Crestron ADMS ‘Ultimate Content Machine’ is Shipping

Goodbye Kscape. Hello modern technology .

Yes, will definitely take a bite out of Kaleidescape’s biz. Do you guys have one on order?

I heard Santa left you a shiny new Mac.

We have one sold. K was spec’d but nixed at the last minute for ADMS.

This iMac has been the best and worst thing to happen to me. The best because its awesome. The worst because i cant get any work done because it just sits here looking pretty and i cant look away. My puny 23” HP monitor sits in the corner while the 27” iMac takes up most of the desk.

Every day i sit down and say “im installing windows today so i can get some work done” but then i play with MacOS for an hour and it never happens . Oh.. and i cant find Win 7 Ultimate (full version) locally for some reason. Maybe today? Probably not .

Ah… And is it still running Windows Vista?  Amazing how if you strip away the branding of the technology and focus on the features/functions (usage), then who cares what the OS has…  Ah, I guess that is why Kscape got off the ground in the first place.  Bottom line here is that this will be a “best software” wins battle.  The next thing to determine is what paradigm will win, server based computing running off the cloud, or local logic and local storage…. my 2 cents is the hybrid will win.  Crestron may very well seal it reputation as a software/feature/function superstar with this product and the icing on the cake is that it is tightly coupled with hardware they control.  If this thing moves (and content mgmt and aggregation is a BIG part of it) this could be the highend uber device this market is looking for.  The killer is to integrate it with private network social networking (a high end, virtual social network) where club members can share, rank and distribute content….  A++ Crestron.  Give me a box to play with and I will help dev the requirements and functional spec for Iteration 2.0 and I will write up all your usage scenarios…

Happy New Year

As both a Crestron and Kaleidescape Authorized content loading partner, I am anxious to see how this shapes the market. I will be seeing my first ADMS in a few weeks. Either way, we are looking forward to the increase in business for our pre loaded collections and ripping services. After all- it’s the content that matters!

For those of us who already have their DVDs and blu-rays backed up, what full disc formats are compatible? I have ISO, VOB, AVI, M2TS, H.264, & MKVs. Some only have the main movie and one audio stream and others have the entire disc. My concern is that I’m now backing up the entire disc in ISO format so that I will have full menus and the choice of different audio streams including lossless audio but ISO wasn’t listed. I currently use HTPC so play my content but want to employ a Crestron home automation system to my home. What other codecs/folders, that are compatible with ADMS, will allow playing of full backup movies stored on a server and not just the main movie.

How many separate streams can the ADMS send out. Say I had the 8X8 DM with 8 X 1080p TVs as the outputs, could a single ADMS output eight separate streams to watch on the TVs? Can the ADMS send out full lossless audio with each of these streams?

This looks promising

We are already seeing a pretty good demand from our clients to design this product into the mix.It is simply an amazing product.

The ADMS supports VOB, AVI, H.264 and M2TS files. ISO and MKV files are not supported currently.

The ADMS offers one video stream which can be distributed to as many screens as needed (assuming suitable HDCP management tools if you’re using HDMI). Lossless multi-channel audio is available in the ‘Theater Zone’ and lossless stereo audio is available in the 2 additional independent Audio Zones.

Umm, an LG BD390 is more of a content machine than this thing - it doesn’t link up with Netflix, Vudu or anything interesting. I guess if you want to see what is for sale at Amazon.com digital movie store this is a good thing to buy, but otherwise its a Media Center that stores DVD (not BluRays) and has limited internet options. What am I missing?

You missed the part about network storage. Not just DVD’s can be stored there. Have you read about world search and how it operates?

And also that the name has Crestron in in so it will be priced 25x higher than it should and will have a network of dealers praising it regardless and selling it to ungodly rich customers who don’t know or want to deal with looking for anything else.

I’m not sure its such a wise idea to trust a control company to provide enterprise grade data storage. It makes sense for Kaleidescape b/c Mike Malcolm basically created the NAS concept.

Lets not assume you have to use Crestrons storage products. Thats a kscape “lets control it” all concept.

pjc, do you feel the same way about Mercedes? Even though Kia makes a perffectly good product that gets you from point A to point B for much less? Im sure your also renting an apartment @$500 per month because “who needs all that space” right?

Great article Julie. ADMS is super exciting and this thread is beyond entertaining.

Ray Casey, you are something. I find it funny that a guy using his real name that I have never heard of is attacking an industry peer for using a screen name that a huge percentage of the professionals in this industry are very familiar with. For your information, Stamp is a very respected professional in the CI world and is looked up to by many. His work among the best in what he does.

Who are you???

Julie, Can you bring in the shotgun, mop and bucket please?