blue Andorian and green Orion skin, and all sorts of tonal expressiveness leap off the screen in some way in most every scene. Whites are crisp and black levels are true. The image's big -- big -- problem comes in some serious banding that plagues the show on and off for the entire season run. Look at the 31:50 mark of the season's third episode for an example. But beyond that there's frequent, and thick and screen dominating, banding in space and in a Trill cave in the season's fourth episode. Look five minutes into "Terra Firma, Part 2" and most anywhere in "Su'Kal," an episode that is littered with the problem. Banding can be so bad as to cripple many shots, but when it's absent the picture teeters on perfection.
Discovery's third season beams onto Blu-ray with a solid, if not straightforward, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The presentation is certainly well capable in all areas. dialogue is clear, well prioritized, and center positioned; music is balanced and clear with wide front end berth and well defined surround fold; and action effects are nicely detailed and perfectly spaced around the soundstage. But it never really dominates. The track proves well defined and highly capable in delivering what is, mostly, a full service listen, but listeners might reasonably expect a little more kick and depth to blaster fire and a couple of concussive blasts (listen to episode one around the 29 minute mark) but there's plenty of zippy surround information at play, at least. There are some excellent standalone sound highlights here and there throughout the season, including swarming surround content during a torpedo barrage on a planet in episode eight, which in conjunction with panicked natural din delivers one of the highlight moments the track has to offer. Listeners will appreciate active surround information in "Su'Kal" as a creature sweeps and swoops through the rears, and through almost the entirety of the season's final episode which offers a barrage of Star Trek audio cues at near peak efficiency. The track doesn't step up in a big way; for the most part it settles into a place of comfort and well rounded excellence that serves the material well.
Star Trek: Discovery - Season Three includes extras on all four discs, though most of them appear on disc four. No DVD or digital copies are
included with purchase. This season does ship with a non-embossed slipcover.
Disc One:
Discovery's third season starts slow but gains momentum as it progresses, driving towards a handful of fantastic final episodes that are as moving as they are action-packed. It's exciting to see where the show goes in season four with a blank slate and boundless possibilities and potential. CBS/Paramount's Blu-ray delivers solid if sometimes chunky video, a good lossless soundtrack, and a fine assortment of extras. Recommended, and packaging enthusiasts should be on the lookout for the SteelBook packaging variant.
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