Robb Report's Best of the Best 2005 - Kaleidescape

2005 SPECIAL
LUXURY PORTFOLIO
best of the
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AUTOS ✶ WINE & SPIRITS
JEWELRY ✶ SPAS
GOLF ✶ FASHION
HOME ✶ DINING
YACHTS ✶ JETS
ART ✶ TRAVEL
Ferrari, Aston Martin,
Patek Philippe,
Four Seasons,
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entertainment
JUNE 2005

Kaleidescape’s Media server system
is one of the first landmark products
in this age of convergence,
an era that is supposed to unite the
functional qualities of personal computers
with the entertainment options
offered by digital consumer electronics.
Kaleidescape’s system can store the
contents of an entire DVD collection
on a massive computer hard drive
array, enabling you to access any movie,
any time, without having to handle the
disc ever again. (The DVD Copy
Control Association—the DVD equipment
governing body—filed a lawsuit
against Kaleidescape that was pending
when Robb Report went to press.)
HOME
Entertainment
kaleidescape media server
Your wish is this digital butler’s command.
Kaleidescape and the Kaleidescape logo are trademarks of Kaleidescape, Inc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions.
The system is more than just a
movie storage device, however. It
represents an entirely new way of
approaching disc-based entertainment.
From the comfort of your
couch you can sort through the hundreds,
if not thousands, of DVD titles
in your collection—even some highdefinition
video content—using a
slick on-screen interface that presents
cover art and detailed information
about each title. Music storage will be
available in the future. Choose a
movie, and other title art will shuffle
and dance around your selection to
provide you with other viewing
options from within that same genre.
You can search through titles by any
number of criteria, including actor,
director, or subject matter.
Once you select a movie and the
theater lights dim, the black masking
panels for a front-projection screen will
slowly converge, perfectly cropping the
image. The movie starts instantly, with
no unwanted previews or distracting
menus. All of these functions can be
performed automatically in accordance
with information for each title that has
been downloaded and stored within
the system. —mike wood
Kaleidescape, Inc., 650.625.6150,
www.kaleidescape.com
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