It is run by a group of enthusiastic Kaleidescape owners and dealers purely as a service to this community.
... but we strongly encourage you to register for a full account. There is no cost to register for a full account.
Thanks for your efforts to help new customers get their old movies that they own into the K eco system! i am new K owner and this option plus the new strato and terra offerings are what brought me to the K community! i used a loaner from my dealer but was aware of your efforts. strong community participation also attracted me to finally bite the bullet and spring for “the best system” without this and the K store for downloading i would not have purchased my system!!Sounds reasonable to me! I like the bar code idea. As you know we used a version of disc ID (UPC) when we were shopping for movies at local retailers to remind us what movies we already owned. A different process, but the system had some element of disc ID involved. The BR drive is also a reasonable solution.
I guess it would come down to man hours dedicated to creating the necessary support for those ideas, and the benefit to the company by creating the service.
Thanks for the post!
Jim
I decided to buy the Altos I use to help folks catalog, but K was (is) also providing some Altos for use by dealers to help clients catalog as well.
I realize the point being made is that there should be a better way to catalog, but what would that be? (Seriously) What process should be used to prove ownership of a disc to the satisfaction of the content owners (Studios, etc.)? You'd need a way to identify the content, verify ownership attached to a specific system, and add that data to a particular Store account. If not using a device (Alto, C1, Premiere system, Vault) how would that be done? What would be the financial burden on the company, versus the expected benefit, to create the process (this is just a reality check comment to keep the suggestions realistic)? Not being sarcastic here, if anyone has a realistic alternative that also makes financial sense from a business perspective, please share it.
Being the person that has been keeping up with a list of folks borrowing an Alto, and ensuring it gets to the next in line, and having lost a couple of Altos in the process, and receiving emails from some members that frankly have been a bit rude ("where's the Alto?" "I've been waiting on the list for several months. is it ever coming," etc.), if there's a better solution I'd like to hear it!
Jim
If they're using someone else's collection, as bad as that is, at least there's a real movie that has already been purchased as opposed to the buy and return method aided by using an App. I'm not opposed to an App, it's a great idea if it could actually prove ownership without assisting in fraud.
Jim