To squeeze out the next performance level plus support 1080p output, Kaleidescape turned to Sigma Designs for their Gennum VXP video processor chip. If the title didn't give it away, the big news here is that this player upscales content to 1080p (though it doesn't play actual 1080p - more on that later). While a label on the back identifies it as the KPlayer-6000, it's officially called the Kaleidescape 1080p Player. Cosmetically, there's little to distinguish the new player from the old, save for a single new button to the right of the Kaleidescape logo on the front panel (more on this in a bit). The larger box held the server, which houses the hard disc cartridges and actually stores all the movies and music, while the second box held the new player. Within days, two boxes arrived on my front porch.
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In fact, during my last review, I noted, "The Movie Player 2 flawlessly passed the video scaling tests on the Silicon Optix HQV Benchmark disc, offering the best performance of any device I've tested." How much better could the new player be? PERFORMANCE From experience, I know that Kaleidescape's current-gen movie players are no performance slouches. Others, like adding iTunes integration and an interface that eases classical music-browsing, are just further enhancements to the experience.Ĭheena promises that the new players will deliver next-level video performance, so I was definitely excited to get my hands on one. Some, like the addition of HDMI video outputs and larger hard disc cartridges (from 300 Gigabytes to the current 1 Terabyte), were necessitated by market demand. Like any technology company, Kaleidescape has steadily released updates and improvements to their line. However none have produced an interface that approaches the elegance and simplicity of Kaleidescape. Since Kaleidescape's introduction, other companies have come along with their own movie servers - many of which are built on modded versions of computers running Media Center. On its mega-sized hard drives, all your movies and music are stored then streamed to clients, or players, around the home. More accurately: Kaleidescape is the movie and music server, since they invented the category. The planets aligned in my favor, resulting in my being one of the few reviewers handpicked by Kaleiedescape co-founder and COO, Cheena Srinivasan, to audition and preview their latest addition.įor the uninformed, Kaleidescape is a movie and music server. It also doesn't hurt to be in the right place at the right time.
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