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12 Reviews
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The Kaleidescape Cinema One feels like a bridge product, but a very important one. It works to straddle the lines between physical media and downloaded content. While it is very close to being almost ideal, there are a few things holding it back...
Lightning fast access to discbased content. No compression = perfect picture. Whisperquiet operation. DVD rips in 20 minutes
Ridiculously expensive. Limited Bluray storage. No Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. Fourhour Bluray rips. Limited movie selection in Kaleidescape online store. Online store only accessible via PC or mobile
Published: 2014-07-17, Author: Robert , review by: about.com
Abstract: The Kaleidescape Cinema One is a unique home theater component. It is both a fully functional Blu-ray/DVD/CD player and a movie player/server that can store up to 100 imported or downloaded Blu-ray quality movies, 600 DVD quality movies, or 6,500 CDs. How...
Internal storage for up to 100 BDs, 600 DVDs, or 6,000 CDs, Bit-for-bit downloads of BDs and DVDs from Kaleidescape Store, System interface and operation unmatched by any other movie server
BD must be inserted to authorize playback, even if movie has been imported, Limited options for adding zones and storage
The Cinema One provides almost everything you'd want in a movie server. “Almost” not good enough? Pair it with the DV700 Disc Vault....
The Kaleidescape Cinema One feels like a bridge product, but a very important one. It works to straddle the lines between physical media and downloaded content. While it is very close to being almost ideal, there are a few things holding it back.Having to...
Rocksolid performance, best user experience in the business, and Bluray quality downloads
You need the disc vault to store your Blurays, the system is expensive, and the Kscape doesn't support HD music files (yet)
When you invest in Kaleidescape product like the Cinema One, you're investing less in the functionality than in the experience. As I've already said, you can get basic movie-server functionality through less-expensive means, but you'd be hard-pressed to f...
Published: 2013-10-04, Author: Lee , review by: arstechnica.com
Extremely easy to set up—no more complex than plugging in a DVD player, Plays movies without all the warnings and unskippable preview crap, Beautiful, easy interface, Stores hundreds of movies (via a 4TB "enterprise class" hard disk drive) in a form facto
Blu-ray discs have to be in the player—or in an extremely expensive add-on vault—to play, even after being ripped, No ability to stream movies outside of the box—they play on your physically connected TV only, Web interface has extremely limited functiona
Phenomenal user interface manages movie and music collections, 4TB storage holds 100 Blu-ray/600 DVD/6500 CDs, Download store offers true Blu-ray quality downloads, Near instantaneous access to movies and iconic “Scenes”, Rock solid reliability and perfor
Expensive, No RAID protection for storage, Ripped Blu-rays require disc-in-tray of use of DV700 Disc Vault, Doesn't support 3D titles
It's easy to dismiss the Cinema One as just an exceptionally expensive Blu-ray player. Which it is. But that's only a small part of its story. It's also easy to make claims of how much cheaper you could build your own movie server. Which – depending on ...
Abstract: This new device from Kaleidescape, however, does a fantastic job of bringing the home-cinema experience into the home proper. The Cinema One is a simple plug-in box that will store up to 600 DVDs or 100 Blu-ray Discs that you feed into it and replay to yo...
