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Mega blue ray changer or Kaleidescpape


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For my theater room I am thinking about either getting the sony Sony BDP-CX960 or the sony BDP-CX7000ES. These are 400 disk blueray, dvd, cd, changers.

Or I am thinking about the Kaleidescpape. But I think the Sony units overall will be cheaper. Any thoughts?

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Let's answer the easy part first:

 

Between the CX960 and the CX7000ES, the CX7000ES is far superior. Better parts, better built. It's an "ES" product which stands for Elevated Standard so it's a better machine altogether. That being said, any "changer" is not ideal --- too many moving parts which will affect the laser pickup alignment with the disc and are prone to malfunction. It only boils down to "convenience" per se. But is it really convenience; i.e. taking every discs out of the its box and load them into the carousel?

 

As for Kaleidescape vs. Disc Changer, you really are comparing apples to oranges. The K is a server/player and is part of a system structure. The changer, technically, can be plugged directly onto a tv/monitor and your are set. The K will need further hardware. The K is either all done via streaming/downloading or, for certain models, in addition to the streaming/downloading, done through ripping a DVD/BD. So basically it's a giant HD with TB capacity. It will save plenty of space, weighs a lot less and, technically, offer superior playback quality. By the same token, the K will obviously cost more, likely quite a bit more. You have to look at your priorities. Are you happy with your current library or do you expect to add a lot more software down the road? And if and when you add more to the library, do you want the actual physical disc or e-version of it will do. Personally, I would rule out any changer machine as it simply isn't reliable and when it breaks down, it will create more headache (imagine if the changer mechanism breaks, then you will have several discs stuck inside the machine). If you prefer to use the physical disc, spend the money on a singe disc player that offers a simple loading mechanism with superior components that would yield better picture and sound quality instead.

 

Hope this helps.

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I looked at this a couple of years ago, and for the price I just ended up just buying all my Blu-ray titles I wanted access to in digital versions on iTunes and saved them to local storage. Stream them back through appletv. Load onto iPads before trips for the kids then clear them off when we are back etc.

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