DVD Players > Kiss DVD Players > without Real Dolby

Advantages: plays all types of formats inculding DivX/XviD ,looks good
Disadvantages: firmeware

...2.9.0 version, available on the Kiss website. However, this only made matters worse, and now nothing worked for more than approximately 3 minutes - I was unable to watch any films nor could I listen to MP3/Ogg Vorbis music, and even accessing menus caused crashes to occur frequently! Fortunately, I found a forum (www.mpeg-playcenter.com) where it recommended I downgrade the firmware, due to incompatibility with the Toshiba drive. You can determine ...
...firmware you use. Fortunately, however, KiSS regularly upgrade the firmware in response to users\' feedback, and there is a good community that provides excellent unofficial firmware releases in between the official versions. If you can\'t afford the more expensive models with LAN capability and in-built HDD, then I\'d recommend this player as a cheaper alternative. I would have given 4½ stars if possible, but instead will only give it 4 stars due ... Read review

Advantages: Slim Line and plays almost every movie format
Disadvantages: Very fragile and occasional crash

...have trouble playing, but the Kiss web site has firmware updates available free to download then just copy to disc put it in your machine and it does the rest. I've had a very good experience with the compatibility of the player it has accepted all the brands of discs I use (Sony, Datawrite, Philips, Infinity, Tevion). The playback sound and picture quality is beautiful, even on some of the most compressed movies. Overall View ````````````````` ...
...look to purchase a more advanced version hopefully more stable because I loved the ease of compatibility with this one and not being restricted to certain media formats. This player is probably now cheap enough to use as a bedroom player or if you want to back up your discs and give the copy's to younger kids incase they destroy your main discs, this player would be ideal, but as a main player I would recommend looking at something more up to date. ... Read review

Advantages: Plays most formats, firmware upgradeable
Disadvantages: No QPel Support, slow firmware updates

...I don't refer to the Kiss player as a DVD Player, as it plays so much more. It's much better suited to be described as a home entertainment system. Out of the box it covers most common codecs; DivX 3.11+, XviD, MPEG2, MPEG, JPG, MP3 to name most. Basically if you download content from the Internet, this is most likely to play it, and at fantastic quality. You may be thinking, why get one of these when I can watch everything on my PC? The answer ...
...and look fantastic. The Kiss also supports subtltles in SRT format, so you can turn them on and off at the push of a button - handy for the hard of hearing. Ths unit is also firmware upgradeable, which means that bug fixes can be added by the use of downloading the latest firmware and burning it onto a CD. You then launch the player with the CD inserted, wait a minute or so and the process is complete. This allows for playing of new content, with ... Read review

Advantages: divx compatible + multi region
Disadvantages: had to do a bit of research to enable full multi region ability

I've been looking for a divx player for a while now, and wanted one with multi region capability also. I eventually bought this dvd player from amazon.co.uk, as it was clearly labelled 'multi region'. Reading the reviews on amazon, some said it was multi region straight out of the box. For me, when putting any other region dvd other than 2, it played in black and white. After a bit of research, and thinking I'd have to fork out more money to get ...
...is multi region, but my tv was not understanding the video format of the region 1 disc. A simple solution I discovered is simply to change the colour settings on the dvd menu (when there is no disc in it) to RGB. Having achieved this, I am now a very happy customer! All region discs now play in full colour, as do divx formats, CD-RW etc. On top of the function, the box is a sleek looking player. Very slim and very pretty. Furthermore I got it for ... Read review

Advantages: as good as blu-ray , extreamly cheap , bargins to be had everywhere
Disadvantages: no longer supported format

..., with the announcement that Toshiba is to withdraw from the hd race for the next format it leaves hd-dvd players in a very poor position in the market place , however do not let this put you off , there is already a great library off hd-dvd discs out there and as there is no region coding on the discs ,this means you can order via eBay direct from use for even more titles , of course the likelihood of new movies coming out on this format are very ...
...and the latest firmware via Toshiba brings it right unto date with picture and sound , if your savvy you can get one of these and a collection of discs for a fraction of the price of a blu-ray player and start enjoying high definition discs , the money you save get be put to one side to but a blu-ray / ps3 when they inevitably come down in price later this year ... Read review