Kaleidescape to support Blu-ray; player coming in 2009!

[WickyWoo]

It's essentially a standalone system for ripping your discs into a media server
They fought a long court case, and won because their system re-encrypts the data and you can't get it back out

There is no way in hell that they'll be ripping Blus though

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

It's essentially a standalone system for ripping your discs into a media server
They fought a long court case, and won because their system re-encrypts the data and you can't get it back out

There is no way in hell that they'll be ripping Blus though

My understanding is that they don't intend to "rip" Blu-rays the way they do DVDs. They are essentially just going to provide an implementation of "managed copy" (via AACS) that would allow you to copy the movies to the Kaleidescape Server -- hence the note that "Kaleidescape is saying that it is "possible" that the studios will charge users a fee to copy a Blu-ray disc to their Kaleidescape server."

[blu-backer]

Damn, talk about ballar status.

[haushausman]

Very baller. I'm still eyeing up one of those built-in home stereo deals that Crutchfield always advertises. This is almost overkill to me. But very badass.

I'll be happy with about a dozen speakers and subs built in my walls and floors all linked to a zone stereo system.

[Anthony P]

cool

[unreal1080p]

--> http://www.cepro.com/article/kaleide...maybe_ripping/

[WickyWoo]

My understanding is that they don't intend to "rip" Blu-rays the way they do DVDs. They are essentially just going to provide an implementation of "managed copy" (via AACS) that would allow you to copy the movies to the Kaleidescape Server -- hence the note that "Kaleidescape is saying that it is "possible" that the studios will charge users a fee to copy a Blu-ray disc to their Kaleidescape server

That's not going to happen. Everyone I talk to is much more keen on dropping a gig or so on on iPod/PSP/PC friendly versions than ever enabling managed copy via AACS. They don't like the idea of any ripping in any form going on, and since 95%+ of ripping would be to PMP friendly formats, it serves that market well.

And it's horribly unlikely that they're going to be able to get around BD+, which will be becoming more common as the year goes on (more than just Fox).

So while I'm sure the studios would be happy to repurpose their Xbox Live "HD" encodes for download to Kaleidoscope, don't hold your breath on anything more.