Kiss DP-1000-SFF Review

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Kiss DP-1000-SFF
2.8 stars
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livegod's Review of Kiss DP-1000-SFF

1st Nov 2004

Overall Rating

0.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    4 stars
  • Features
    3.5 stars
  • Time DVD Player Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
Good Points

MP3 tag view, cute.


Bad Points

Poor MPEG-4 compatibility, freezes a lot, Terrible MP3 freezes.


General Comments

Hi there.

I would LOVE the Kiss DP-1000-SFF to have made me happy. I read some favorable reviews and jumped in... now, a week later, I have it boxed up ready to be returned to the dealer.

There are several big problems. Firstly, it freezes a lot. I have a lot of Divx and Xvid disks, and about 30% of them freeze.

Worse than this is the appauling MP3 performance. It cannot play more than 3 tracks without freezing, and you have to pull out the power cable and the plug it back in to reset the system. This MP3 problem is regardless of whether the files are within a folder or in the root of a disk.

This same MP3 problem would happen if you push the next chapter button, and it should take you to another track or another folder, but it just freezes. I tried dozens of MP3 disks which I have made over a period of 4 years, and ALL of them freeze on the Kiss DP-1000 with the very latest firmware installed (2.8.5) NONE of these same MP3 disks cause any freezes whatsoever on my brother's Yamada 6600.

I am sad because the Yamada has no MP3 Tag info like the Kiss machine does, but the Yamada plays all the Divx and Xvid disks except one, and played all MP3 disks.

So, in short, DO NOT buy this machine, there are much more compatible ones out there.

Good Luck,
Mark.

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  • chito on 7th Apr 2006

    I totally agree with this review. I owned a KISS DP-1000 (now safely at home in the garbage dump somewhere)...it is one of the the worst pieces of expensive video equipment ever made. They have some nerve calling it "state of the art". After nearly a year of the most awful experiences trying to use it, I finally gave in and smashed it to bits. It could not even play a DVD for more than 15 minutes without some kind of problem occurring. It´s truly horrifying that garbage like this reaches the mainstream marketplace. BUYER BEWARE...ESPECIALLY OF KISS PRODUCTS.