Movie and Music Servers
Kaleidescape Movie Server
As your movie collection grows, storing and then finding DVDs becomes an increasing headache.
A movie server stores all your films so you can watch them anywhere in your home. The Kaleidecape movie server makes it very easy to choose a film and is extremely reliable.
New to Kaleidescape for 2010 is the ability to play and store Blu-ray movies. The new M-Class players can play Blu-rays directly from the disc. They incorporate Kaleidescape's 'straight to movie' feature by passing all the adverts, trailers and slow menu systems. You are also able to import the Blu-ray onto your server. In order to playback the movie for legal reasons the Blu-ray has to be physically present on the system (although playback is from the hard drive). Later in the year Kaleidescape will introduce an importer/vault system which will not only automatically import multiple Blu-rays into the system it will also physically store them, satisfying the legal requirements.
Kaleidescape also a mini system which is the ideal entry into the world of movie servers. Fully compatible with the existing range of products this 'all-in-one' solution can store between 75 and 225 DVDs. Prices start from £6,675+VAT.
All your Movies are stored on a central hard drive. All the media is stored on the system is at its original quality, so there is no compression or loss of quality. The system can be expanded as your movie collection grows.
Your movies can be displayed on-screen alphabetically, by director, actor, release year, rating or running time. Alternatively you can browse through your cover art. If you are not sure what you want to watch you can select a cover and the system will find you similar movies.
Because of the unique database employed by the system when you select a movie it can take you start of the feature, by-passing the menus, warnings adverts and other features. If you wish to view the extras they are still available on the system.
Loading a movie onto the system is as easy as putting a DVD into a DVD player. By inserting a DVD into the movie player it is automatically imported.
The Kaleidescape system already knows about most DVDs on release and provides cover art, synopsis, and details of the actors and director. Updates are regularly automatically retrieved via the Internet. If a DVD is not found on the database Kaleidescape will add this to the database if you type in the barcode from the DVD.
Your content can be password protected so when the kids access the system they are only presented with movies rated 12 and under.
The Kaleidescape players offer full 1080p video upscaling to produce the best possible video images from your DVD collection as well as full HD Blu-ray playback. A mini-player can also be installed directly behind a flat screen which enables a player to be installed in a room but out of view.
The Kaleidescape system also works equally well for music. It is particularly good at categorising classical music and jazz where you may want to search for music by a particular performer, orchestra or conductor. The system automatically loads extensive notes on each piece of music that you store. As the music is stored in original quality there is no compression or loss of quality.
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Music only servers
If you are music fan you are likely to have an ever expanding collection of CDs. As well as providing storage headache, beyond a certain point it is near impossible to find the CD you want.
Virtually every system we install has some form of music server facility. This may be as simple as playing your iPod in any room in the home. You might also want to share and playback music from your iTunes library. We can ensure you have sufficient secure storage for this. For those who are serious about their music we offer systems which offer uncompressed acurate storage and playback of their music collection.
There are many different ways in which this can be achieved. The best solution will depend if you have currently transferred any music to a digital format, and whether you want to use a computer or a standalone device for importing your music. We are happy to discuss your requirements.
