great value (Cyberhome CH DVD 402)

Member Name: ahenry

Product:	Cyberhome CH DVD 402
Date:	18/06/03 (3000 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, Plays everything, Decent performance

Disadvantages: No Scart lead

The CyberHome CH 400 DVD Player is available for £50 from http://www.whsmith.co.uk/WHS/Go.asp?isbn=CHDVD400& DB=622

You get them to deliver it to your local branch of WH Smiths for free, or pay extra for delivery to your home.

There are a lot of cheap DVD players around. What marks this one out is

1. Its £50. You also get £1.80 worth of WH Smith points

2. It plays lots of stuff. There is a simple hack to make it multiregion, including RCE-encoded region 1 disks. It plays music CDs, video CDs, MP3 music files or JPEG images on a CD, DVD-R's etc. Some people say it has macrovision disabled, so that you can record from a DVD onto a video cassette. Others have found this isn't so - it might depend on the batch you get.

3. Its small. You don't get a display on the front of the unit, but the box is only 225mm x 240mm x 60mm (W x D x H) which makes it the same size as a lot of micro HiFis.

4. The sound and picture quality are fine. You might get better if you pay a lot more, but reviews I've seen say its as good as anything else up to ~£100-£150.

5. It plays NTSC DVDs on old PAL TVs. If your TV plays PAL at 60Hz, then this is fine. If it only plays PAL at 50Hz it might be a bit jumpy as the DVD player converts it.

The only downside I can think of are that you need to buy a scart lead separately. Wilkinsons sell decent shielded ones for £4.99.

There is a message board for this specific model:
http://forum.cyberhome-help.de/viewforum.php?f =25

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