Kaleidescape has announced the launch of its new M500 and M300 Blu-ray players.
The more expensive player gives users the ability to rip Blu-ray discs (as well as DVDs and CDs) to your home server, which "can then be played back instantly by M500 and M300 Players, creating the world's first multi-zone movie server for Blu-ray."
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"Because the studios would not have ever signed off on it otherwise, the original Blu-ray disc must remain in the drive to playback the ripped content from the server, but it will save your drive's laser."
What about the 30 minutes of constant-on use that the laser gets while ripping? That is probably more damaging than the light duty use it gets while watching a movie.
For $4000 I can build an awesome PC with tons of storage space, a bluray drive, and AndDVD-HD.
Quote:Because the studios would not have ever signed off on it otherwise, the original Blu-ray disc must remain in the drive to playback the ripped content from the server, but it will save your drive's laser.
I try to reserve this acronym for the most ridiculous of subjects, but I think this qualifies: WTF???
What is the point of having 500 movies conveniently located on my home server if I still have to dig out the physical copy every time I want to watch it? If the studios are serious about stopping unauthorized copying they're going to have to try a heck of a lot harder than this.
I got a HTPC a few months ago for $300. It stores all our TV shows and movies and plays HD content perfectly - all without having to have the physical copies present. I'm just an unemployed computer nerd and I came up with something 10x more convenient and 10x cheaper than all of Hollywood can come up with. It's absolutely pathetic.
And they blame pirates for their crumbling empire.
For the same price it's better to just build an HTPC plus a 2+TB server to store your ripped movies on so you can watch them without the disc being in the drive.
Originally posted by Pop_Smith: For the same price it's better to just build an HTPC plus a 2+TB server to store your ripped movies on so you can watch them without the disc being in the drive.
I'll 2nd that! And at $4k++++ this is doomed to go mainstream maybe Bill Gates & Steve Jobs can afford it. Plus no multi-room viewing if you need the disc, how dumb.
