CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player , Silver
Follow Up Review on CyberHome 1500
Just a couple follow up comments on my earlier review.   After 90 days my recorder's read-write mechanism died. The head went back and forth and said either no disc or error. I called CyberHome support and suprise, they answered the phone right away. They asked a few questions, then gave me an RMA number. I mailed it and received a brand new (not remanufactured) unit within a week. The new unit seems to set up and begin recording a bit faster, so the first unit may have been marginal. Before you misjudge CyberHome as low quality, I will mention that when buying DVD players, I had to return three different brands that were defective out of the box. Now that is bad QC.      If you encounter ocassional pauses playing recordings on other machines, it may be due to the optional chapter markings every 5 minutes. These are on by default. Chapter markings are great for skipping through a disk, but to my suprise, not all players handle them well. My old Koss portable and recent Phillips player handle chapter markings just fine. My old Panasonic gives a momentary video jerk at each marking. My niece has a player that enters pause at each chapter, but I do not know the brand or age of her player. Auto chapter markings are easily turned off if they pose a problem for you.      I still recommend this recorder.