Linksys Kiss DP-1600

Finally the time to look at the new Linksys.
First some picture:
It is looking nice. About have the width of a standard A/V device.
First thing to do was installing it. That went without any problems, I'm using the SCART cable because the TV in the bedroom is an old one.

Then turning it on and the basic setup went like a dream. I 'm using the wireless connection for now. The entry thing toke about 10 min.

First thing I checked was the Firmware, on the site the latest firmware is v1.1.17 but the one install was v1.2. A bit strange so after some searching on internet I found that the 1.2 was only install on the newer device and never release to the public, why nobody now.

So next thing a DVD works perfectly.

Then the real stuff, playing with the network. You have about 4 web service of the device but all in English and most of then not really useful for me (My wife does speak very well English).

Installing the PC-link on one of my computers to test the media part. The installation went good and the software works OK. At last for the first 2 min I used it. I added some folders with some movie to test and the player played all of then. Tomorrow I will take a look to install it on my server and do some more tests with more different formats.

Server to warm

Shit,
I just see that there where troubles on my array in my home server, due to warm inside the server, I think anyway. Now I'm searching for a good tool to monitor these values. Any ideas?

6 disc in on standard desktop case is many a bit to much. With these temperatures.

Apple tv

I just see that I won a apple tv on Internet. The version that has 40 gb for something like 122,5€. I will try to pick it up today. And let you now what I find of it.

Linksys Kiss DP-1600

After my DVD player in my bedroom went dead I looked around to buy a new player but I wanted to have a device that also could play stuff from my network.

The specs I was searching:
-DVD player
-Network access
-Played almost anything (for example mkv)
-Not to expensive
-Harddrive support.
-Upnp

I look at the new Popcorn hour C-200. It looked like it can do all I want it to do (and more), only the price in Europe is a bit high for now.

Looking a bit more I found the Linksys Kiss series that wasn't looking so bad. So after reading a lot about this device and not having a lot of other options I bought the KISS 1600 on internet for about 99€ + 15€ shipping.

Negative point where for me:
-No support for mkv
-Not playing everything correctly
-And bad support from linksys. Helpdesk and firmware support.

But I needed a dvd player so for that price I could try it.
btw if you any other device that can do the stuff I want please tell me.

The player arrived yesterday and I will test it tomorrow.
I will (try) to post some picture and comments on my first impression as soon as I can.

Still not giving up

Hey,

Again a long time ago. But still not giving up to the blog. I will not quite :)

What has happen the baby is now more then 2 years old and we are excepting an other baby. It will be born around 1/2010. So we our very happy.

After having some water coming into the house we decide to change the roof. In the mean will it is done.
Here there our some picture of it:
http://picasaweb.google.com/vleermuis2000/WerkenAanHetDakDag1#
http://picasaweb.google.com/vleermuis2000/WerkenAanHetDakDag2#
http://picasaweb.google.com/vleermuis2000/DakwerkenDag3#
http://picasaweb.google.com/vleermuis2000/WerkenAanHetDakDag6#

I hope I will have some more time to post some more things.

Things I forgot to tell

A few day ago it was my birthday. Some now I old or at last that is what I was told :).

Again a long time

Hey it is again a long time ago that I posted something here.

What has happened in the mean while baby is 1 year old sins a week and a half. And it is more work then I was thinking. But it is great now. He is starting to talk or something close to it any way. Always asking the walk around, making he mama and dad tiered. :)

for the rest a work we move to a new building for 3 weeks now great, more room to work but it is getting heavy. We start to get customer so the support is coming resolving the first production bugs an stuff like that.

Still more pictures on the related Google site. don't know the address like that will post it a bit later. I only hope it will not be in1 or 2 month :)
see you