CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player , Silver
Unit lock up too often !
Yesterday, I bought CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 from RadioShack for $249. I already read all comments from here before I decided to buy it. I took it home, upgrade all firmware then play with it. It lock up several time, but turn off/on the main power switch help solve the problem.<BR>I set it to auto record before I went to bed. In the morning, when I try to turn it on, it lock up with the disk inside. This time, no matter how many time I try to turn off/on the main power switch, it didn't help. I then decided to flip it around while power on. At some angle while I flip it around, I heard the disk spinning. This help it to reset and read the disk again.<BR>It seem this trick do the job every time it locked up, but I think it's not worth the hassle, so I returned it and bought the Panasonic DMR-E80H at CircuitCity which is on sale for $495.<br />* Things I like in CyberHome CH-DVR 1500<BR>- Very cheap.<BR>- Quite easy to use.<BR>- Picture quality is very good.<BR>- Use DVD+R/+RW format.<br />* Thing I hope they can improve<BR>- Fix the lock up problem as soon as possible.<br />If it's not lock up this often I would give it 8 out of 10.