rbienstock
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What's this? Something newer than 2.1?Sonically, though, it is nowhere near the Sooloos (especially now that Meridian has awesome-sauced it).
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What's this? Something newer than 2.1?Sonically, though, it is nowhere near the Sooloos (especially now that Meridian has awesome-sauced it).
because it isn't going to get fixed until somebody sends in the discs.
I don't think there is some other database out there with a perfect hit/miss ratio, so the best course of action is to be part of the solution.
I agree and have also lent close to 1000 disks (CD / DVD / BluRay) as whilst feature films are usually recognised many UK TV series are not. My passion is more UK TV drama than Hollywood blockbusters as living outside the UK I miss that part of the UK. The loan service is free to use and helps everyones viewing experience and that can only be good for all K-scape system owners and users
... or kscape partners with someone who actually does a good job at music. Even if you don't get the artwork, you can get the tracks right. I've never put a CD into iTunes or Windows Media Player that wasn't recognized.
Heck, my wife put her Beyonce CD in her car, and even IT recognized it (the CD text thing). There's really no excuse to be that bad -- and I disagree, I think their hit rate has seriously gone way down.
If the "lending" process were simpler sure. By the time I request a box, get it, package my discs and send them in, and wait for the data to update I can just scan the image (or grab it from amazon) and enter the tracks.
It's not that I can't do it -- more like why SHOULD I with this supposedly-great system?
Plus, lending movies is a different matter (and more worthwhile) than music CDs (I have sent them movies, I don't see the point with CDs as pointed out above).
How many people use iTunes vs. how many use a Kaleidescape? You certainly have a different quantity of people inputting data there. That said, iTunes and WMP have some pretty good databases.
I am not really quoting what I "think" but my experience as a Kaleidescape owner for the last 7 years as well as a bulk loader for Kaleidescape systems. Perhaps your taste in music has gone more off the beaten path lately or you just happen to get a lot of music on the first day of release, I don't know.
What I do know is that my hit rate has gotten better and the "miss" rate for CD's has dropped by approximately 75% over the years.
You can just send them in without requesting a box and waiting for the box to come in. Just drop them in a box and UPS them in. I have lots of their shipping boxes and just keep them to send titles in whenever I have items that need to be bookmarked - generally when I bulk load a collection I will send in a box or several depending on the size of the collection.
CD's take very little time to input the data. I can't bookmark the films so those always get sent in. As far as why you should send it in, what makes the system great is how it performs when all the data is there. I suspect you have the feeling that since it is expensive, then they should have a perfect database yet if there is an error you don't want to help make it better. The only reason the other databases you like so much are good is because people contribute the data. If people all felt they don't have to contribute, we would have very few databases with much depth.
If you have a suggestion for a database that is better, tell them and see if they can partner with them or pay for access to the database.