Hands On with the Kaleidescape Strato C Movie Player and Terra 48TB Movie Server Reviewing A/V products began as a hobby that led to some paid gigs starting 16 years ago. Years of reviewing fantastic equipment opened my eyes to two concepts: Better equipment does come with a cost, but there’s this thing called “The Law of Diminishing Returns.” For example, in the AVR world, a $1,000 receiver offers a lot more features and functions than a $300 one more power, more HDMI inputs, more channels, more robust onboard EQ, etc.