Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder by CyberHome
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Digital camera reviews of Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder
Digital camera Review: Pass on this one...
Summary: 1 Stars
Why did I pick up this cyberhome? Well, I didn't want to pay a fortune and I was looking for a firewire hookup. The cyberhome met both requirements. Unfortunately, I mis-judged the reliability (or the lack there of) of the unit. I was able to record a grand total of 4 dvds. After that the unit has ruined every dvd I have attempted to record. What about those 4 dvds? They don't play well in all of my dvd players. It seems there are some extra files output to the dvd which some players can ignore and others cannot. So what is my conclusion? Don't buy the unit.Digital camera Review: Piece of Junk
Summary: 1 Stars
Had the same as many others:
- very picky about DVD-RW-brands and unreliable (one time everything works, next time no recording at all)
- freezes often during recording
- after a few month did not even recognized CDs
- no service from CyberHome at all.
Don't buy it!
I would give it negative stars!
Digital camera Review: Poor recorder and player.
Summary: 1 Stars
This thing was a hundred dollars' worth of a headache. DVD-R formatting was always an issue, with the crash at 98% completion that others experienced. Recording wasn't reliable. I ended up using it just as a DVD player, but even that degraded over time. Now it'll play maybe about half the discs I try.
Junk, utter junk. And zero recourse: Cyberhome went out of business last year.
Digital camera Review: Returned to store
Summary: 2 Stars
I found that my 1600 could play almost anything. For example, I took a badly-stamped, grey-market disk from China which my old DVD player failed on, then *badly* smudged it with moist fingerprints. The 1600 played it like it was a pristine production disk.
I found the user interface/remote to be clumsy, but I expected that, especially given the price.
The deal-breaker was that the servo on this unit emitted a high-pitched resonance (~10 kHz) when playing audio CD's, especially from MD to OD (mid-diameter to outer-diameter). At ID, the servo sound wasn't a huge problem, but it was noticeable. At outer diameters, you could hear it from 10 yards. If you plan to put this thing into a glass-enclosed cabinet or if you will not use it for audio disks, you might be fine. Also, I may have simply had a bad set of mechanics. Fortunately, the store took it back without fuss, and I bumped up to a Panasonic, whose mechanical noise is absent outside of 10 inches. Naturally, the new unit cost substantially more, which is why I originally thought it was worth a shot with the 1600.
Digital camera Review: STAY AWAY FROM CYBERHOME!!
Summary: 1 Stars
The unit stopped reading DVDs and started making a loud humming sound after only a few months. It is absolutely useless and there is no customer support whatsoever, even after repeatidly trying to contact them.