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NEWS: New "Cinema One" Server

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Kaleidescape announced the release of their new "Cinema One" movie server (that also has two independent music zones). Based on the Mini-System, the Server will come with all storage disks installed and will store approx. 225 DVD's (2500 CD's). It will also come with both the standard K-Remote and the Child's Remote. VERY easy to install, no more difficult than installing a typical DVD player. Most impressive is the cost, which K has managed to lower to $4,995!!:):cool:

To further support this new Cinema One, K has lowered the price of the 1080p Player to $1,995. This will allow for additional room support at a price point more in line with the system's initial cost. More details will follow.


Jim
 
From what I can see, the Cinema One server is really just a fully loaded Mini system with a new name and includes both the standard remote and the new child remote. The only real groundbreaking info I can see on that is the much lower price point.

I do wish they upped it to the new 1TB drives that are available in the 2.5" format but I don't know if they have drives that size that will pass Kaleidescape's internal durability/reliability testing.
 
How many Blu-Rays does this support? Sorry, I just can't remember the calculation right now...

I assume it does not read blurays? Could it play them if they were copied from a capable reader and present in an IDV somewhere?

But I assume it can work with an IDV or the M class players?
 
Mr.Poindexter said:
From what I can see, the Cinema One server is really just a fully loaded Mini system with a new name and includes both the standard remote and the new child remote. The only real groundbreaking info I can see on that is the much lower price point.

I do wish they upped it to the new 1TB drives that are available in the 2.5" format but I don't know if they have drives that size that will pass Kaleidescape's internal durability/reliability testing.
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That's correct Mike, it is the price that is noteworthy.

From what I've been told historically, you are also correct that larger drives that meet K's standards are not available. I assume that's still true.


Jim
 
iansilv said:
How many Blu-Rays does this support? Sorry, I just can't remember the calculation right now...

I assume it does not read blurays? Could it play them if they were copied from a capable reader and present in an IDV somewhere?

But I assume it can work with an IDV or the M class players?
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The Cinema One cannot play Blu-ray content even if it is imported. You *can* use M-class players to import BD content to the Cinema One and then play it back in any zone that has an M-class player.
 
Correct. I spoke with the Kaleidescape team today to get more information. This is the exact same hardware as the mini-system, with fully loaded drives, the two remotes, and a much lower price point.

I think it does bring the price own to a level that will attract more people to the brand, but was similarly disappointed that it didn't incorporate M-class playback technology. I think a single-system M-Class player would be quite attractive, but it's worth pointing out that it wouldn't store very many blu-ray discs given the limits of the disc slots in the mini-system chassis.

Kaleidescape's priorities were to get a product out with no hardware redesign that could come in at a much lower price point, and they definitely accomplished that. I think for some people this will be a very nice unit and, as has been pointed out, it can be extended with additional servers and players as ones needs grow or change.
 
Here's a blog I did on the new piece. Michael Malcolm has this comment about my post, "Cheena read your new blog at dinner tonight from his iPhone while Tom Barnett and I laughed and laughed. It’s the best article on Kaleidescape to date!" So, funny.

To answer the Blu-ray storage question, it would hold like 31 titles.

http://johnsciacca.webs.com/apps/bl...escape-slashes-the-price-retains-the-awesome-

Best,
John Sciacca
 
Hello All,


I am new to this forum and am currently not a K-scape owner. I have been lusting after the system for years and have several times thought hard about purchasing one... The problem has always been the cost of entry into even a base system... When Blue-ray came along, the problem seemed to even get worse. First off, the amount of storage required to store a given amount of movies goes up nearly an order of magnitude... The second issue was that there was no Blue-ray support until recently...

Well, it looks like at least the technical aspects of blue-ray support have been addressed with the concept of a vault. That being said, thanks to the copyright laws and the litigious nature of this country, I am guessing even that will be fought out in court. Time will tell how that bears out...

So, my real question is with the introduction of the Cinema-One product. There is not that much written about it yet, but I was wondering about its lack of support for Blue-ray. I am trying to decide if that is a bad thing or not in my particular situation, as I have perhaps 100 Blue-ray titles and maybe 300-400 DVDs... I was thinking that at the very least, it might have been nice if the Cinema-One would at least "play" Blue-rays if they were inserted into the disk tray... No need to store them (as 31 disk is just too few). But, it might just preclude the need to have a second player in the room where the player is... Any thoughts on that?



Matt
 
You are correct, currently there is no support for BR with the C1. I've sent a PM.

Jim
 
cinelife said:
You are correct, currently there is no support for BR with the C1. I've sent a PM.

Jim
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I have to qualify the above statement because it has been misinterpreted (my fault:eek:).

Although the C1, alone, does not support BR capability, it can be made BR capable (see Croptop's post above). However, there is not enough storage capability in a C1 to make this a cost effective storage solution).


Jim
 
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