It is a sophisticated advanced downloaded movie server / player. One reviewer from I believed did AB comparison to his Oppo UDP-203/205 player using HDMI to his AV processor and he said the picture and sound qualities of the Kaleidescape Strato 4K movie server/player is identical to that of his Oppo UDP-203/205 player for 4K UHD & bluray disc playbacks.īut again the Kaleidescape Strato 4K movie server is not streaming. The audio qualities of these Kaleidescape Strato 4K movie servers/players are bit to bit perfect to studio mastering qualities and are formatted in either Dolby Atmos, DTS-X, DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby True HD on the bluray & 4K UHD quality movies and Dolby Digital & DTS on DVD quality movies. You can also add their Terra movie server to your existing Strato and the Terra movie server can store up to 40TB and can be linked to multiple Strato movie servers. The Kaleidescape Strato 4K movie server/player are expensive but can store hundreds of movies of varying qualities (4K, bluray & DVD). It is a movie server / player and you can only purchase the downloaded movies (4K, bluray & DVD) from their own online store only. The only thing that is of equal qualities (audio & video) or possibly better depending on what kind of bluray/4K UHD bluray players you have will be the Kaleidescape Strato 4K movie server/player that allows you to download 4K UHD, bluray & DVD quality movies.
Both audio & video qualities on those streaming movie services (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Hulu, Vudu) are compromised and cannot compare to that of bluray & 4K UHD bluray discs.