Customer Reviews
Great networked recorder and Player 
2006-10-22
The DP558 is a cool device in a networked home
1- KISS is one of the few Recorder/player that can be networked on your home computer network. This was an essential property that I was looking for.
2- The 80Gb hard disk drive is adequate in size for most users. Recording is done directly to disk. The DVD is only a player hence the need to move files to the PC to be written on CDs or DVDs. 40hours of recording at standard resolution.
3- Scheduling recording from the web is a cool feature and allows the user to program the DP558 when away from home. Note that in this case the DP 558 has to be connected continuously to the internet.
4- I have used a wireless game adapter (Linksys WGA54AG )in order to connect the DP 558 to my home WIFI network in order to avoid running wires. Works perfectly.
5- Cool online features other than the EPG:
a- Access to weather around the world
b- Access to stock market charts
c- Some raw online games
d- Online radio streaming
6- Of course moving files from PC environment to the DP 558 and vice versa is very simple.
I do recommend this product especially if you want networked capabilities.
Many promises, some actually delivered 
2005-11-02
This device has many functions on offer, only some of which actually work well. Let me list them with my rating (out of five stars)based on firmware 1.1.4
1. Video Recorder (4 stars) - works well in conjunction with the EPG accessible either with a remote control or via the web. I found that viewing programs and selecting them for recording is much easier via the Web. The tuner produces good quality picture and recordings are good with the right setting chosen. All programs and recorded to the hard drive and can be accessed and burned to a DVD from a PC
2. networked video player (4 stars) - when FTP server is enabled on the unit it allows you to access the hard drive from your PC. I use the hard drive to store and play my home videos in MPEG2. I had some difficulty playing DivX and MPEG4 formats although they produce smaller file sizes.
3. networked storage device (4 stars) - when FTP server is enabled on the unit it allows you to access the hard drive from your PC. When copying files from Wi-Fi G to the unit (connected at 100 Mbit) the throughput was around 5-8 Mbits/second. You can create directory structure on the hard drive.
4. DVD player (4 stars)
5. PC Link (1 star) - doesn't allow the whole file structure of your PC to be accessible. Only allows one set of files which you choose on the PC to be viewed per type, i.e. pictures, videos and music.
6. music player (1 star) - doesn't pause. no play list support.
6. JPEG viewer (1 star) - doesn't scale pictures to the full screen. Slideshow cannot be configured. Doesn't pause.
