Kiss 1600 HD media player reduced to £150 at PC WORLD

swaffs

I've been looking for a device to play my divx and various other formats including HD files with HDMI and DVD upscaling onto my HD TV, and this was the one I decided on. Having waited to save the £200 to buy it, I accidentally stumbled across this (I already had it in my Amazon basket for £200!) offer at PC World.
Reduced from £200 down to £150 :j

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Basically it allows you to have your files on disc or on your PC (or network harddrive in my case) and will connect to those files wirelessly and stream them through the box onto your TV. The upscaling will improve the picture of your DVD's on a HD TV as well.

It does have a few issues with setting it up for wireless use, so not for the totally unsavvy network/computer types.

And to top it off, it's available for store collection, so my wife is picking it up after keep fit this evening!
I've got some episodes of Heroes in HD Divx to test it with !
I am in no way asociated with PCWorld, (I've worked in IT for about 12 years so can't believe I'm promoting something in that shop!)
But thought this was a good deal to warrant my first post in this section (considering I browse it nearly everyday)

It looks pretty nice as well;


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Supported Format (Interlaced)

1080i

576i

480i (SDTV)

Supported Format (Progressive)

720p

576p

480p (EDTV)

1080p

Playable Formats

WAV

AAC

BMP

DivX

GIF

MP3

MPEG 1

MPEG 2

MPEG-4

OGG

PNG

WMA

Remote Control

Yes

Remote Control Type

Standard Infrared

1080p Output

No

1080p/24 Output

No

720p/1080i Output

Yes

Component

1

HDMI Ports

1

Video Upscaling

Yes

Connectivity

RJ-45

Coaxial

Component Video Output

Composite Video Output

Ethernet

HDMI

Optical Audio

S-video

Scart

USB 2.0

Ethernet

yes

Price at Launch

196 GBP

Video Compatibility

PAL

NTSC

Colour

Black

Dimensions

230 x 55 x 345 mm (w x h x d)

Weight (kg)

2.2 kg

Progressive Scan

Yes

Supported Media

DVD Plus R

DVD

CD

DVD-RW

DVD-ROM

DVD-R

DVD Plus RW

VCD

MP3-CD

SVCD

Any questions, ask me because I should be setting it up tonight.

Rich Swaffs.

withabix

Too big a post! Do some editing!!! :rolleyes:

These have been available at that price at Maplin for a couple of months. The DVD player is only SD in case anyone was wondering - it upscales the SD to 720p or 1080i, but most HDTVs do that for you anyway.

I looked at this one and went for a Freecom 350HD instead in the end (mainly so I could stream without tying up a PC and so I could use it as a NDAS drive), which can be bought for around £100 and then you can add an IDE drive of upto 750GB.

What swayed my choice in the end was the need to replace a NAS drive which didn't work with Vista.



I've changed the Firmware on mine to Mediagate, which is an identical machine but they are a few firmware upgrades ahead of Freecom.

I've not had many problems with mine - certainly a lot less than I had with the Pinnacle Showcenter it replaced.

None of these machines will play ALL video formats - you have to take your pick and choose the one which plays the formats you want, or download software to convert the video format if you find something you can't play.

Jefft_2

These Kiss players can be a bit problematic. A friend has one and it has been away for repair longer than he has had the use of it. At least a couple of months.