This company has been around for a while but the idea is sound and they have two new versions of their hardware available. The Kaleidescape is a DVD jukebox. You drop your DVDs into the slot, it rips them to a disk array, and then transmits the picture to entertainment servers around the house. Never again will you have to schlep over to the bookshelf, pick out that copy of Shaving Ryan’s Privates [You forgot ‘Shaving.’ I fixed it. -Ed.], and put it into the DVD player. You can even watch multiple movies simultaneously on different displays. They’re aimed at the custom installation market and are pretty pricey.
I don’t know how they’ve gotten away with this idea of DVD ripping thus far, but fair use applies in this situation just as it does in the great CD ripping fiasco of the late 90s. The company even offers servers full of Oscar winners or Criterion Collection Classics, for those who have too many yachts to buy and can’t spend a few hours sitting in the living room ripping DVDs. [The haven’t quite gotten away with it, but they soldier on. -Ed.]
https://gizmodo.com/kaleidescape-sued-by-dvd-cca-27191
Product Page [Kaleidescape]
