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no joke
I bought the little "ch" about 2 years ago at Odd LOts for 27.50 Ive never had any trouble with it at all. IT palys all regions and has a good picture. It has composite ,"s"vidieo and componet outputs. Can be set to progressive or interlaced scan. If you have a good high quality dvd the picture will amaze you at this price. I think Cyberhome has gone out of business though. Solidly built with all metal chassis. remote is a bit small but o.k. recommended. Excellent DVD Player Purchased this DVD player more than a year ago only to play some VCD's/DVD's which I got from India. Works like a charm. The litte guy plays every single Disc that you pop into it. It has taken over the role of the Primary DVD Player after my more expensive Daewoo died on me. I would definitely recommend this to everyone. Great basic player with a perk! My husband and I put DVD players through their paces as our TV is used almost exclusively for DVD viewing since we have no cable or satellite service. In the past four or five years we've gone through three mid-priced players; when they were subjected to our rigorous (and disc-after-disc) viewing they soon developed issues with skipping, not reading, humming, and overheating. We also are fans of foreign films and rare editions, but have never been able to afford an all-region player. We heard tale of a great all-region player that could be found on Amazon for well under $75 and thought it was too good to be true. But as our DVD player at the time sounded like a mini helicopter every time we watched a movie, we were willing to try anything! It arrived super fast and we were pleasantly surprised at how compact the unit is (not as thick as a Harry Potter book, but wider). The first thing we did was set it up for all-region coding (instructions were included) and gave it a test run with a European disc -and it worked! So did a disc from Japan! Wonderful! Bottom line, it is a great little basic DVD player with a fantastic all-region perk. It doesn't record or have a clock to set (but we haven't missed that), but has held up to our rigorous routine for over a month now and we couldn't be more pleased. Even the remote is nice; simple, not too thin, and all the buttons are clearly labeled. If you've always wanted a basic player and the ability to watch foreign discs but couldn't plunk down the extra cash, this could be the perfect player for you! Fine, but no legs. I bought this for its no-frills cheap price about 9 months ago and it gave me about 30 hours of pleasant, satisfying viewing time. Then it whimsically refused to recognize any instructions from the remote. (Replacing the battery made no difference.) Most important, it refuses to turn on, and the power button on the front doesn't change anything. Worse, there is a DVD inside and I can't open the tray, so I'll have to destroy the little bugger to retrieve my disk. Don't bother with it. Pay more and get something reliable. Cheap Chinese Electronics Like many other purchasers, I was impressed by the low ($39) price, Region Free and PAL capability when I bought this DVD player 2 years ago. It just inexplicably stopped working yesterday. Looking up Cyberhome, it seems the trademark and domain name is up for sale(?). 2 years and throw it away seems to be the world we live in. Are there any DVD players not made in Asian slave factories? | |
