Kaleidescape today announced the new flagship Strato K movie player. Strato K plays 8K movies and introduces a new higher fidelity format called 4K Cinematic.

“Kaleidescape’s Strato K is the world’s highest-fidelity movie player,” said Tayloe Stansbury, chairman and CEO of Kaleidescape. “It brings movie lovers closer to the filmmaker’s intent, with cleaner detail, true-to-life color, and a more natural presentation that dramatically improves the viewing experience of any display.”

Strato K features a new 4K Cinematic mode with full chroma and higher bitrates. The new model is certified by the 8K Association and meets the performance and interoperability requirements developed by the Association’s Technical Working Group.

The company said that Strato K works on its own or as part of a larger Kaleidescape system. When operating standalone, Strato K stores a handful of 8K, 4K Cinematic or 4K movies on its internal one terabyte solid-state drive. Strato K can also be grouped with one or more Kaleidescape Terra movie servers to add movie storage and provide whole-home entertainment.

Kaleidescape customers download content via the Kaleidescape movie store. Movies are available in 8K, 4K Cinematic, 4K, and 2K with lossless multichannel and object-based audio, including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X.

The Kaleidescape Strato K player will make its public debut on June 18 at a special event hosted by the SMPTE Hollywood Section and the 8K Association in the Amazon Culver Theater’s 8K screening room.

“The introduction of Kaleidescape’s new Strato K player is a major milestone for the industry and the latest example of how the 8K ecosystem is continuing to evolve,” said Juan Reyes, executive director of the 8K Association. “As viewing screens become even larger and more 8K content becomes available, the Strato K movie player is poised to play a key role in this emerging market segment.”