Cyberhome CH-DVR1600 DVD Recorder
Not Worth The Money - Upgrade to a Better Brand
I received the Cyberhome DVR1600 for my birthday (...).  My experience started out as OK and went downhill from there.  First of all, the Cyberhome model is not compatible with a satelite dish, so if you have a dish you won't be able to record over the air programming.  Second, I hated the record feature.  You must push the record button once for every 30 min of recording time, but there is no indicator to show how much time you have.  I was recording a 2 HR movie and pushed the button about 6 times and it still stopped recording short of 2 hours...THAT WAS FRUSTRATING !   I also counldn't figure out how to set the thumbnail image for the menu screen. I sent a email to Cyberhome and never received a response.  Other problems that I experienced:  a few freeze ups that required unplugging the unit, when recording from a VCR I was receiving a \\"feedback\\" tone - once I started playing the movie the feedback went away. The remote is also very small and the buttons close together, the pause button is right next to the stop button, I was nervous (while recording) that my finger would accidently hit the stop button instead of pause.  The last straw was my final recording...when I tried to finalize the DVD I received a disc error....and made another coaster.  Luckliy I was right at the end of Best Buy's 30 day return policy - so I returned the DVR1600 and upgraded to a Magnavox MRV660 (....).  So far so good with the Magnavox....no problems and it's compatible with satelllite TV.