All films and CDs on hard disk copy, the discs to the attic ban and thus save a lot of space – at the price of a large designer DVD shelf, the single-seat server Cinema One of Kaleidesape makes this piece of furniture superfluous. The simple white device with the Kaleidoscope logo on the front offers the same features as the large server client media systems from Kaleidescape, but it belongs instead of into the technical room in the TV rack in the living room
Feed the server
The Cinema One accommodates a Blu-ray drive, a 4-TB hard drive, as well as a music and movie player. It is controlled by the same unmistakeable mosaic menu as its modular multiroom siblings. This is the main difference: The Cinema One only serves itself or works with a second Cinema One in the local network.
Blu-rays must be stuck in the system
But he has nothing to do with the network players of the large Kaleidescape servers. He does not have to: he costs little more than a miniplayer of type M300, but can do much more.
Operating comfort via menu via app
DVD and Blu-ray movies as well as CD albums can be stored directly on the hard disk of the Cinema One via the built-in drive. This contains the contents of about 100 Blu-ray discs, 600 DVDs or a few thousand CD albums - or a mixture of them. Copying discs to discs takes quite a long time. Blu-rays took up to two hours of testing, 20 to 40 minutes of DVDs, and CDs for about ten minutes.
Easier the whole thing with a disc changer, which can be integrated into the network and the copying done little by little - such as the Disc Vault DV700. Existing disc collections can also be copied to the Kaleidescape retailer: he has special equipment for this and offers the recording of the media collection as a service.
A disc changer like the DV700 is useful for another reason: Blu-ray discs, the content of which is stored on the hard drive of the Cinema One, must be physically in the system during playback. This is to prevent borrowed Blu-ray movies to the server. You can either push the backup discs into the drive of the Cinema One or keep the entire Blu-ray collection in the changer. For this purpose, the Kaleidescape distributor B & W Deutschland has tied a package from the Cinema One and the Disc Vault DV700 for 10,000 euros - the changer costs 7.500 and the Cinema One 4.250 euros (list price)
Even with the disc inserted in the Cinema One, the server system offers advantages: the server can start directly during playback and then ignores copyright panels, trailer shows and other annoying brake blocks before the actual film fun. If a movie is interspersed, the Cinema One will permanently remember the last position and will ask you if you want to re-start from this scene or restart the movie the next time.
Kaleidescape also offers complete pre-installed film collections. So far, they are available together with the real discs, also digital in the online store from spring 2017.
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Like large systems, the Cinema One can also be controlled via the network and thus, if required, integrated into a Crestron system. This is not necessary with the living room server. A remote control is included. It commands all functions via the Cinema One's screen menus. These are the same as those of the big systems: Kaleidescape captures all metadata from the title, genre and actor / performer to the content - for both movies and music.
The archived archive is huge and failed in the test only with DVD special editions or regional CD albums. With the help of the data stored, Kaleidescape can easily sort the titles and assign thematically related titles in its distinctive, dynamic mosaic representation.
Kaleidescape also offers an iOS app for Apple devices. This also lists all tracks with additional info and controls playback on one or more Cinema One devices on the local network.
Apropos playback: The Cinema One not only has ingenious server functions, it is also a good DVD / Blu-ray player with perfect picture and sound quality. That justifies his proud price.
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