Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder by CyberHome
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Digital camera reviews of Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder
Digital camera Review: = A Total Waste of Time + Money
Summary: 1 Stars
I don't normally write such negative reviews of electronics, because I understand sometimes you can just get a lemon. Sometimes, someone at the plant has a bad day and puts together a bad machine. Stuff happens. Nobody's perfect. BUT this machine is nothing but a SCAM, a PURPOSEFUL RIP-OFF sure to sour anyone interested in creating their own DVD library.
Save your money up for something better--Amazon's got LOTS of better machines for $[...] to $[...] more. You know the old saying "don't buy the cheapest tool and don't buy the most expensive one either"? (Okay, so maybe it was just MY Dad that said that). Well, this piece of junk is a perfect example. Sorry to say so! I'm ready to put mine in the trash.
Digital camera Review: AVOID!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this machine primarily to transfer my old VHS tapes to DVD.The first thing I noticed was the tiny remote control.The thing is so small that it takes a flat watch type battery...like I`ve got a drawerfull of those laying around as spares...whatever..The remote has alot of buttons but they are too small and close together..very unhandy.Once you figure out how to operate the recorder it actually works..however,there are quite a few problems.First of all it will simply stop recording for no apparant reason. When you are done recording and try to finalize the disc,you often get an error message..All the time spent recording is wasted because now the disc is ruined...I made several coasters and mini frisbees.I seemed to be having better luck with a different brand of blank disc..only to find that recording from a satellite produced no sound..picture looked ok but what good is that without sound?...Ah..the things they forget to tell you..Even just playing a disc this machine has problems.Sometimes the disc will freeze...sound cuts out sometimes too. Plus the machine runs very hot....In conclusion I`d say you should take heed these reviews...most of them are crumby...Spend more $$ on a good name brand unit...I`m still searching .Digital camera Review: An abomination
Summary: 1 Stars
My mother desired to copy her old VHS tapes to DVDs, so we got this recorder because it was so cheap. Well, you get what you pay for, as they say.
After spending two hours recording from VHS, we "finalized" the disc, but the recorder shortly thereafter said "disc error." Despite this error, the recording seemingly worked out. I was able to play the movie on my computer, but the disc was indeed messed up, as I was unable to copy it due to a cyclic redundancy check error late in the recording.
So, we tried again. We recorded basically the same thing again, and attempted to finalize again... disc error! But this time, it didn't seem to work at all, and I was still able to edit the contents, so I resolved to try a higher quality piece of media than I'd been using. That didn't happen, though, as all my work was lost when I attempted to switch out the blank DVD+R for another. This disc is officially only playable with the DVD recorder; my computer thinks it's blank.
Frustrated by all this wasted time, I attempted a much smaller project. This time I made a disc that was just a few minutes long (what a waste of a DVD!). It seemed to be a success, as I was able to play it in my computer and even rip it so I could edit it with DVD-creating software on my computer.
With that success, I thought maybe the disc error could be avoided by not filling such a large amount of the disc as we'd been doing, so I lowered the quality level (but still above VHS) and embarked on yet another large project of copying VHS tapes to the DVD. I spent all afternoon doing it, and finalized the disc... success!
...Or not. I wished to be able to take this disc to my computer (using the Nero suite), rip it, and splice the video data to get rid of static and other stuff that inevitably got recorded onto the disc. That is seemingly impossible, because the "chapters" of the DVD, save for the last one we recorded, are nowhere to be found. I can play the DVD on my computer and access everything on it, but only the latest chapter seems to have been put on the disc in a standard manner. I have no idea why this is, but it is.
There are plenty of other things wrong with this recorder. As others have mentioned, the remote is irresponsive, with evenly spaced buttons all the same size; I always find myself hitting the wrong button. The interface is counterintutive, too; I regularly had to study the remote for several minutes to try to figure out what button would take me to the menu I wanted to go to since they obviously couldn't put a button legend on the screen. And in addition to all that and the created DVDs being barely recognizable to the Nero recoding software, there appears to be no way to seek on a standard DVD player; you can rewind and fast forward, and that's it!
This product is an abomination. You really get what you pay for. If you want a standalone DVD recorder, get something a little more expensive; at least it might work.
Digital camera Review: BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. PERIOD.
Summary: 5 Stars
Just picked up this new recorder from Best Buy at a sale price of only $90. It does not have the best progressive-scan playback quality, but it does get the job done well for me. It supports DVD audio and MP3 playback. It's small, light, sturdy, very slim, and very cute looking. CyberHome is not really a bad name after all.Digital camera Review: Company out of business
Summary: 1 Stars
This company was busted for copyright infringement. It is now out of business. You can not get these things repaired!
Mine worked fine for about a year. Then it refused to recognize disks. Still plays DVD's but impossible to record. Will not format disks.
No way to have it repaired. Was a total waste of money!