Another Kaleidescape thread - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

BLMN · 08-27-2025, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 4K fanatic

Kaleidoscope inc. Uncompressed lossless 4K media purchases. As good as cinemas get. Start your own home theatre. Hardware costs a lot but hopefully comes down if they scale. 80-150GB. 65-100+mbps 6mbps loseless audio.

https://www.kaleidescape.com/movie-s...reckoning-2025

Welcome true Cinefiles with cash to burn

wrong x2.

Mariah007 · 08-27-2025, 07:42 PM

Here ya go! Now close this stupid thread!

JRcanReid · 08-27-2025, 07:46 PM

They don't have The Devils (1971-Ken Russell), or Vanishing Point (1972) or Sleuth (1972), The Last Seduction, The Sweet Hereafter, The Osterman Weekend, Hombre (1967), Eat My Dust!, Race With the Devil (1975), The Fury (1978), The Quiet Earth (1985), Amityville II: The Possession, Unlawful Entry (1992), The Ipcress File, or Dogma. Please advise.

HD Goofnut · 08-27-2025, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4K fanatic

Kaleidoscope inc. Uncompressed lossless 4K media purchases. As good as cinemas get. Start your own home theatre. Hardware costs a lot but hopefully comes down if they scale. 80-150GB. 65-100+mbps 6mbps loseless audio.

https://www.kaleidescape.com/movie-s...reckoning-2025

Welcome true Cinefiles with cash to burn

traths · 08-27-2025, 07:55 PM

Another fear mongering thread.

Gacivory · 08-27-2025, 07:59 PM

Should call 4K physical media Sean Bean with the amount of times it’s been proclaimed dead!

Sugar Bear · 08-27-2025, 08:07 PM

Nope, the selection is a joke. Almost no arthouse or indie.

JRcanReid · 08-27-2025, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar Bear

Nope, the selection is a joke. Almost no arthouse or indie.

I don't know what you're expecting for $90,000!

Robert George · 08-27-2025, 08:31 PM

C'mon. This isn't actually a thread is it? Blu-ray.com? Geeks-Are-Us for movies?

Sure, Kaleidescape is a thing, has been for years. But why?

Cheapest 4K player is 3 grand. 96 TB server is 30 grand(!). Really?

Dune HD Pro 8K Plus media player is $299. Best Buy has a Seagate 26 TB drive for $250 right now. Amazon sells a 4-bay HDD enclosure for under $110. Quick math, 104 TB storage and a box that plays full rips of 4K, Blu-ray and DVD, 4K MKV, and lots of other stuff under $1500.

30 grand buys a shitload of discs to put on those 100 terabytes.

I'll leave the unsaid bits unsaid.

C'mon. I thought you guys were smart.

Fjodor2000 · 08-27-2025, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4K fanatic

Kaleidoscope inc. Uncompressed lossless 4K media purchases. As good as cinemas get. Start your own home theatre. Hardware costs a lot but hopefully comes down if they scale. 80-150GB. 65-100+mbps 6mbps loseless audio.

https://www.kaleidescape.com/movie-s...reckoning-2025

Welcome true Cinefiles with cash to burn

There is no way it’s lossless video if ”only” 80-150 GB. It’ll be compressed just like e.g. 4K BD. Better than regular streaming, but not lossless.

PNguyen · 08-27-2025, 08:47 PM

Digital media can't replace packaging, some people collect for packaging over watching movies. There's a reason one clicks are so popular.

MuffinMcFluffin · 08-27-2025, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LPMA

Why are you using Cinema Smooth though? If there's one thing that'll mess with framerates/display, it's that.

Did you just read what I said Cinema Smooth does on my TV? It enables 24 FPS playback.

Don't assume that just because "Smooth" is in the phrasing it means SOE. That feature on my TV is called Motion Judder Canceling (which is off, by the way).

If I want what I'm looking for, CS needs to be on. It is disabled when I stream. Digital purchases? Unsure.

bhampton · 08-27-2025, 08:59 PM

Just ordered this one

Bring Her Back

Looking forward to The Descent soon from Lionsgate Limited.

I will get to 1000 UHD BDs this year .... I'm buying them like they are going out of style which they are actually not.

Kaliedescape will be an option someday if they don't go out of business (again like they did in 2016).

‘My prayer is there comes a buyer out of this,’ says Kaleidescape CEO Cheena Srinivasan, as iconic maker of home automation-friendly movie players runs out of money.

https://www.cepro.com/news/kaleidesc...inivasan/1491/

unsung122212 · 08-27-2025, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Tok

Kaleidescape- a box with about a 1000% markup relative to its capabilities and storage capacity of other systems. Their entry level box isn’t even 4K capable. Add another $1k to the price if you want 4K. If Apple ever decides to deliver higher quality downloads with lossless audio K-scape’s market is gone overnight

Unfortunately it’s up to the studios on the download part, not Apple. They don’t allow the digital retailers to let people download the 4K files, only HD. It would be nice if studios made digital copies available to download the same files they have on discs. Unfortunately they only put those digital copies on discs.

Kyle15 · 08-27-2025, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mariah007

Here ya go! Now close this stupid thread!

I can't believe you posted a Shmorky gif in the year of our lord 2025. The world is healing.

Jackie Scanlon · 08-27-2025, 10:17 PM

I don't even know what the OP is going on about.

Watershipdownisgood · 08-27-2025, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by traths

Another fear mongering thread.

I despise fear mongering threads so much they're annoying, and make Collector's like us look like idiots even though they're the actual idiots every single time. Trying to cause panic every time with threads like this.

nicwood · 08-27-2025, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4K fanatic

Kaleidoscope inc. Uncompressed lossless 4K media purchases. As good as cinemas get. Start your own home theatre. Hardware costs a lot but hopefully comes down if they scale. 80-150GB. 65-100+mbps 6mbps loseless audio.

https://www.kaleidescape.com/movie-s...reckoning-2025

Welcome true Cinefiles with cash to burn

Yeah, sure. I see better detail on the Ballerina 4K Blu-ray here: https://slow.pics/c/GVEf5myJ.

drb999 · 08-28-2025, 04:01 AM

I zoned out from all the tech jargon. Yawn.

David M · 08-28-2025, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 4K fanatic

Uncompressed lossless

Which?

08-27-2025, 07:46 PM	#23
JRcanReid Special Member Member since:Apr 2023 Location:Quincy, MA USA 4K collection:657 Blu-ray collection:1106 DVD collection:69	They don't have The Devils (1971-Ken Russell), or Vanishing Point (1972) or Sleuth (1972), The Last Seduction, The Sweet Hereafter, The Osterman Weekend, Hombre (1967), Eat My Dust!, Race With the Devil (1975), The Fury (1978), The Quiet Earth (1985), Amityville II: The Possession, Unlawful Entry (1992), The Ipcress File, or Dogma. Please advise. Last edited by JRcanReid; 08-27-2025 at 07:58 PM.

08-27-2025, 08:59 PM	#33
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Just ordered this one Bring Her Back Looking forward to The Descent soon from Lionsgate Limited. I will get to 1000 UHD BDs this year .... I'm buying them like they are going out of style which they are actually not. Kaliedescape will be an option someday if they don't go out of business (again like they did in 2016). ‘My prayer is there comes a buyer out of this,’ says Kaleidescape CEO Cheena Srinivasan, as iconic maker of home automation-friendly movie players runs out of money. https://www.cepro.com/news/kaleidesc...inivasan/1491/ Last edited by bhampton; 08-27-2025 at 09:06 PM.

08-27-2025, 07:42 PM	#22
Mariah007 Banned Member since:Nov 2023 Location:California	Here ya go! Now close this stupid thread!

08-27-2025, 07:55 PM	#25
traths Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Minnesota 4K collection:252 Blu-ray collection:1040 DVD collection:53 Trading Score:2	Another fear mongering thread.

08-27-2025, 07:59 PM	#26
Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1121 Blu-ray collection:5611 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	Should call 4K physical media Sean Bean with the amount of times it’s been proclaimed dead!

08-27-2025, 08:07 PM	#27
Sugar Bear Senior Member Member since:Oct 2023 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:402 Prime collection:1	Nope, the selection is a joke. Almost no arthouse or indie.

08-27-2025, 08:31 PM	#29
Robert George Special Member Member since:May 2010 Trading Score:2	C'mon. This isn't actually a thread is it? Blu-ray.com? Geeks-Are-Us for movies? Sure, Kaleidescape is a thing, has been for years. But why? Cheapest 4K player is 3 grand. 96 TB server is 30 grand(!). Really? Dune HD Pro 8K Plus media player is $299. Best Buy has a Seagate 26 TB drive for $250 right now. Amazon sells a 4-bay HDD enclosure for under $110. Quick math, 104 TB storage and a box that plays full rips of 4K, Blu-ray and DVD, 4K MKV, and lots of other stuff under $1500. 30 grand buys a shitload of discs to put on those 100 terabytes. I'll leave the unsaid bits unsaid. C'mon. I thought you guys were smart.

08-27-2025, 08:47 PM	#31
PNguyen Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2016 Trading Score:16	Digital media can't replace packaging, some people collect for packaging over watching movies. There's a reason one clicks are so popular.

08-27-2025, 10:17 PM	#36
Jackie Scanlon Power Member Member since:Oct 2019 Location:UK 4K collection:186 Blu-ray collection:883 DVD collection:574	I don't even know what the OP is going on about.

08-28-2025, 04:01 AM	#39
drb999 Blu-ray King Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Outer Space 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:706 DVD collection:57 MA collection:6 Digital collection:75 iTunes collection:1 Prime collection:1	I zoned out from all the tech jargon. Yawn.

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