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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? A good budget DVD player? Hardly. I bought this CyberHome DVD player as a quick fix, I never bought it as a long-term solution. Even a budget DVD player should have worked better than this has though. I will say that at this DVD player's most primitive aspect (i.e., playing movies only), it does the job it's supposed to. However, don't try and make your movie experience any more enjoyable by running the sound through your surround sound system. I did and it only created problems. "Like what?" you may be asking. Well, somehow--I never claim to be an expert in the way of any electronic device but I do know how they work--the sound stopped coming through. I figured it was just my surround sound so I ran it through to my TV, still nothing. I actually had to buy new RCA plugs just to be able to watch anything with sound. The problem has persistently come back though. Then there's the random power-offs. The first couple times I figured, "Ah, power surges." When it kept happening I then resorted to thinking I just had a bad unit, so I mentioned it to a friend who has one and he said his was doing the same thing. I know it's possible that both units are faulty but it'd be rare, and after reading a few reviews and further asking around, I've found that, even with the former problem, I'm not the only one. I don't recommend this DVD player the least bit. If you MUST have one immediately and this is what you can afford, okay, but go in knowing you better save up to get a better one ASAP. The remote and features are all user friendly and take no time to get use to, which is nice. Past that, the bad--at least for me--far outweighs the good. Eh This product is just okay. The unit I bought lasted just under two years, and then it stopped playing DVDs all together. I am not too worried about it, since I got it on sale for under $40, but at the Amazon list price I would be looking at other models. Cyberhome DVD player Excellent item. My first lasted a long time, and when it finally wore out, I bought another one of this same item, and expect to have the same good luck with this one. Great item. I bought this to watch some British car racing dvds that are not available in the US format. It was so very inexpensive that I was skeptical. I've been using it for 2 weeks now, and it works perfectly. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it doesn't have any type of lcd display on the unit. | |
