I currently own a KiSS DP-558 and although I'm quite impressed with the features included I'm not so happy with the overall stability and quality of the device. I've got it for less then 3 years and did have several defects and recordings often fail. Recently it also started mixing random colors while playing back a recording. About time to replace it.... preferable with something that has similar functionality, which is:

• Record TV (also while watching another channel. I'm adding this remark because when using putting a recording device behind a single tuner SettopBox you only get one channel out of the settopbox which you can then watch and record and I want to be able to watch 1 channel and record another)
• Stream music from Mac Mini over network connection
• Stream movies from Mac Mini (many formats) over network connection
• Stream photos from Mac Mini over network connction
• EPG with option to select programs for recording and also to specify which programs show always be recorded
• Play DVDs and CDs

(For streaming from the Mac Mini I'm using the KiSS MacLink software)

On top of the above requirements I'd like to switch from analogue TV to digital. I checked if may cable provider (Ziggo) has a settopbox that would match all above requirements, but unfortunately not...

After some googling it appeared to be not so easy to find a similar device... The TiVo2 boxes in the US look really interesting, but TiVo2

• is only available in US in NTSC format (need PAL in The Netherlands)
• require a service subscription (which I would seriously consider to subscribe to if it was available in NL), luckily the Dutch TiVo community has a way to get it to work in NL, but only for TiVo1 boxes. But t looks as if TiVo1 boxes can't stream media from a computer.

Another option would be a Dreambox, but the lack of documentation makes me wonder what functionality is really included out of the box. Looks like it needs some additional work to be able to stream media from a computer.

Apple TV is also an options, but that would only cover the streaming requirements and not the recording and DVD/CD playing...

And lastly I could build a mini PC myself that has all I need, but I'd prefer an out the box (or boxes) solution that does not require me to hack something together and support it for the rest of the family. Ease of use is also a requirement...

In summary... looks like this is going to take at least 2 devices to realize the same functionality now provided by the KiSS DP-558

• twin tuner settopbox/PVR
• device for the streaming from computer and playback of DVD/CDs

But which ones??? Any suggestions or recommendations? 

[English below]

Voor het grootste gedeelte lekker asfalt en mooie rechte stukken. Het viaduct van Harmelen richting Montfoort over de A12 kun je lekker op volle snelheid afdalen: mooi glad en geen kruizingen onderaan. Verderop richting Montfoort zit wel een stukje met slecht asfalt, het fietspad is wel redelijk glad, maar te smal om je te skeeleren. Langs de provenciale weg van Montfoort naar Woerden is het weer heerlijk skeeleren. De route kan gecombineerd worden met de routes die langs Oudewater gaan.

Mostly well paved and long straight roads. The descend off the viaduct from Harmelen to Montfoort can be done at full speed. Well paved cyclepath and no crossings at the bottom. Close to Montfoort there is a section with bad roads, the cyclepath on the side is OK but unfortunately too small to strech out. This route can be combined with the routes that pass through Oudewater.

[English below]
Mooie route over goede wegen die lekker door de polder gaan. In Hekendorp ziet een echt fietserscafe, waar je als skeeleraar ook prima terecht kunt. En Oudewater is ook erg leuk natuurlijk. Als je de route wat wilt verlengen kun je hem prima met de andere route combineren die door Oudewater gaat.

Nice route over quiet well paved roads. Hekerdorp has nice cylcecafe in which skaters are also more then welcome. And if you'd want to take you pitstop a but later, Oudewater is also on the route. To extend the route a little bit, you can combine it with the other route that passes through Oudewater.

Three months of iPhone usage and with the new 2.0 firmware coming out just over a week from now, it's good to look back and see what my favorite 3rd party apps are. My favorites are:

1. Twinkle: Twitter client that allows you to include picture and location info in tweets.
2. AutoMode: Put the iPhone to airplane mode at night and wakeup from airplane mode in the morning. Saves some battery and on the side gives you undisturbed nights.
3. IntelliScreen: View your next appointments, SMSs, news headlines, etc. at a glimpse in the "Slide to unlock" screen.
4. Finder: An OS X like finder to navigate the file system
5. Terminal: Terminal clients that allows me to ssh into other machines remotely (already saved my a couple of times when I had no other way to ssh into my server to fix stuff)
6. ParkingLot: Nice puzzle game to kill time
7. ContraSense: Car racing game to show off the accelorometer

I wonder which of these apps will become available from the AppStore and if there will remain a market for  apps that can only be installed if you jailbreak the iPhone. I suspect there will remain such a market because some of the apps installed via the jailbreak path run in the background and that's a feature which is not allowed for apps in the AppStore.

What am I missing?
Number one missing feature for me is a ToDo list that is integrated with iCal on OS X. I've looked at a couple of other options but found nothing that integrates with iCal. The MobileToDo app was promising to do this, but they quit development and referred to OmniFocus as the app to use. However, you'd also need to buy the OmniFocus desktop app at $79 and buy the iPhone app separately (price unknown yet) and IMO that's way to much money for simple to do list requirements that I have. I'm hoping the guys behind MobileToDo will pick up the work again. I don't mind paying, but it should be in the $20 range for me.