This is to a point substantiated by the professional industry site The Number, which has reported a combined US domestic sale of US$331.2 million for all physical home video formats of the three alternate reality films as of June 2020 (excepting the hereafter metioned 2019 release for which no figures were available yet at the time). As of 2019, the intended Blu-ray disc successor is still only appealing to the relatively small niche market of affluent "film buffs". And it is indeed almost the exact same variety of reasons – the replacement, and digital alternatives issues in particular – which had led to the even slower adoption of the 4K UHD disc format.
While the DVD had been a commercial break-out success from the moment it became widely available, its intended successor Blu-ray suffered from a much slower consumer acceptance for a wide variety of reasons (see main article). ĭespite initially being marketed as such on some retailer sites, such as (who later dispensed with the practise), the 4K UHD BD format no longer employs the geo-restricting region format of its Blu-ray predecessor, following HD DVD as the second home video format to forego geo-restriction since its introduction by the DVD format in the early 1990s. (see also: Remaster)Ī 4K UHD BD release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut) was planned, made possible as the film had already been remastered in 4K UHD resolution for the occasion of the film's 35th anniversary, which resulted in the 2016 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut) Blu-ray disc release – though it had to be downscaled to the 1080p resolution format for the underlying Blu-ray release.
The quick release on the format was due to the fact that these films – the first ones for Star Trek to be entirely produced digitally – were already shot at the high resolution standards required for their respective large screen theatrical releases.
Star Trek Beyond was released in 4K UHD on 1 November 2016. Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness were released in 4K UHD on 14 June 2016, five months after the home video disc format proper was introduced to the public. 4K Ultra H(igh)D(efinition) Blu-ray, or 4K UHD (BD), is a Blu-ray Disc format offering 4K HD 2160p resolution digital video and slated to become the successor of the 1080p resolution Blu-ray home video entertainment format.
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