Lots of excellent comments about Kaleidescape quality. It is excellent!!! But there are some down sides which surprisingly you'll seldom see anywhere. But know this, despite these down sides, I love the Kaleidescape Strato S and immediately switched from a wall of discs to the incredible convenience and quality that you get from Kaleidescape products. Still, here are the down sides:
1. I have Blu-rays that are only available from the Kaleidescape in DVD quality. That was a shocker to me. There may be good reasons for that situation, but it surprised me.
2. If you already own lots of Blu-rays and DVD's, Kaleidescape has a way, called "Disc to Digital" to get discounted prices for movies that you already own, though that does not include any 4K movies. No discount on 4K movies. BUT, and this is a big but, you'll need one of their discontinued products to be able to demonstrate/prove that you already own the discs that you own. Sometimes you can borrow one of these discontinued products (known as, if memory serves, the Alto, the M-700, and the DVD-700) from this dealer or that, or maybe even from Kaleidescape if you play your cards right. I told one dealer, who initially told me that they didn't have access to one of those products to loan, that I needed a Terra server but that I'd only buy from a dealer who would loan me an Alto. Suddenly he was able to "find" an Alto for me to borrow!
The Alto catalogs each of your discs to where a discounted price, if available, will appear in your Movie Store. And please note that I'm told that it will likely take between 2 to 12 minutes for the Alto to catalog a disc once inserted. Multiply the number of movies you own times maybe 8 minutes to find out how long it'll take you to calalog all your movies.
3. A very sketchy rumor has it that Kaleidescape will reveal an 18 TB Strato S at Cedia in September, 2021. I bought the 12 TB and am almost out of room. If you plan on buying lots of movies, wait and buy the 18 TB Strato S. It would have been the perfect size for me.
4. Kaleidescape has a ton of movies to buy and rent. But they are lacking some movies that I love. I'll conclude with a list of movies that I have in my own disc collection, but that Kaleidescape doesn't carry at all. Mind you, if you have the money, you'll still want to own a Strato S and maybe a server as well. Don't make a decision not to buy just because a movie you like, Kaleidescape doesn't offer. Still, I like to know going in what the situation is, so here is a list of movies that I've noticed that Kaleidescape doesn't presently offer (if I've erred with a movie that actually is offered by Kaleidescape, hopefully others will correct me):
African Queen, The
All That Jazz
Another Woman
Anything Else
Apocalypto
April Fools, The
Bad Medicine
Bicycle Thieves, The
Blame It On Rio
Born In East L.A.
Broadway Danny Rose
‘Burbs, The
Catch 22
Clifford (Grodin)
Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Crash (1996)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Curse Of The Jade Scorpion
Deconstructing Harry
Doctor Detroit
Down Periscope
Edge Of Tomorrow, The
Electric Dreams
Elmer Gantry
Everyone Says I Love You
Fantastiks, The
Flight Of The Phoenix, The (Jimmy Stewart version)
Flower Drum Song
Get A Life (TV)
Grand Canyon
Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The
Hammer, The (2007-Corolla)
Hanky Panky
Hatty Tracy
Henry And June
Hopscotch
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Interiors
In The Cut
Jumping Jack Flash
Ladies Man, The
Last Resort, The (1986 Grodin)
Love Stinks
Man’s Favorite Sport
Melinda And Melinda
Mighty Aphrodite
Miss Sloane
Mr Hobbs Takes A Vacation
Name Of The Rose, The
Nanny Diaries, The
New Leaf, A
Night Of The Comet
Nobody’s Fool (1994 Newman)
Out-Of-Towners, The (1970 Lemon)
Outsourced (Movie-2006)
Paint Your Wagon
Paper Moon
Plaza Suite
Pretty Baby
Promises Promises
Pushing Tin
Reds (1981)
Revenge Of The Nerds
Rocketman (1997 Harland Williams)
Saving Silverman
September (1987 Woody Allen)
Serial
Shirley Valentine
Sleeper (1973 Woody Allen)
Small Time Crooks
Straw Dogs (1971 Hoffman)
Summer Lovers
Summer Rental
Thousand Clowns, A
To Sir With Love
Three Amigos, The (1986)
Videodrome
Volunteers
War Games
Woman In Red, The
Yellow Submarine, The
Young Frankenstein
Zelig