The only way in my opinion kaleidoscope can kill 4k blu-ray is by drastically lowering it's machine price and movie purchase price. I'll keep buying my favorite and super low price good movies on 4k till then.
Kaleidescape is a non-starter to anyone who thinks for more than a handful of seconds. Trusting all your media to expensive digital licensing scheme is just plain dumb when blu-ray discs are easily accessible, resellable, and way less expensive.
You lost me at a "placid seen in a field" takes less data than a "crazy action scene with bullets". We are talking about playing a video file, not rendering graphics like a video game. The amount of movement or bullets in a scene does not determine the data rate needed. This isn't the first time I have heard Andre use this analogy. Faster moving scenes would make compression artifacts more visible though. Maybe that is what he's talking about? I would like to see real screenshots comparing the superior Kaleidescape image to the inferior 4K blurry. they can even be close up. Something other than bitrate and file size numbers because those numbers alone without showing the image difference don't really sell Kaleidescape to me.
Kaleidescape is much, much, much to expensive. The difference is nowhere near so great as to justify the price difference. I also like to have my own physical media in hand. In addition, I can look at different stores and pick out the offers. This video was more like an advertorial.
I totally agree. The ten thousand dollar difference between it and a blu-ray player is enough for me to say no way. I'll buy my discs and put them on all by myself and save an insane amount of money. I've heard them talk about 8k and that format needing larger storage area. I don't think it will make a night and day difference, unless you have a huge TV or projector screen. I'll keep buying my favorite 4k movies especially when on sale. Ten to twenty dollar 4k movies 🍿 anyone ❓☺️🤑
I doubt 8k will ever be mainstream. Companies are already dropping out of making 4k players. Kaleidescape or a future competitor is likely to be the only real place 8k could be viable but I doubt they do it either. Give it 10 or 15 years and Kaleidescape style players will be the mainstream for serious cinephiles.
My issue is the whole reason I collect physical media in the first place, having a movie sit in your collection being able to go up pick out that movie and put a disc in a player is an amazing feeling. Take a limited edition 4K box set for example the Texas chainsaw massacre, where you get a booklet, nice art work maybe so other goodies, bonus discs with documentaries. And over time you build a collection that you can then show to people and look through yourself. No one cares to look at a file, as far as your average Joe is concerned it looks like streaming, I collect 4K blu rays because I love physical media and this shall never compete with that feeling it’s soulless.
Thats similar to why people collect vinyl. And why I collect books. There are technically better ways to consume content... but if you like to collect then physical media will be the thing!
I wouldn't say better. I think physical media is a better way to consume content because it is something that you can always rely on. No need for having to worry if the internet is bad or goes down.
I know it helps with clicks and yada yada…..but DESTROYS is simply hyperbolic. Kscape is great. It’s a fantastic system. But I wish people didn’t try to insult our intelligence. Saying DESTROYS makes it sound like it’s a nigh and day difference in a/v. And sorry Jiles…..it ISNT.
@@JilesMcCoy Haha. You’re funny Jiles. Ferrari Testarosa vs Toyota Camry is night and day; Disney vs County Fair is night and day; French South Riviera vs Texas South Coast is night and day; KScape vs 4K is not and while I love the KScape and would love to have one some day, I wouldn’t do so thinking I’ve made a phenomena upgrade. I would simply be making a more convenient one.
No it isn't. Nothing that costs that much is destroys anything. So, on the one hand iTunes is so similar to 4k Blu Ray despite drastically lower bitrates (especially for sound), but Kaleidescape is so much better than 4k despite the bitrates not being that different. Sure. Lmao what a clown also. Lawrence of Arabia on 4k is on two discs.
The quality difference is just one aspect. That isn’t likely to be the reason people buy Kaleidescape solely. It’s the way it changes the movie watching experience that is so compelling.
Many people forget that K Scape shut down as a company and left many owners in the dark. I love my K Scape system, but I still collect the physical media. Why? Well any day they can shut down again. I will always own that media. I have many Blu Ray players around the house that can be used for decades to come. K Scape has kept their price for hardware inflated for a long time. It will never come down for the masses. It has been like this for decades.
We have to fit it in a reasonable bit rate. We make it visually lossless... Yea, and so does blu-ray, guy really irritates me. Don't use the term lossless if you can't restore the video bit for bit.
There is no doubt that this is the future. Now we just need some competitors in the space to drive down prices. Kaleidescape is taking advantage of the fact that they are the only game in town. Bottom line, 4K UHD disc is basically the same quality, but with disc players that cost magnitudes less. I’m not counting out owning one eventually. That being said, I’m at least a couple big purchases away from owning one. I would probably invest in a Trinnov before ever considering a Kaleidescape. End of the day, Kaleidescape remains a toy for the wealthiest of enthusiasts.
@@JilesMcCoy Perhaps. 4K UHD disc offers a comparable experience to Kaleidescape in my view, albeit without the same level of convenience. There is really nothing else out there that does what the Trinnov can do. The Trinnov platform is upgradable and they provide excellent support for their product. I don’t have the same confidence in Kaleidescape’s platform and support for their product. It goes without saying, you should be getting lifetime warranty and support with both of these products - along with a very generous upgrade program.
It doesn't destroy it. There are SOME movies that may transmit more data through Kaleidescape, but if you're buying one to get 'better audio/video' than a 4K disc, you're going to be massively disappointed. If you're getting one for a convenient and good looking interface, more power to you. This is nothing but a deceiving sales video. Unfollow.
4K disc are far superior. This guy's completely wrong. 4k disc can do up to 128 bits per second. Not the 40 to 50 that he's claiming. 4K disc will average between 90 and 128 bits per second. This is far superior then kscape. Also 4K disc can do HDR10+ and dolby vision. Again, the 4K disc are superior. Also a good player can tone map. Which is very essential for projectors. And a good player will have superior audio components. Most of these are made to play SACDs and DVD audio. In no way possible can a kscape. Produce the picture quality of a good 4K player. It's impossible. You have higher bit rate Dolby vision or HDR 10+ and the ability tone map. This is a clear winner for 4K disc.
Until you can access Kscape world wide it will never take over disc format. I’m in Australia and can’t access it, why can’t it be available everywhere?
It's not gonna kill 4K blu ray if you have to buy into their ecosystem. Just let me buy the movie, download it to my NAS and move on. Ripping Blu rays and building a NAS will be significantly less expensive
@stonesfan285 which is exactly my point. The people this is marketed to already don't like that companies control their access to media and if you're already capitulating to their way of distributing that media, you've lost already
What the peak bit-rate, he pivoted hard when he brought it up. He talks about average, but the example he used would be more about peak-bit rate to indicate better quality.
The main issue here, is lack of Digital Rights. If a server goes down for good... you lose all access to your Media. If you stored your movies on a hard drive, and that drive fails, you lose it all. All of that money, down the Drain. Furthermore... If you rely on Digital... any company, at any time, can choose to Yank the movie, and or CHANGE that movie. We dont want our movies Changed, for the worse... due to the ever changing "Political Correctness" states. So, unless you have Ooodles of cash to burn... and do not mind when some "Woke" Radicals drastically destroy (or just Ban/Delete) your beloved films... Feel free to buy into this scheme / scam. Ohh, I forgot to add in, that it likely wont be long before your "Social Credit" score determines whether or not you are "Good Enough", to have the Privlidge of being able to watch the movies that you purchased... and or, how many hours you have allotted per day/month/year. Make the wrong comment / opinion... and "POOF" ...there goes your entire Library. Physical Media, needs to stay King, for as long as possible.
@@JilesMcCoy The chances of a house fire, are completely different from a Hard drive failure. I worked in Tech, and let me tell you... Ive dealt with TONS of bad Hard Drives. Both from clients, and drives that failed on ME. Furthermore, companies shutting down their Servers, HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES ALREADY !!! Customers that paid for Legal licenses, were left with ZIP, when the company Vanished from Existence. These are NOT "Outlandish Scenarios" at all.
I'll disagree. Kaleidescape is here for the long haul. The "They will go out of business" argument isn't valid. Well... its as valid as the house fire argument is :-) Obviously hard drives will fail. Everything fails eventually. But that is not impactful other than as a temporary issue while repairs are made. There are only 2 legitimate knocks on K-Scape. Cost. If its too much for someone then its just too much for someone.... And the collector aspect. If you want to collect physical media and have boxes then KScape was never for you anyway. You are also conflating steaming services with Kaleidescape too. They don;t work the same way with access to content.
@@JilesMcCoy There was a company that was getting the rights to Arcade game roms. They were selling the rights to them, to people whom wanted to use them, to play these games on their PCs... The prices were fair, as far as I recall... and a bunch of people bought into it. I never trusted it... and rightly so... because maybe a year in, and they closed up shop. The so called "rights" to the Media, only really exist with the original copyright holder. Once the Middle-Man company vanished... Pretty sure all of their so called "Legal Rights" vanished along with the company. And of course, if you lost your data (roms), then they are gone for good. This isnt the first Company to vanish, and it wont be the last. No company is immune to bankruptcy.
@@JilesMcCoy Im going to finish with: Dont cry when they drastically Alter or Delete the content that you purchased. Also, Id never heard of this company, until this video. Its your money to burn though, so enjoy. Most of us cant afford it to begin with, and, we again, prefer physical discs, that cant easily be destroyed / altered / removed.
Some of us are using mad vr with 4k disc on our PC. I am not missing anything becaue there is no compression. This company is not getting anything different than the 4k disc data.
Could 4k disc media easily overcome this by just having dual-layer 4k discs or using several discs for really large movies? They should start putting the highest quality uncompressed version on as many discs as it needs. Kinda like the old laserdisc days.
You could over come this with multiple discs, or developing a new disc tech with higher capacity. There are issues with both of those approaches though.
The only way in my opinion kaleidoscope can kill 4k blu-ray is by drastically lowering it's machine price and movie purchase price. I'll keep buying my favorite and super low price good movies on 4k till then.
Collectors will collect physical media no matter what. But Kscape and similar will have lower prices eventually.
@@JilesMcCoy I agree. Everything new starts off expensive.
I like my physical Media because at any point in the future movies can be altered or deleted on kaleidoscape but I still have original on disk.
Agreed, what happens if the company goes under is bought/sold, etc.
That we dont have an answer to as that its going strong.
Kaleidescape is a non-starter to anyone who thinks for more than a handful of seconds. Trusting all your media to expensive digital licensing scheme is just plain dumb when blu-ray discs are easily accessible, resellable, and way less expensive.
Thanks for watching!
And it is questionable whether you would actually notice the difference. Yeah, high bit rate but will notice it?
You lost me at a "placid seen in a field" takes less data than a "crazy action scene with bullets". We are talking about playing a video file, not rendering graphics like a video game. The amount of movement or bullets in a scene does not determine the data rate needed. This isn't the first time I have heard Andre use this analogy. Faster moving scenes would make compression artifacts more visible though. Maybe that is what he's talking about?
I would like to see real screenshots comparing the superior Kaleidescape image to the inferior 4K blurry. they can even be close up. Something other than bitrate and file size numbers because those numbers alone without showing the image difference don't really sell Kaleidescape to me.
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If they would come down to more reasonable prices, it might be true. But price/quality wise 4K discs are the normal budget people’s choice.
I firmly believe prices will go down.
@@JilesMcCoyFaith? If prices go down, then it is also entirely possible that K-scape could bankrupt, no?
@@davidrindt3131 No. Becuase they would choose to lower prices. They won’t do that if it creates risk.
Kaleidescape is much, much, much to expensive. The difference is nowhere near so great as to justify the price difference. I also like to have my own physical media in hand. In addition, I can look at different stores and pick out the offers. This video was more like an advertorial.
I totally agree. The ten thousand dollar difference between it and a blu-ray player is enough for me to say no way. I'll buy my discs and put them on all by myself and save an insane amount of money. I've heard them talk about 8k and that format needing larger storage area. I don't think it will make a night and day difference, unless you have a huge TV or projector screen. I'll keep buying my favorite 4k movies especially when on sale. Ten to twenty dollar 4k movies 🍿 anyone ❓☺️🤑
I doubt 8k will ever be mainstream. Companies are already dropping out of making 4k players. Kaleidescape or a future competitor is likely to be the only real place 8k could be viable but I doubt they do it either. Give it 10 or 15 years and Kaleidescape style players will be the mainstream for serious cinephiles.
My issue is the whole reason I collect physical media in the first place, having a movie sit in your collection being able to go up pick out that movie and put a disc in a player is an amazing feeling.
Take a limited edition 4K box set for example the Texas chainsaw massacre, where you get a booklet, nice art work maybe so other goodies, bonus discs with documentaries.
And over time you build a collection that you can then show to people and look through yourself.
No one cares to look at a file, as far as your average Joe is concerned it looks like streaming, I collect 4K blu rays because I love physical media and this shall never compete with that feeling it’s soulless.
Thats similar to why people collect vinyl. And why I collect books. There are technically better ways to consume content... but if you like to collect then physical media will be the thing!
I wouldn't say better. I think physical media is a better way to consume content because it is something that you can always rely on. No need for having to worry if the internet is bad or goes down.
I know it helps with clicks and yada yada…..but DESTROYS is simply hyperbolic. Kscape is great. It’s a fantastic system. But I wish people didn’t try to insult our intelligence. Saying DESTROYS makes it sound like it’s a nigh and day difference in a/v. And sorry Jiles…..it ISNT.
It is night and day better in the movie watching experience. Such a HUGE change.
@@JilesMcCoy
Haha. You’re funny Jiles.
Ferrari Testarosa vs Toyota Camry is night and day; Disney vs County Fair is night and day; French South Riviera vs Texas South Coast is night and day; KScape vs 4K is not and while I love the KScape and would love to have one some day, I wouldn’t do so thinking I’ve made a phenomena upgrade. I would simply be making a more convenient one.
@@FrankieKennethL It is that big of a difference for me. Not simply in the quality, but in the complete experience. Night and day.
I feel like you are just justifying your purchase of your expensive kaleidoscape. I mean Kaleidoscape doesn’t even have dolby vision lmao.
@@JilesMcCoy Is this true? Kaleidoscope has no Dolby Vision? You need to answer this.
No it isn't. Nothing that costs that much is destroys anything. So, on the one hand iTunes is so similar to 4k Blu Ray despite drastically lower bitrates (especially for sound), but Kaleidescape is so much better than 4k despite the bitrates not being that different. Sure.
Lmao what a clown also. Lawrence of Arabia on 4k is on two discs.
The quality difference is just one aspect. That isn’t likely to be the reason people buy Kaleidescape solely. It’s the way it changes the movie watching experience that is so compelling.
I laughed when this guy used Lawrence of Arabia as an example. Does he not know Sony split the 4k release across 2 discs to maximize quality?
I need to watch this movie one day.
Many people forget that K Scape shut down as a company and left many owners in the dark. I love my K Scape system, but I still collect the physical media. Why? Well any day they can shut down again. I will always own that media. I have many Blu Ray players around the house that can be used for decades to come. K Scape has kept their price for hardware inflated for a long time. It will never come down for the masses. It has been like this for decades.
Keep your eyes open.
We have to fit it in a reasonable bit rate. We make it visually lossless... Yea, and so does blu-ray, guy really irritates me. Don't use the term lossless if you can't restore the video bit for bit.
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There is no doubt that this is the future. Now we just need some competitors in the space to drive down prices. Kaleidescape is taking advantage of the fact that they are the only game in town. Bottom line, 4K UHD disc is basically the same quality, but with disc players that cost magnitudes less.
I’m not counting out owning one eventually. That being said, I’m at least a couple big purchases away from owning one. I would probably invest in a Trinnov before ever considering a Kaleidescape. End of the day, Kaleidescape remains a toy for the wealthiest of enthusiasts.
I agree that competition would be wonderful!
If you are buying a Trinnov you are absolutely buying a Kaleidescape. That’s like peanut butter and jelly.
@@JilesMcCoy Perhaps. 4K UHD disc offers a comparable experience to Kaleidescape in my view, albeit without the same level of convenience. There is really nothing else out there that does what the Trinnov can do. The Trinnov platform is upgradable and they provide excellent support for their product. I don’t have the same confidence in Kaleidescape’s platform and support for their product. It goes without saying, you should be getting lifetime warranty and support with both of these products - along with a very generous upgrade program.
It doesn't destroy it. There are SOME movies that may transmit more data through Kaleidescape, but if you're buying one to get 'better audio/video' than a 4K disc, you're going to be massively disappointed. If you're getting one for a convenient and good looking interface, more power to you. This is nothing but a deceiving sales video. Unfollow.
It absolutely destroys it as a full package. You buy it to transform the way you watch movies. It’s bigger than the sum of its parts. Extra follow.
@@JilesMcCoyShill.
@@bassage13 I wish!
All of this is fine until this system goes Kaput!!
Hoping it will be around till the next thing comes along.
Lawrence of Arabia's split across two disc. A BD-100 & BD-66 making it file size on physical media 166GB.
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4K disc are far superior. This guy's completely wrong. 4k disc can do up to 128 bits per second. Not the 40 to 50 that he's claiming. 4K disc will average between 90 and 128 bits per second. This is far superior then kscape. Also 4K disc can do HDR10+ and dolby vision. Again, the 4K disc are superior. Also a good player can tone map. Which is very essential for projectors. And a good player will have superior audio components. Most of these are made to play SACDs and DVD audio. In no way possible can a kscape. Produce the picture quality of a good 4K player. It's impossible. You have higher bit rate Dolby vision or HDR 10+ and the ability tone map. This is a clear winner for 4K disc.
This! Mr Floyd sounds like an ignorant sales guy when he mentions 50mbit/sek for a 4k disc....
This! Mr Floyd sounds like an ignorant sales guy when he mentions 50mbit/sek for a 4k disc....
This! Mr Floyd sounds like an ignorant sales guy when he mentions 50mbit/sek for a 4k disc....
This! Mr Floyd sounds like an ignorant sales guy when he mentions 50mbit/sek for a 4k disc....
What audio components are you using in a 4k player exactly?
Until you can access Kscape world wide it will never take over disc format. I’m in Australia and can’t access it, why can’t it be available everywhere?
I agree this is a big issue.
Nah 4K Blu-Ray's are the best
Physical media will always win
Right on!
It's not gonna kill 4K blu ray if you have to buy into their ecosystem. Just let me buy the movie, download it to my NAS and move on. Ripping Blu rays and building a NAS will be significantly less expensive
Thanks for watching!
@stonesfan285 which is exactly my point. The people this is marketed to already don't like that companies control their access to media and if you're already capitulating to their way of distributing that media, you've lost already
If 4K blu ray ever dies, this is the route I'll go.
Streaming quality is horrendous compared to UHD.
I agree, it doesn’t keep up.
What the peak bit-rate, he pivoted hard when he brought it up. He talks about average, but the example he used would be more about peak-bit rate to indicate better quality.
Thanks for the comments and watching!
The main issue here, is lack of Digital Rights. If a server goes down for good... you lose all access to your Media. If you stored your movies on a hard drive, and that drive fails, you lose it all. All of that money, down the Drain. Furthermore... If you rely on Digital... any company, at any time, can choose to Yank the movie, and or CHANGE that movie. We dont want our movies Changed, for the worse... due to the ever changing "Political Correctness" states.
So, unless you have Ooodles of cash to burn... and do not mind when some "Woke" Radicals drastically destroy (or just Ban/Delete) your beloved films... Feel free to buy into this scheme / scam.
Ohh, I forgot to add in, that it likely wont be long before your "Social Credit" score determines whether or not you are "Good Enough", to have the Privlidge of being able to watch the movies that you purchased... and or, how many hours you have allotted per day/month/year. Make the wrong comment / opinion... and "POOF" ...there goes your entire Library.
Physical Media, needs to stay King, for as long as possible.
On the flip side, if you house is destroyed you lose all your physical media permanently. We can all make up outlandish scenarios.
@@JilesMcCoy The chances of a house fire, are completely different from a Hard drive failure. I worked in Tech, and let me tell you... Ive dealt with TONS of bad Hard Drives. Both from clients, and drives that failed on ME.
Furthermore, companies shutting down their Servers, HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES ALREADY !!! Customers that paid for Legal licenses, were left with ZIP, when the company Vanished from Existence.
These are NOT "Outlandish Scenarios" at all.
I'll disagree. Kaleidescape is here for the long haul. The "They will go out of business" argument isn't valid. Well... its as valid as the house fire argument is :-) Obviously hard drives will fail. Everything fails eventually. But that is not impactful other than as a temporary issue while repairs are made. There are only 2 legitimate knocks on K-Scape. Cost. If its too much for someone then its just too much for someone.... And the collector aspect. If you want to collect physical media and have boxes then KScape was never for you anyway. You are also conflating steaming services with Kaleidescape too. They don;t work the same way with access to content.
@@JilesMcCoy There was a company that was getting the rights to Arcade game roms. They were selling the rights to them, to people whom wanted to use them, to play these games on their PCs...
The prices were fair, as far as I recall... and a bunch of people bought into it. I never trusted it... and rightly so... because maybe a year in, and they closed up shop.
The so called "rights" to the Media, only really exist with the original copyright holder. Once the Middle-Man company vanished... Pretty sure all of their so called "Legal Rights" vanished along with the company. And of course, if you lost your data (roms), then they are gone for good.
This isnt the first Company to vanish, and it wont be the last. No company is immune to bankruptcy.
@@JilesMcCoy Im going to finish with: Dont cry when they drastically Alter or Delete the content that you purchased.
Also, Id never heard of this company, until this video.
Its your money to burn though, so enjoy.
Most of us cant afford it to begin with, and, we again, prefer physical discs, that cant easily be destroyed / altered / removed.
Some of us are using mad vr with 4k disc on our PC. I am not missing anything becaue there is no compression. This company is not getting anything different than the 4k disc data.
It does get more than just the 4k disc data. But that is just 1 reason to watch movies with this tool.
What’s your point??? Majority of people can’t afford it and have better things to spend money on.
For those looking for the best this is the way is probably the overall point.
Could 4k disc media easily overcome this by just having dual-layer 4k discs or using several discs for really large movies? They should start putting the highest quality uncompressed version on as many discs as it needs. Kinda like the old laserdisc days.
You could over come this with multiple discs, or developing a new disc tech with higher capacity. There are issues with both of those approaches though.
The only thing this system does is destroy my pocketbook. No thanks, I'm good.
Gotta upgrade to a 4k display!
Great commercial! Unfortunately Zapitti is not available in the US
I got mine in the US…
This sounds like another streaming service. Am I wrong?
It doesn’t stream. It plays a file similar to how a disc player plays a file.
So, where does the file come from?
@@milescoburn1845 It downloads (as opposed to streams - they are distinctly different methods of delivering information) from Kaleidescape.
That file then lives on the local Kaleidescape server. Much like a file resides on a dvd / blu ray disc.
lol no its not at least not yet. Price is ridiculous for what it gives currently
Price is the big knock on the product. I am confident price on this tech will go down and then things really will change!
Thanks Jiles!
You are welcome!!!
Peddling fiction
Any tech sufficiently advanced will look like magic to some ;)