Adding support for Blu-ray to a premium product could hardly be categorized as a really bad decision. For Kaleidescape to rely solely on it's stellar CD and DVD and ignore Blu-ray would in fact be a bad decision. Ask any Kaleidescape dealer, sales manager, support person how often they get asked when Blu-ray support is coming and the answer would probably be "every day."
The economy has certainly affected sales for Kaleidescape and similar high end manufacturers but the demand is still present. What manufacturers are seeing is consumers taking more time to evaluate their purchase and compare features and relative value across different products. This has opened the door for competitors like Niveus, FusionResearch and Axonix who do offer a Blu-ray player with their Media Server.
If Kaleidescape failed to offer a Blu-ray solution they would eventually be in trouble as anyone dropping $8,000+ on a media server demands the very best in quality and unfortunately for Kaleidescape, the very best is not standard definition DVDs.
Not sure what bail outs have to do with a profitable company like Kaleidescape, you kind of lost me there.
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Adding support for Blu-ray to a premium product could hardly be categorized as a really bad decision. For Kaleidescape to rely solely on it's stellar CD and DVD and ignore Blu-ray would in fact be a bad decision. Ask any Kaleidescape dealer, sales manager, support person how often they get asked when Blu-ray support is coming and the answer would probably be "every day."
The economy has certainly affected sales for Kaleidescape and similar high end manufacturers but the demand is still present. What manufacturers are seeing is consumers taking more time to evaluate their purchase and compare features and relative value across different products. This has opened the door for competitors like Niveus, FusionResearch and Axonix who do offer a Blu-ray player with their Media Server.
If Kaleidescape failed to offer a Blu-ray solution they would eventually be in trouble as anyone dropping $8,000+ on a media server demands the very best in quality and unfortunately for Kaleidescape, the very best is not standard definition DVDs.
Not sure what bail outs have to do with a profitable company like Kaleidescape, you kind of lost me there.