Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder by CyberHome
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Digital camera reviews of Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder
Digital camera Review: It doesn't recognize any DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
Do you want a piece of advice? Don't buy it. It will work for 3 or 4 months, that's it.Digital camera Review: My first attemp at a stand-alone DVD recorder...
Summary: 2 Stars
has not gone well. I purchased a stand-alone in the first place to make it easier to archive recordings from my Direct TV Tivo (my fourth unit in in as many years, but that's another story). I did not buy it thru Amazon, but I've often used the reviews to get a feel for an item.
The only reason this unit gets 2 stars instead of 1 is that it does occasionally work. That said, my successful DVD to coaster ratio is right around 1:3.
The remote is far to small and has identical rows of same-sized buttons. I'd have programmed the essential buttons into my learning remote, but I think the unit is going back to the store.
You get what U pay for ($99!!).
Digital camera Review: Never buy ANY Cyberhome product!
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased one from BestBuy. It stopped working a week later, after only recording one 30-minute TV show. BestBuy exchanged it. This one lasted two weeks before it hung, trying to format a disc. I took that model back to BestBuy and spent extra $$$ for a SONY. Ahh . . . finally something that WORKS!Digital camera Review: Not Worth The Money - Upgrade to a Better Brand
Summary: 1 Stars
I received the Cyberhome DVR1600 for my birthday (...). My experience started out as OK and went downhill from there. First of all, the Cyberhome model is not compatible with a satelite dish, so if you have a dish you won't be able to record over the air programming. Second, I hated the record feature. You must push the record button once for every 30 min of recording time, but there is no indicator to show how much time you have. I was recording a 2 HR movie and pushed the button about 6 times and it still stopped recording short of 2 hours...THAT WAS FRUSTRATING ! I also counldn't figure out how to set the thumbnail image for the menu screen. I sent a email to Cyberhome and never received a response. Other problems that I experienced: a few freeze ups that required unplugging the unit, when recording from a VCR I was receiving a "feedback" tone - once I started playing the movie the feedback went away. The remote is also very small and the buttons close together, the pause button is right next to the stop button, I was nervous (while recording) that my finger would accidently hit the stop button instead of pause. The last straw was my final recording...when I tried to finalize the DVD I received a disc error....and made another coaster. Luckliy I was right at the end of Best Buy's 30 day return policy - so I returned the DVR1600 and upgraded to a Magnavox MRV660 (....). So far so good with the Magnavox....no problems and it's compatible with satelllite TV.Digital camera Review: Not worth buying no matter how cheap
Summary: 1 Stars
My wife got me one of these for Christmas. I thought it would be decent for fast and easy rough backup of my old VHS tapes and TV shows. The first month it was OK. Made a few bad disks. Takes forever to startup and open tray. Operation could be simplified. OK, it's cheap. Picture quality not that great, but no worse than VHS. Constant humming sound when recording using its built-in TV tuner. OK, but it's cheap. I put up with all of these because I didn't expect much. Three months in, warranty gone, it started having difficulty reading its own disks. The longer you wait after recording, the worse its odds of reading it back. 4 months in, it started having difficulty even with store-bought DVDs, freezes even on its own menus, automatically skips ahead. Locks up when left alone. Tried installing firmware update and problems got worse. 5 months in and it lights up, but is as useful as a paperweight. Junk. Dirt cheap is pointless if it doesn't even poorly work.