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Kaleidescape Launches the M700 Disc Vault
Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 02:00 PM ETTags: Kaleidescape, Blu-ray Servers (all tags)
It stores and copies up to 320 discs at once to a compatible server.
Sure, it's not something everyone can afford, but Blu-ray servers are just plain cool. Being able to store your entire collection digitally and recall it at any time without having to go switch discs and whatnotis just incredible. Of course, there's still the issue of getting all those discs onto your server. For Kaleidescape users, the solution has arrived.
The M700 Disc Vault holds 320 discs at a time and copies them onto your system without requiring any work on your end. CDs import at 15 an hour, and DVDs at three an hour. You'll only be able to copy two Blu-rays an hour, so if you've got the full complement of 320 discs you can expect to be waiting a week or so for everything to be imported.
"The M700 Disc Vault is an elegant addition to our product family that makes it easy to import your content, provides a safe place to store your discs, and makes it quick and easy to retrieve any disc when you need it," says Kaleidescape founder Michael Malcom.
The M700 is available now at a price of $5,995.
Source: eCoustics
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Kaleidescape's Blu-ray Movie Server Now Shipping
Tue Dec 14, 2010 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Kaleidescape, Blu-ray Servers (all tags)
The server eliminates load times, and can give you Blu-ray access from any room in the house.
"Blu-ray offers the highest fidelity for my discerning clients, but if you thought watching a DVD was frustrating, just try a Blu-ray Disc." These are the sentiments of Jeff Cherun, owner of Teatro Custom Installation.
He's not bagging on the high definition picture and he's not downplaying the importance of great audio - he's talking about load times. "With the Kaleidescape System," he says, "you're enjoying any of your Blu-ray movies in seconds instead of minutes. My customers will never go back to an ordinary Blu-ray player."
That system, which has been unveiled piece by piece over the last year or so, is finally shipping in full. With the Kaleidescape system, you're able to back up your Blu-rays onto a server and play them back at your leisure in any room with a Kaleidescape player.
The Modular Disc Vault is the final piece of the puzzle. It allows you to import and store up to 100 discs at once. That's essential, since you'll still need the disc in the vault to play it - an anti piracy measure.
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Kaleidescape's 300-Disc Vault Gets Around the DRM Issue - Sort Of
Tue Aug 03, 2010 at 12:00 PM ETTags: Kaleidescape (all tags)
The addition of two disc vaults means you can finally stream Blu-rays in your house. And it only costs a couple grand!
Just imagine it. You're upstairs in your room and you want to watch a Blu-ray, but it's all the way downstairs. To add to the problem, you don't have a Blu-ray player in your room. If you've got an extra couple thousand dollars on hand, Kaleidescape can solve that for you.
Up until recently, their in-home streaming service was horribly inconvenient. Any time you wanted to watch a different disc, you had to go to the main player and switch the disc. It's a DRM thing – you can't play the video if the disc isn't there.
Thanks to their new Disc Vaults, you can pop your collection into the carousel and stream anywhere in the house. Assuming you have Kaleidescape players on each of those televisions.
Two different solutions will be released. The first is the Modular Disc Vault, which needs to be attached to a M300 player by a USB cable. You'll be shelling out around $1,500 for that. The Integrated Disk Vault simply requires a connection to your home network and will sell for "no more than $6,000."
Source: CE Pro
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Kaleidescape Intros Two New Server Based Blu-ray Players
Thu May 13, 2010 at 12:00 PM ETTags: Blu-ray Players, Kaleidescape (all tags)
But just because your Blu-rays are stored digitally doesn't mean you can ditch the disc.
Blu-ray servers are a really cool idea, but they're just not practical for most users yet. The Kaleidescape servers and players are no exception. They seem interesting enough, but the price and limitations really call the whole thing into question.
The Kaleidescape M300 and M500 can both play back Blu-ray content from a Kaleidescape server. The movies stream at 1080p, 24 frames per second, and with bitstream pass-through Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
On the downside, you've got to have the appropriate Blu-ray disc in your player in order to do this. It's a bow to studios, who are concerned about piracy. So while the idea of a centralized storage area for movies is cool, it doesn't actually change the viewing experience in any fundamental way.
The folks at Kaleidescape are working on it though. They're developing a multi-disc loader that should change things up a bit. Until then, you can pick up the M300 and the Blu-ray copying M500 for $2,495 and $3,995 respectively.
Source: Kaleidescape
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