One of the most affordable stand-alone DVD recorders to date, the CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 offers DVD+R and DVD+RW recording and high-resolution progressive-scan DVD playback, making it equally well suited for recording TV programs, archiving your home videos, and enjoying your favorite movies on a high-definition or HD-ready TV. As it’s increasingly more common for standard DVD players to play DVD+R/+RW discs, this is a great way to share personal footage with distant loved ones. With the CH-DVR 1500 you can digitally record superb picture and sound–up to six hours a disc, in your choice of resolution (only one hour at the highest-quality setting). Use the timer and scheduler for advance recording of up to eight favorite TV programs, or record “live” to disc at your whim. The recorder lets you add markers and thumbnail images with auto chapter or set chapter markers manually. A major benefit of the DVD+RW (rewriteable) format is the ability to edit programs as you’re making a disc, ensuring through handy add and delete buttons that you’ll only commit to disc the segments you intend. Further, there’s no finalization required before playback of DVD+RW–you can use DVD+RW discs pretty much the way you use VHS videotape, only without the cumbersome fast-forwarding and rewinding. DVD+R lets you edit–add, move, remove–but you can’t reclaim recorded space once it’s been burned, so your total disc length shrinks as you make cuts. Front audio/video inputs (composite- and S-video) accommodate feeds from camcorders and other devices, and the recorder offers 9-bit analog-to-digital encoding from video sources. An onscreen disc title navigator gives you quick, easy access to your recordings. As a player, the unit handles everything from DVD+R/+RW, DVD-Video, and DVD-R to VCD, SVCD, and CD-R/CD-RW, including CDs filled with MP3 music files. Progressive scanning doubles the scan lines of an interlaced signal by scanning all 525 lines in 1/60 of a second for each (more…)
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The worst!
This was the worst electronic purchase I have ever made. Only lasted a few months for recording then just played dvds now it does nothing but collect dust!
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good recordings, but a lazy DVD player/recorder
Sure it’s a DVD recorder, and yes it can transfer your old time VHS classics. But it’s lazy. what I mean by that is that the player works when it wants to, he accepts only certain…
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Terrible
I used this product for burning not more than 10 DVDs – none of them were consistent. Some did not work on most DVD players, others did work anywhere.
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Less than a year and it is gone!
Just wanted to add my two cents here. I have never been more disappointed in a product. I purchased one and had to return it on the same day.
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Cyberhome has gone bankrupt
Please note that it is no longer possible to get ANY customer support, warranty coverage nor even downloadable manuals or upgrades.
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This is crapTACULAR…
I bought this recorder a week ago and it only works with the 3 included DVD+RW. If you try to use any other blank disc it will be ruined.
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Terrible
Do not buy a Cyberhome product. I have the 1600 model and started having problems viewing DVD’s and using the DVD recorder 2 months after purchasing the product.
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Problem with setup….HELP!
I bought this unit from QVC about six months ago. I have really never been able to set this up. I have a tv with all the connections but have no idea how to set this up.
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Audio and video are out of sync with each other
I purchased this unit back in March of 2004 from HSN. When I got the unit, I was immediately turned off at the picture quality via the unit’s tuner.
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Not Happy
I recieved the Cyberhome DVR-1500 last Christmas- by March it was acting up- not recording previously scheduled programs-error messages-stop rec- I contacted Cyberhome and they…