So a couple thoughts here. By way of disclosure I have a single alto which I love and am looking to expand. Also while I can afford to generally buy what I want I don't spend frivolously (how I've gotten to the point where I can afford to buy what I want). Just looking at kscape and where they are and what I "see" as the coming future.
I'd completely buy into kscape's ecosystem if the following existed:
Apologies if this is a bit of a rant, I'd just love to see more kscape uptake and them as a company succeed on a massive level. I think there is a bit of a challenge catering to the price point they are in right now and their tech could easily create a real solid value story for the right audience which would ultimately lead to a far broader market.
There are other concerns I have as well but frankly I think they feed from the small market that kscape currently has. How motivated is a studio to work with them based on their customer base? Not very is my guess, when you scale to a far larger user base suddenly things get more interesting. The way forward to me is accessibility. If I could order another player when I added a TV outside for a newly remolded patio or just add a hard drive easily when I am running low on space and want to purchase more content (from kscape) I'd be married to their ecosystem. As of now, it's a bit of a harder sell.
I may be nuts, and honestly if so I hope someone tells me this is just my thinking on what would make sense for kscape to really blow up as a business.
I'd completely buy into kscape's ecosystem if the following existed:
- A way for me to add my own storage, this is something that is exceedingly straightforward to accomplish and numerous devices I own support nearly transparently. I understand there would be requirements for performance, etc. all of these things already exist. The fact is I can buy a high quality 8TB external USB3 drive for $250 or less and having to rely on an installer or overly marked up drives makes no sense to me
- A $1000 player that I could add to my system while adding my own storage. I'm completely bought into kscape and the benefits it provides but when looking at 4k players that are $130-$200 from competitors (yes streaming, yes lower quality, but 10x lower quality?...) it just gets difficult to justify. Again, I can accept a premium, not sure a 20-30x premium works for me though.
- The store on the player and that works well on a phone, I actually end up buying a lot of movies through VUDU or other stores because I can do it on my phone easily. Kscape completely misses out on the opportunity to sell movies to people who are just browsing to watch something on a Friday night. This is a revenue opportunity that I can't see why to ignore. *perhaps* even a stream now option which gives a lower quality but instant experience... again, a bit of an issue but perhaps doable.
- The ability to share scripts, user defined scenes, etc. with friends who own the same content. A potentially great way to encourage people to watch more and share more, which leads to more people buying more movies. It could even become a legal outlet for fan edits (which today live only in the piracy world).
Apologies if this is a bit of a rant, I'd just love to see more kscape uptake and them as a company succeed on a massive level. I think there is a bit of a challenge catering to the price point they are in right now and their tech could easily create a real solid value story for the right audience which would ultimately lead to a far broader market.
There are other concerns I have as well but frankly I think they feed from the small market that kscape currently has. How motivated is a studio to work with them based on their customer base? Not very is my guess, when you scale to a far larger user base suddenly things get more interesting. The way forward to me is accessibility. If I could order another player when I added a TV outside for a newly remolded patio or just add a hard drive easily when I am running low on space and want to purchase more content (from kscape) I'd be married to their ecosystem. As of now, it's a bit of a harder sell.
I may be nuts, and honestly if so I hope someone tells me this is just my thinking on what would make sense for kscape to really blow up as a business.