Kiss DP-558

Description: Model ID 918566 / KiSS DP-558 - DVD player / HDD recorder / digital multimedia receiver / Digital Video Recorder from the next ... more

Kiss DP-558 ... generation, the DP-558 proves to be more than what is first expected from such a product. What if you could watch live television, then pause it for a while and start it again when you are ready to watch more. What if you could browse through an electronic program guide, find the desired program, press Record and the schedule for the next recording would be set. What now if you could have online services directly available from your television screen, be able to see the weather forecast or just play games.

Newest Review: ... a doddle; simply hit the pause button and the recorder clicks in. This great little feature though is c anceled out by the ... more

... fact that the pause button and play button are one and the same and as such playing a DVD by hitting the play button actually results in you pausing and thus recording your current channel. Playing media from the hard disc is thankfully a fairly straight forward issue. The main menu makes searching and viewing the contents of your drive easy. Playing a file is equally easy though the system does sometimes crash mid play and with no bookmark feature the tedious task of searching for the spot you left the movie at can b...more

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Kiss DP-558: Better models on the market (583 words)
by - written on 06/08/06 (Very useful, 336 readings)
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KISS pioneered the hard disc recording market years before todays endless list of similar devices were evern conceived. The DP-558 promises a lot - networked device, CD, DVD, DivX player, hard disk recorder, online EPG, remote scheduling and recording, web radio, the list goes on. It's unfortunate then that a device with so much promise fails to deliver on so many fronts. As a hard disc recorder it is second to none. Recording in VOB format the quality is superb, though this can be set in the options to vary the quality and thus the space required. This though is an unusual feature as VOB MPEG2 format is the most space consuming format of ... Read the complete review

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Processing/Quality:	50%	Reliability:	25%
Ease of use:	50%	Installation:	50%
Picture quality:	100%	Features:	75%

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Technical Details for Kiss DP-558

Product Description	KiSS DP-558 - DVD player / HDD recorder / digital multimedia receiver
Product Type	DVD player / HDD recorder / digital multimedia receiver
DVD	DVD player - NTSC, PAL
Digital Storage Media	Hard disc drive - 80 GB
Audio	Stereo
Remote Control	Remote control - infrared