CyberHome DVR-1600 DVD Recorder

I bought this unit becuase i work in video editing this is a easy to use DVR recorder i copy all my vhs and dv video from camcorder on dvd in high quality in one day and then professionaly load and edit them to my computer i recomend this product.

I liked being able to record my favs and movies. I liked using all the features but that was short lived. I had it almost a year and had the following problems: Messages saying "bad disc", "no disc", it would stop in the middle of recording and say "bad disc". I threw away so many formatted dvd-rw's I can't count them all. I was able to record about 20 movies & programs before it lost it's mind. It finally wouldn't go past "Hello" even when I powered it off an on several times. I can't get my dvd out of it at all because now it won't even power on. I wouldn't buy it at all, save your money for a nice dvr.

More than 70% of these appear to stop functioning after only a year or less. This happened to me as well. Also the company had their rights revoked due to a law suit from Philips, driving them into bankruptcy.
http://www.engadget.com/2​006/06/16/fbi-seizes-20-000-cy​berhome-dvd-players/

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At first glance this system is awesome for the price. It is one of the lowest priced, high function machines available. It has excellent quality and function. However, it is not user friendly and it is very difficult to figure out the functions. If you are not technically inclined you will have a very hard time with this player/ recorder. Just trying to figure out how to get from one programming screen to another will cause you to throw it away.
The other problem is tech support. Cyberhomes website is nice enough until you need help. Their tech support links do not work. All of us at one time or another have lost our remotes. If you lose the one for your Cyberhome player you need to buy a new machine. They do not have codes for universal remotes and although they say they have replacement remotes available, unfortunately, their online store is now non-existant, the link no longer works. If you try to email tech support for this matter, the link for tech support email doesn't work either.
My summation is that for a player/recorder that is available at most retail/ discount stores it is not worth the money and aggravation you put into it. To own this piece of technology you need to be an expert or above to work it and if you need any kind of support, forget it. Stick with the brand names.

Having worked with electronics for many years I was pleasantly surprised when I opened up mine after it went dead.
I like the way it has been put together, very neat, BUT! some very poor quality parts,
I bid on one that was powering up but was not reading discs, when I got it I removed the power supply and put it in my dead machine,
I had the same problem so I knew not reading disc is a power supply problem, it was a capacitor that was loading down the
spindle motor voltage so it wouldn't turn the disc to read it, this power supply had two bad capacitors mine had four bad
capacitors, they went bad in less than a year and that means they cut corners by using inferior quality parts and are paying for
it, perhaps that is why the company is for sale.
I bid on and won two more, they are coming tomorrow and I have new capacitors waiting.
I don't like is the input selection, it stinks, otherwise this is a nice DVD-R
"If you can't fix it don't own it".

PS.I rate it Good because it is good for me it might not be for you.