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KiSS DivX Player

A post on Gizmodo has renewed my DivX interest. KiSS Technology has upped their DivX playing box and introduced the KiSS DP-558. Not only can it play DVDs, but also DivX 3.11/4/5, XviD, CDs, MP3s, Oggs, and a lot more. Ethernet ports on the back allow you to stream, and it also has a 80GB hard disk to record television programs onto.

by Raffi Krikorian October 9, 2003 in Products

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This is huge!!! (KiSS DP-558)
But i was wondering how much "gold in Euros" would one need to buy it?
And would a Greek like me be able to find one of those somewhere around here? Or from a retailer willing to ship?

thanks
Keep up the good work!

Posted by: nikos at Nov 10, 2003 5:18:57 AM

THIS IS THE BEST DVD PLAYER EVER MY MATE HAS ONE AND IT ROCKS
IT HAS A NETWORK PORT AND HE HAS ATTACHED IT TO HIS COMPUTER ROCK AND ROLL WHAT OTHER DVD PLAYER OFFERS THAT O YEH AND IT PLAYS DIVX ROCK ON

Posted by: DUDE at Nov 11, 2003 6:55:38 AM

But can you load subtitles like on your computer?

Posted by: klemen at Nov 15, 2003 12:26:56 PM

Your friend can't have the DP-558 since it wil be released in Feb/March 2004! Network exists on DP-500 and DP-508.
Most be one of them.

For the prices:
DP-500 around 200 Euro
DP-508 areoun 400 Euro
DP-558 around 700 Euro (DVD Burner included)

These are just wild prices for the month Jan/Feb 2004.
DP-558 gues for Feb/March to hit the marker.

Posted by: Hi-Jack at Nov 18, 2003 3:01:12 AM

Hi guys, I'm from Germany. One can buy the DP-558 here since a week. The delivery time is 10 days. The player costs 570 EUR at the cheapest vendor here. A very reasonable price already.
I'll wait for the DP-588 (with DVD-burner) to come out and take the DP-558 then for hopefully even some bucks less.
The DP-588 is anounced to be here Jan/Feb 2004.
By the way: The DP-508 costs you 400 EUR and the DP-500 ist available for 230 EUR.

Posted by: rhenium at Nov 22, 2003 7:28:49 AM

Hi-Jack, where can i get the 558 ?

Posted by: Mr Gee at Nov 30, 2003 10:49:54 AM

Does anyone know when they will be available in stores in the US? No stores near me carry them.

Posted by: Lucky at Dec 1, 2003 8:11:04 PM

Amazon used to have a couple models for sale but they were always out of stock. Otherwise, I've only seem them for sale in the US on eBay.

Posted by: Matt Haughey at Dec 1, 2003 11:54:49 PM

Hi everyone,

The 558 comes without dvd-burner and will be available round januari for about 580 euro's (www.nomatica.com).
I heard that there will be a 588 version with dvd burner, but on the kiss site they don't mention it.

Posted by: Frits Jan at Dec 21, 2003 3:25:04 AM

There is a group of people who are tweaking their kiss products.
There is a manual how to upgrade a 500 to a 508 (with harddisk).
So I guess there will be a tweak to replace the dvd with a dvd burner (558 to 588). The only problem is the software, but when the software for the 588 is available then this is no problem.

So I suggest, buy a 558 and tweak it later!

look on: www.kiss-tuning.nl

Posted by: Frits Jan at Dec 21, 2003 3:30:09 AM

I have tryed to download the brosure and kept getting error code. Can you E-mail it to me?

Posted by: Doug Baird at Jan 6, 2004 2:44:52 PM

All well and good, and I'd buy one today if I wasn't such a cheapskate, but for one thing. Can I copy recorded programs from the box to my PC?

Posted by: Bjørnar Tuftin at Jan 8, 2004 2:20:26 AM

Does any one have the 558 already, if so how does the tv tuner work. What I mean is can u just record anything like a normal video and does it work with cable and Satellite?

Posted by: Ruban at Jan 20, 2004 9:44:26 AM

I have also been waiting for the new models before getting one of these.
I saw them at CES in Las Vegas and was very impressed with the way that they presented themselves and their kit on what was a big stand for a small company. It looked lke a big outlay by them - no doubt trying to make a serious entry into USA market.

The recent KISS v MPlayer GPL mini-war ( search the news around January here - http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html ) may well put off early adopters who are fans of open source.

Posted by: Paul Webster at Feb 12, 2004 12:38:47 AM

It appears that the DP-558 will not hit the market before March, probably the end of March given the evasive answer of the KISS representative :(

Posted by: Dirk at Feb 19, 2004 5:56:34 AM

I'm whaiting for a long time the avaiblitlity of the 558 but no way to get it from neomatica enyone know somewhere is availible soon?

Tanks

Posted by: Johnnie at Mar 11, 2004 9:40:20 AM

Does anybody know anything more about the performance, availability and price of the Kiss DP-558?

Posted by: Dimtris Raptakis at Mar 13, 2004 5:44:00 PM

The 508 is available in the UK through http://www.scan.co.uk,

Even though the system has an 80GB HDD, it doesn't record TV programs (there is a Q&A section at the bottom of the page) which will stop me buying one, and I don't really want to build a computer orientated pvr/divx streamer :(

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=79933

Posted by: Devoras at Jun 2, 2004 2:28:54 PM

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