Kaleidescape has announced the availability of the Strato M, a new entry-level movie player for residential, marine, and commercial theater systems that provides reference 2K video output, with better than Blu-ray quality. Like all Kaleidescape movie players, Strato M supports lossless audio and provides access to the Kaleidescape movie store.
“Strato M opens up the Kaleidescape experience to a broader range of movie enthusiasts,” said Tayloe Stansbury, chairman and CEO of Kaleidescape, in a statement. “And in larger systems, Strato M is great for secondary rooms, while reserving the flagship Strato V for main viewing areas.”
Half the price of Kaleidescape’s previous lowest-cost system, Strato M works as a standalone or part of a larger Kaleidescape system. Alone, Strato M provides a single playback zone that holds a half-dozen movies on an internal solid-state drive, downloading a movie in about ten minutes over gigabit Ethernet. It features a streamlined interface optimized for navigating a small movie library, offering automatic offloading of watched movies 48 hours after playback to make room for more movies. Purchased movies can be re-downloaded at any time.
Strato M can also be grouped with Terra Prime movie servers to increase movie storage and return Strato M’s interface to the full Kaleidescape user experience. Strato V, Strato C, and Strato M movie players can all be grouped together with one or more Terra movie servers to fit any entertainment needs. Kaleidescape’s movie store offers thousands of 4K and HD titles for purchase or rent, including movies, TV series, and concerts. Kaleidescape movies are downloaded, not streamed, so there is never buffering or loss in quality.
Strato M supports lossless multichannel and spatial object-based audio, including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Strato M supports reference 2K video, with higher bit rates and bit depths than Blu-ray, including Dolby Vision, HDR10, BT.2020, and 4:2:2 chroma.
Strato M is available now through authorized Kaleidescape dealers.
For more information, visit https://www.kaleidescape.com/strato-m-movie-player/.
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