Kaleidescape, the Mountain View, CA, manufacturer of premium movie servers and movie players, has been busy over the past two years with new hardware releases and marketing partnerships, trailblazing a new frontier for entertainment experiences in the home. Tayloe Stansbury, a longtime Kaleidescape customer before joining the company's board, was appointed CEO in late 2020, after serving in executive roles at Watermark Insights, Intuit, and Ariba. Although his background in applied math and computer science is a less traditional route into the home theater market, his insights as a technically astute Kaleidescape enthusiast and lover of movies already have proven invaluable to the company as it charts its path into the future.
The company has focused on improving performance and scalability discontinuing allin-one products and moving to the server and player products that have faster downloads, faster UI, and download while you play. Kaleidescape now has a line of products that deliver customers more options when it comes to storage sizes, as well. All of this, Stansbury says, leads to a much better customer experience.
Here's what else we learned from Stansbury on the Residential Tech Talks podcast. This portion of the interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Residential Tech Today. You were a long- time customer before joining the company. How does one go from Kaleidescape customer to chairman and CEO of the company?
Tayloe Stansbury: My journey to Kaleidescape is an unusual one. My
