We're pretty sure that many of you are not particularly crazy about the prospect of browsing through your Blu-ray movies collection in order to get to the one you feel like watching at a certain point in time, but the people of Kaleidescape have a very nice solution that will help you mitigate this issue, namely the Kaleidescape Blu-ray Movie Server.
So, the Kaleidescape System stores exact copies of Blu-ray Discs on its hard drives, while also enabling fast and easy access to it.
While the various components making up the
Kaleidescape System have been available on the market ever since May 2010 (we're talking about the M500 and M300 players here), the component that makes the Blu-ray Movie Server possible is the new Kaleidescape Modular Disc Vault.
Paired with a Kaleidescape M-Class player, the disc vault imports, houses, and organizes one's Blu-ray discs, the copies being stored on the server are then ready for instant playback.
With a capacity of 100 discs, the Modular Disc Vault simplifies ownership by automating the import process, while any number of Modular Disc Vaults may be added to a system, but each must be connected to its own M-Class player.
Furthermore, it's interesting to mention that any Kaleidescape System can be upgraded to be a Blu-ray movie server with the addition of an M-Class player and a Modular Disc Vault.
"The simplicity and elegance that we have achieved for watching
Blu-ray movies required significant hardware and software innovation, legal analysis and user interface design," said Michael Malcolm, Kaleidescape's founder, chairman and CEO.
"My family and I enjoy the freedom to jump to a favorite scene in a movie or to any song in a concert. For the first time, all of our Blu-ray movies are literally at our fingertips, at any screen in our home," added Mr. Malcolm.
The Modular Disc Vault is priced at $1,495 MSRP in the United States and Canada, and is available now, while the M500 Player and M300 Player are priced at $3,995 and $2,495 MSRP, respectively.