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HDTV1080P · 09-10-2020, 05:22 AM

The Kaleidescape system is exactly the same picture and sound quality as 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. Lossless 11.1 DTS X and 11.1 Dolby Atmos is supported. The library of 4K Ultra HDR titles is larger then the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray titles offered for some movie categories, therefore is Kaleidescape winning the format war with a fancy menu interface and a massive 4K HDR selection with lossless audio?

One negative of the Kaleidescape system is that it does not support Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10+ at this time.

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“Kaleidescape supports HDR10 high dynamic range, but not Dolby Vision or HDR10+.”

“The advantage to Kaleidescape is that it offers a large range of titles that are only being offered for digital delivery in 4K/HDR— the last time I checked, there were almost 400 4K/HDR titles available in the Kaleidescape movie store that are not available on disc.”

“ Kaleidescape supports both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, with plenty of movies available in both formats. But there are titles lacking Dolby Atmos or DTS:X when the same movie can be found on disc or on other digital services with immersive audio. The specific movies I'm referring to are mostly from Universal and 20th Century Fox, although more Universal titles with Atmos were added during my review and I've heard that more are coming from Fox.”

https://www.soundandvision.com/conte...-player-review

Also since the Kaleidescape system uses download to a hard drive server instead of streaming, therefore it works with all slow Internet services located in extreme rural areas that offer only up to 14Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. Also for those consumers that have 10Gbps and 1Gbps fiber Internet the download speed of a 100GB 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray image will be much faster. More and more people in rural areas of Alaska and Hawaii are getting 1Gbps fiber internet service. There is a lot of 100Gbps fiber optical cables coming from California and connecting to Alaska and Hawaii. In fact, the entire east and west cost of the United States is connected to many countries around the world with 100Gbps fiber optic cable that is under the ocean. Check out these links

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

https://www.govtech.com/network/Unde...to-Hawaii.html

09-10-2020, 05:22 AM	#1
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	Kaleidescape Strato S 4K Ultra HD Movie Player Review link The Kaleidescape system is exactly the same picture and sound quality as 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. Lossless 11.1 DTS X and 11.1 Dolby Atmos is supported. The library of 4K Ultra HDR titles is larger then the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray titles offered for some movie categories, therefore is Kaleidescape winning the format war with a fancy menu interface and a massive 4K HDR selection with lossless audio? One negative of the Kaleidescape system is that it does not support Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10+ at this time. Select quotes “Kaleidescape supports HDR10 high dynamic range, but not Dolby Vision or HDR10+.” “The advantage to Kaleidescape is that it offers a large range of titles that are only being offered for digital delivery in 4K/HDR— the last time I checked, there were almost 400 4K/HDR titles available in the Kaleidescape movie store that are not available on disc.” “ Kaleidescape supports both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, with plenty of movies available in both formats. But there are titles lacking Dolby Atmos or DTS:X when the same movie can be found on disc or on other digital services with immersive audio. The specific movies I'm referring to are mostly from Universal and 20th Century Fox, although more Universal titles with Atmos were added during my review and I've heard that more are coming from Fox.” https://www.soundandvision.com/conte...-player-review Also since the Kaleidescape system uses download to a hard drive server instead of streaming, therefore it works with all slow Internet services located in extreme rural areas that offer only up to 14Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. Also for those consumers that have 10Gbps and 1Gbps fiber Internet the download speed of a 100GB 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray image will be much faster. More and more people in rural areas of Alaska and Hawaii are getting 1Gbps fiber internet service. There is a lot of 100Gbps fiber optical cables coming from California and connecting to Alaska and Hawaii. In fact, the entire east and west cost of the United States is connected to many countries around the world with 100Gbps fiber optic cable that is under the ocean. Check out these links https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://www.govtech.com/network/Unde...to-Hawaii.html Last edited by HDTV1080P; 09-10-2020 at 05:30 AM.