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Recent content by sipester

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    DVD CCA appeal "settled"?

    Compatibility with Dbox 4K upscaling for everything not 4K
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    NEWS: New Product: Cinema One

    By Meridian integration I think he was referring to the ability to decode the Dolby True HD/DTS HD and output as LPCM (like almost every other blu-ray player out there). There are several older, but still capable, processors that can'd to the decoding, so this is a limitation of the K* (and...
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    NEWS: New Product: Cinema One

    An interesting deal, but it would make a lot more sense if the C1 had dual 4TB drives rather than single drives. As it is now, with a single C1 the amount of space available for Blu-Rays in the DV700 equals: 100 (Total available space) less number of Blu-Ray downloads less 1/6 of DVD's...
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    NEWS: New Product: Cinema One

    What you have described is essentially a combined M700 and a 1U server, so not sure how combining those two would add a lot of value (especially if it undercut the price of buying those two items separately). Since they included Blu-Ray capability, it seems that to complete the product they...
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    Blu-ray quality downloads and UltraViolet

    515 HD titles so far By my count I see 515 HD titles, hopefully many more to come but I guess they have to start somewhere. I'm still surprised they haven't rolled out any disc delivery service as part of this. A 4TB drive filled with HD movies is going to get delivered a whole lot faster via...
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    NEWS: 4TB Drives Now Available

    Hmm, does look like they changed their math. Two guesses. 1. Perhaps the average amount of data on a Blu-Ray has gone down by their calculations, so they took this opportunity to tweak the formulas? 2. From a marketing perspective, it's now a lot easier to present as follows: 1U Server can...
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    Kaleidescape launches movie download store

    As a follow-up to this question, will K* offer the option to mail a hard drive with movies on it? Over the internet is great for a single title if you want to watch relatively soon (i.e., less than 1 hour if good internet connection), but a 3TB with Blu-Ray quality downloads can be mailed much...
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    Kaleidescape legal update

    New Federal Ruling on Copying DVD's I just saw this update at the federal level, will this have any impact on K? http://www.homemediamagazine.com/digital-copy/feds-deny-dvd-copying-exemption-28711
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    K download store

    Yes, it looks like H.265 is coming with double the compression of H.264, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding If K* can implement that, that would be huge to only require half the HD space for downloaded content.
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    K download store

    Uploading from K* One other thought (and I'm by no means an expert on this), but let's say that just 20 K* users are simulteanously downloading Blu-Ray's and the average download speed is 25mbs, will K* really have the ability to upload at 500mbs? I would think that they would need to heavily...
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    K download store

    Buy blu-ray titles on HD Since the bandwidth limits are likely going to be an issue for many in the near future, will K* offer an option to let you buy a hard drive with the blu-ray titles already loaded onto it? My guess is that in most cases, the time to mail a 3TB hard drive is likely...
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    Kaleidescape legal update

    I think that's a great idea! Mr. Malcolm doesn't strike me as the type to do something like this, but desperate times call for desparate measures. I would imagine the client list of K* is quite the list of "who's who" and now that they've experienced the K* system, I think they'd be rather...
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    Kaleidescape legal update

    It looks like they have 2 main options for plan B: 1. Build a disc vault for DVDs (but lots of issues with that plan) 2. Allow users to use own decrpytion key, such as AnyDVD. If they go with the second option, then they might as go all the way and eliminate the need for the Blu-Ray Vaults...
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    Kaleidescape back in court in May 2011?

    I'm not an attorney, but I think any statement from K* similar to what you propose could be construed as a sign to the DVD CCA that K* is willing to cave. So yes, perhaps they should state something publicy to get out in front of this, but I don't think it is in their best interest to plan for...
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    Kaleidescape back in court in May 2011?

    Not the outcome anyone was hoping for . . http://www.cepro.com/article/kaleidescape_vs_dvd_cca_judge_rules_against_movie_servers/
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