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Kaleidescape is adding Blu-ray to its world-class media servers.

In what may be the quickest comeback in tech history, Kaleidescape CEO Cheena Srinivasan announced on Friday that the company has secured funding and restructured its operations, making it possible to restart the business and keep its 4K movie store up and running.

Kaleidescape today introduced the Cinema One movie server, its first product designed for retail distribution. The $3,995 server provides storage and instant access to up to 100 high-definition Blu-ray or 600 DVD-quality movies. Until now, the company made products that were available only through custom installers.

Movie-server specialist Kaleidescape has signed on as the newest member of the 8K Association (8KA), a trade group that promotes standards and best practices for ultra-high-definition video. The move places the California-based company alongside display makers, chipset suppliers, and content providers working to accelerate an 8K ecosystem.

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Video-on-demand is moving into a new realm: the upscale home.

Kaleidescape, the Silicon Valley firm that pioneered the home movie server more than two decades ago, today introduced a server that packs a mind-boggling 96 terabytes (TB) of storage space — enough to house around 1,600 high-bitrate 4K movies.