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Recent content by JWort93

  1. J

    Excel Access to ALL movies (downloaded and not downloaded)

    It's not perfect, but what I did, is went to the Kaleidescape store online, then the My Movies section, and clicked the download all button, and then selected the movie titles in the pop-up overlay and copied them into excel. Had to do a bit of formatting, but they did paste as separate rows in...
  2. J

    Friday Night Lights TV series (in SD only?)

    Ah interesting! Wasn’t aware they had an issue with multi-channel encodes, can’t say I’ve noticed that with FNL, but I’m really curious how they mess some of them up like that lol. Good to know though, thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. J

    Friday Night Lights TV series (in SD only?)

    Just curious, why do you think the audio quality would be worse? SD download digital audio on K is lossy as well. It’s most likely the exact same encode as the DVD/what K has on the store audio wise. I own the FNL blu-rays, and it’s definitely grainy due to the 16mm, but still a noticeable...
  4. J

    New Kaleidescape Remote

    Worst comes to worst, you could buy one on Best Buy's US website, and use a package forwarder (or someone you know in the US) to get it sent to you in the UK. They're only $40 there: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/kaleidescape-strato-remote-control-black-silver/6552935.p?skuId=6552935
  5. J

    SOLD: Strato 6TB w/ Rack Mount

    Selling my 6TB Strato Unit. It's the original 2U model, no warranty remaining. In perfect cosmetic and functional condition, and has been factory reset and ready for setup. Ships in original Kaleidescape packaging. Includes: Strato 6TB Power Supply Brand New Unused Remote Rack Mount Original...
  6. J

    US BR & 4K Releases for November & December 2023

    Just curious, when you see the not pure black secondary masking, is it in the UHD version, or the HDR version?
  7. J

    New Zappiti Program Request

    LOL. I had a feeling it was gonna be something like this. Fold and then relaunch under a different name with the same products. They always felt super scummy to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. J

    NEWS: Bad news from Zappiti?

    I was saying Zidoo doesn’t, Zappiti did. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. J

    NEWS: Bad news from Zappiti?

    I don't see Zidoo having the same fate, for two reasons, they aren't providing any capabilities to do the ripping itself as far as I'm aware (which is where the legal issues come into play; the breaking of the DRM), and two they're China based, not US or Europe based. Given that Zidoo basically...
  10. J

    Difficulty Reading Movie Message

    Yeah, that doesn't seem like it would cause an issue unless you were streaming high bitrate files off of some other server to the Apple TVs at the same time as trying to watch a video. Given the 10Gbps SFP+ switch though, even that shouldn't really cause an issue unless somewhere in the chain...
  11. J

    Difficulty Reading Movie Message

    Hmm, yeah doesn't seem like it's a network issue, at least to my eyes from those results. Even the slowest speed on those tests is quite a bit more than the max bitrate of a movie on KScape of 100-120Mbps (41.9MiB/s = 351Mbps). I haven't had any issues even with my stratos connected through...
  12. J

    Difficulty Reading Movie Message

    There’s some text above those tables that lists the raw speeds that were found from component to component during the tests. Could you post those?
  13. J

    Barbie pre-order $45!

    iTunes standard max pricing is $19.99 for non-early release titles, so if you extrapolate that compared to the normal $34.99 pricing of Warner titles on K for the first year or so, the $15 premium that Barbie on K has over iTunes has matches perfectly with prior Warner pricing discrepancies on K...
  14. J

    US BR & 4K Releases for July & August 2023

    So what’s going on with Paramount? That’s 4 older library titles in a row coming to Kaleidescape in UHD only, that are available in HDR either on 4K blu-ray, or other digital retailers. Hope this trend doesn’t continue, and these titles missing HDR get updated to include it soon. Enter the...
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