Customer Reviews

Cyberhome Region Free 110/220v Progressive Scan DVD Player, CH-DVD 300

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

Bought this player for USD 29 in a Thanksgiving Sale. Normally I go for well known branded products but after hearing some good reviews from friends, I decided to buy this one. Before this player, I had a Toshiba DVD player which ran ok for about three years. Let me share some good and bad points about this player if it helps you reach any decision better.

Pros
-Cheapest and decent player on the market
-Very forgiving on formats, almost plays anything...
-Very small size, can carry with you anywhere
-Works on 110/220 V, so you can use it anywhere in the world
-Comes with Bookmarking function - very handy
-Has all necessary features that one looks for in today's DVD players

Cons
-Not a known brand yet

The BEST part about buying this player is its price and performance and the fact that it can play a lot of different formats and even DVDs made at home etc. Many well known brand players don't do this job that well and they are also priced high. So it makes sense to buy some player like this. Even if something goes wrong say after year or two you can still buy another such player at that time. Since the technology keeps improving minute by minute and prices keep falling, the odds of your finding a better player for a better price when you need it are going to be higher. Specially makes sense when this product has been working well for last two and a half years and the competitor players on market were priced at double its price.

cheers!

so i've had this dvd player for about 6 months because i had originally planned on using it to play my asian dvds. well, i was only able to get my hands on some nice asian dvds the other day so in the meantime, i've only been playing 'region 1' and 'all' dvds (which the dvd player plays AMAZINGLY)

so i go and try out my asian dvds and terror of all terrors, it says WRONG REGION. now, before i flip out, i do my research and lo and behold, i found a way to MAKE the dvd player region-free. i repeat, you must MAKE the dvd player region-free; otherwise, it'll only play 'region 1' and 'all' *don't worry, it's quite painless*

ok so listen carefully... er look carefully. first, make sure that there is no disc in the tray. and then, press 'menu' then '1' then '9' on the remote that comes with the player (in that precise order!)
a small menu screen should pop out with a big fat '1' in the center. using the numbered buttons on the remote, adjust it to whichever region code you desire. and voila, your cyberhome can now play any region from 1-6.

hope that helped and saved you some pain because this really is a GREAT dvd player for the money!

Is it a piece of cutting edge electronics no, but it does the job. Its like all the chinese goods low rent, but it works. I needed to watch my Mcleods Daughters DVDs from down under and it works like a charm and for the money even with the shipping who can complain. If it bombs out I will just get another one or see whats out at that time. If you need to watch overseas DVDS roll the dice I did and now I'm watching my show.

The player works fine with any DVD. Nevertheless after a while, I mean a month or two you start noticing that while playing DVDs the images get stuck and it doesn't play anymore. The tray doesn't open and you have to unplug it so you can get the disc out, besides the upper part of the player gets hot and you can't play anything and you have to wait a lot if you want to use it again. It is a pain in the neck. Sure you get what you paid for, not exactly a great product. If you are desperate and need a DVD player just for the while buy it NONTHELESS, don't think about it. It's not worth it.

Just tried out this Phillips player with DVDs ordered in France , UK and from Hong-Kong. Works great, good picture and no problems I shant repeat what others have said, but will say this DVD player managed to make it through some of my old, scratched up DVDs without a hitch. DVDs, that is, that no other player I've encountered has been able to make it through due to heavy scarring.

This is the best Multi Region DVD Player I could have bought, Great Price as compared to other wexpensive items, Plays my PAL region 2 disc on american TV Great, no problems at all.
Compact Size
Silver Color
Good PAL to NTSC converter
JVC Rocks

Like all region free players the CYBER HOME has it's "GLITCHES".
It will give you digital scatter and freeze up and the sound will fade in and out, but only every once in awhile. If you turn it off and start over again, usually, the glitches will fix themselves long enough for you to watch a movie all the way through, until it starts glitching again. So, why have I purchased 3? Because at the price, you can AFFORD to throw them away every 6 or seven months when they die completely. Up to this point I haven't even spent over 100$ on them, and it's been over a year and a half of use. To buy a NICE RELIABLE region free player, it would cost, on avarage, $150. So, I will keep buying them until I reach that price range and then I'll break down and buy a RELIABLE one. But since I have ALREADY bought 3 of these, I can't stop now, till I reach that goal.(I don't know why.) So it's up to you. Spend the BIGGER money up from for something reliable, or buy these cyberhomes until you've reached the two year money apex($150, roughly) and 4 sessions of 6 month reliability. Your choice. But when they DO work, they work beautifully. They are portable, and light and space-savers, so that is always nice too.

Sometimes it plays region 2 DVD's, sometimes it doesn't. Its so unreliable, a lot of the times we watch DVD's on it, it locks up or jumps ahead a scene or two. Its terrible. I would have sent it back, but the shipping to ship a small but heavy DVD player would cost as much as the unit itself. It's not actually a proper region free or multi-region DVD player as advertised, it states region 1 clearly on the back of the unit and it just came with typed instructions on how to enter a code to make it play other region players. Even if your looking for a bargain, take time to look around, Circuit City, Walmart, Target and even OSH regularly have DVD players for 20-40 dollars too so just go there, and that way if you have any problems it costs you nothing but your time to return it!!

I bought this DVD player as just moved from UK to US, and have lots of region 1 and 2 DVD's. This machine plays them all with no problems, it can also do PAL and NTSC picture formats, and it is multi voltage, i.e will work on UK and US electricity.
It can be used anywhere in the world, and has connections for S-video, component and other connections, so will hook up to any TV, I also connected it to my stereo, so have good sound as well.
Some other low reviews (1 star, piece of junk) seem to have had problems with theirs, but you just need to make sure the settings are right in the menu for the DVD player to connect to your TV properly.
The remote control is small, like the machine itself, but has lots of features, including pause with frame by frame playing, A-B repeat, jump to a certain time in the DVD and lots more.
As a final bonus, the whole thing is only 9" square, so will fit anywhere in your living room, bedroom etc with all your furniture, TV and any other equipment.
In short, if you are looking for a player to watch DVD's from any region in the world, this is the one to get, you won't find a cheaper one!

Anything Cyberhome manufactures is garbage. The products are lucky to last six months. Don't bother emailing Support as they don't respond.