steelman1991
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Haven't seen this posted here, but an interview with the CEO of Kaleidescape with "Youthman". Reckon there's a bit of poetic licence in the title mind you.
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Absolutely, that’s what I was alluding to with with the last comment. Tough gig as they say.Having also spent a great deal of time gathering interviews at CEDIA last week, it's not easy. Even the scheduled interviews that you've fully prepared for end up being rushed, trying to find a spot to film without being disturbed, making sure the audio is clean and clear, and knowing there's a line of folks waiting to talk to your interviewee. Even the most professional folks can be easily frazzled.
I did 16 interviews throughout the show, plus having to manage everything else the goes with them. It's not easy.
Precisely, hence my comment on the "poetic licence" lolThe actual issue to me is "HUGE news". There wasn't any. I'm pretty down on K overall for CEDIA this year. I have a video of my own coming on the subject and my take. There is credit where credit is due in that K really seemed to own the show, the women in tech event, and other good things are worth applauding. On the other hand though, we received virtually nothing in terms of news, surprises, announcements, or anything. Josh.ai is another marketing partnership and larger drives in the same Terra for more $$$$$ isn't news.
He also said the studios pretty much set the price. I haven’t played it back to get the exact quote but it was certainly that message.Tayloe says K doesn't make any money on the sale of content. Is that true? How are other ESTs, such as Vudu, making profits if they don't have hardware to sell? And Ks prices are higher than everyone else. Are the studios just ruthless with K and taking a higher percentage?
The CEO didn’t say they didn’t earn anything at all.K has to make a percentage off of store sales. Why would a company go through all the effort to run a store, make their own encoding of each new movie's mezzanine files, 'review every frame', 'fix problems' etc... just to make nothing from the deal?
Not that long ago it was implied that we should be supporting the store with full price purchases instead of using D2D discounts and UV rights (when that was still a thing) to increase the size of our libraries. Leveraging the latter too much was considered to be something approaching dishonest usage of K's resources.
Supporting the Kaleidescape Store
While I'm not looking to upset anyone here with these comments, I feel it's important enough a subject to voice it in the Forum. This is not a one-way blog, your comments matter as well, and being among other things a lawyer, I recognize that reasonable minds may differ. I'll say it plainly...www.kscapeowners.com
I talked to a long-term K Support person the other day, and brought it up with him. He said the current model for D2D is to go through your dealer to request an Alto for cataloguing your collection, as those are supported directly through K. They want to move to a full digital download model, so the chance they'll add a disc reader for 4K BD is close to 0.I own over 2000 physical disks (and still buying) and would benefit from the D2D program if I had an Alto player. I'm just waiting for K to come out with a Disc Reader. But if abandoning the D2D program will help the K movie store to help reduce movie prices, I'm all for it.
Thanks Simon. Since I bought my system at Best Buy and financed it for 2-years, I don't have a dealer.I talked to a long-term K Support person the other day, and brought it up with him. He said the current model for D2D is to go through your dealer to request an Alto for cataloguing your collection, as those are supported directly through K. They want to move to a full digital download model, so the chance they'll add a disc reader for 4K BD is close to 0.
Frankly, I would prefer an integration with MoviesAnywhere, where MA is used solely to establish ownership of any movie, and not (necessarily) where K-bought movies are then made available on MA platforms too, or where MA movies are made available for free on K. Happy to pay a nominal fee ($3-5) to upgrade to a K download. Pretty sure that would help a lot of people make the jump to the K platform.
Thanks Simon. Since I bought my system at Best Buy and financed it for 2-years, I don't have a dealer.
I too would be happy in converting movies from my VUDU catalog into K for a nominal fee. I have a huge catalog because I made sure to redeem all the movie codes even though I have never watch a single movie in my VUDU app. But I do share my account for family members outside my household.
But that's all wishful thinking. D2D or any alternative means of converting your movies will not benefit K financially. And I don't really want K to go out of business as I'm too invested already.