CyberHome CH-DVD 300S Progressive-Scan DVD Player , Silver

I bought 2 of these. Really good products and are working great since May-2006. Current generation of DVD players have many more sophisticated features such as HDMI connictivity, USB connectivity.

Recently I bought another DVD player for the connectivity of present generation of products (Excluding Blu-ray feature). [...]
May be you can find further better product. Good luck !!!

The CyberHome DVD player is what I have been searching for
for years: American and European systems (and others) compatible!

And at such a reasonalble price!

I think I know what the problem is with this DVD player. I purchased this model a few years ago and it eventually stopped working (wouldn't turn on even with a fresh battery in the remote). I think this happened because I left it plugged in all the time with the power off. I think the fact that it is "plugged in" burns out the components even thought the power is supposedly "off". I purchased the same model again about two years ago and I always unplug it when I'm not using it and it works perfectly. I think this is a good DVD player for the price--you just have to remember to unplug it when it's not in use.

I am reading some of the bad reviews some people are giving to this DVD player and went to make sure this is the same DVD player I've had for about 3+ years. And... It is the same -CyberHome 300.
I have NEVER had any problems with this little machine. I paid about $35.00 a few years ago. One of best money investments made for an electronic piece!
And the best thing about it? For me, it is the fact that I can play DVDs from almost any region. I order DVDs from other countries and all I have to do is to change regions and DONE! It takes only a couple of minutes to change regions.
On the other hand, I have friends that invested more than $80.00 for one of those so-called "multi-region" players and they are always complaining.
I like my little player so much that I bought one for my husband about a year ago (no complain from this one either) and now I am buying one for the TV in our master bedroom.
If you want to pay more $$$$ for a more "sophisticated" player go ahead... but if you want something inexpensive that will serve you as good as the more expensive ones, buy this little DVD player. I believe you will not regret it!

For the money I spend on this, it is a great DVD player! All I needed was a small DVD player that doesn't take up allot of space. And it plays the european DVD's!
To some of the reviews I can just comment: if you want something better, spend more money. I didn't need to plug in any more electronic devices etc.. so this works just fine for my family.
If you are on a low budget and just need a DVD player for the kids to watch something occasionally, this product is for you.

I've had this DVD player for almost 3 years now, and have never had a problem with it. It's small, inexpensive, and works like a charm. The remote isn't easy to use (you can't really use it by touch, you have to squint at the tiny thing every time to make sure you're hitting the right button), but that's my only complaint.

This is a great little DVD player. It plays everything I throw at it-including PAL. If a DVD does not play or cuts out during playback, on my JVC and/or Panasonic DVD players, the Cyberhome 300S will play it completely-without error. In fact, I have two of these machines. As to picture quality-those who complain are probably viewing the DVD through a telescope. I see no difference in quality from that of my other DVD players and the 300S.The quality of construction is very good-not cheap plastic like other small DVD players seen at Walmart. I would recommend this player to anyone who wants a good durable player at a reasonable
price. The only thing I have not tested is its progressive scan capabilities as I have SDTVs only.
I am glad that, as of 12/28/07, you can still purchase one.

I bought the little "ch" about 2 years ago at Odd LOts for 27.50 Ive never had any trouble with it at all. IT palys all regions and has a good picture. It has composite ,"s"vidieo and componet outputs. Can be set to progressive or interlaced scan. If you have a good high quality dvd the picture will amaze you at this price. I think Cyberhome has gone out of business though. Solidly built with all metal chassis. remote is a bit small but o.k. recommended.

Purchased this DVD player more than a year ago only to play some VCD's/DVD's which I got from India. Works like a charm. The litte guy plays every single Disc that you pop into it. It has taken over the role of the Primary DVD Player after my more expensive Daewoo died on me.
I would definitely recommend this to everyone.

My husband and I put DVD players through their paces as our TV is used almost exclusively for DVD viewing since we have no cable or satellite service. In the past four or five years we've gone through three mid-priced players; when they were subjected to our rigorous (and disc-after-disc) viewing they soon developed issues with skipping, not reading, humming, and overheating. We also are fans of foreign films and rare editions, but have never been able to afford an all-region player.

We heard tale of a great all-region player that could be found on Amazon for well under $75 and thought it was too good to be true. But as our DVD player at the time sounded like a mini helicopter every time we watched a movie, we were willing to try anything! It arrived super fast and we were pleasantly surprised at how compact the unit is (not as thick as a Harry Potter book, but wider). The first thing we did was set it up for all-region coding (instructions were included) and gave it a test run with a European disc -and it worked! So did a disc from Japan! Wonderful!

Bottom line, it is a great little basic DVD player with a fantastic all-region perk. It doesn't record or have a clock to set (but we haven't missed that), but has held up to our rigorous routine for over a month now and we couldn't be more pleased. Even the remote is nice; simple, not too thin, and all the buttons are clearly labeled. If you've always wanted a basic player and the ability to watch foreign discs but couldn't plunk down the extra cash, this could be the perfect player for you!

I bought this for its no-frills cheap price about 9 months ago and it gave me about 30 hours of pleasant, satisfying viewing time. Then it whimsically refused to recognize any instructions from the remote. (Replacing the battery made no difference.) Most important, it refuses to turn on, and the power button on the front doesn't change anything. Worse, there is a DVD inside and I can't open the tray, so I'll have to destroy the little bugger to retrieve my disk. Don't bother with it. Pay more and get something reliable.

Like many other purchasers, I was impressed by the low ($39) price, Region Free and PAL capability when I bought this DVD player 2 years ago. It just inexplicably stopped working yesterday. Looking up Cyberhome, it seems the trademark and domain name is up for sale(?). 2 years and throw it away seems to be the world we live in. Are there any DVD players not made in Asian slave factories?

I bought this CyberHome DVD player as a quick fix, I never bought it as a long-term solution. Even a budget DVD player should have worked better than this has though.

I will say that at this DVD player's most primitive aspect (i.e., playing movies only), it does the job it's supposed to. However, don't try and make your movie experience any more enjoyable by running the sound through your surround sound system. I did and it only created problems.

"Like what?" you may be asking.

Well, somehow--I never claim to be an expert in the way of any electronic device but I do know how they work--the sound stopped coming through. I figured it was just my surround sound so I ran it through to my TV, still nothing. I actually had to buy new RCA plugs just to be able to watch anything with sound. The problem has persistently come back though.

Then there's the random power-offs. The first couple times I figured, "Ah, power surges." When it kept happening I then resorted to thinking I just had a bad unit, so I mentioned it to a friend who has one and he said his was doing the same thing. I know it's possible that both units are faulty but it'd be rare, and after reading a few reviews and further asking around, I've found that, even with the former problem, I'm not the only one.

I don't recommend this DVD player the least bit. If you MUST have one immediately and this is what you can afford, okay, but go in knowing you better save up to get a better one ASAP. The remote and features are all user friendly and take no time to get use to, which is nice. Past that, the bad--at least for me--far outweighs the good.

This product is just okay. The unit I bought lasted just under two years, and then it stopped playing DVDs all together.
I am not too worried about it, since I got it on sale for under $40, but at the Amazon list price I would be looking at other models.

Excellent item. My first lasted a long time, and when it finally wore out, I bought another one of this same item, and expect to have the same good luck with this one.

I bought this to watch some British car racing dvds that are not available in the US format. It was so very inexpensive that I was skeptical. I've been using it for 2 weeks now, and it works perfectly. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it doesn't have any type of lcd display on the unit.

Cyberhome Multi Region Code Free Region Free Zone Free All Region 110/220v Dvd Player w/ Progressive Scan
This product is affordable and practical. I have bought two. One for myself and another for a brother in law. It plays everything!!!!

THIS IS THE BEST DVD PLAYER IVE EVER HAD AND HAS LASTED LONGER TOO. IT TAKES VERY LITTLE SPACE SO EVERYONE HAS ROOM.

For the money, unbeatable: delivers a decent picture, reads multiple regions, occupies almost no space. A very tidy product.
Usage is moderate, and so far it has been reliable.

i was in the market for a dvd player that would play movies from multiple regions as well as have PAL and NTSC compatibility, and the cyberhome dvd player has done just that. the dvd playback works great (i have it hooked up to a 42-inch hd flat screen plasma) and i haven't had any issues. for the price and for what i ask it to do, it works great. i am big tech geek, so i felt the included instructions on how to make the player region free were easy to follow. i would highly recommend this player if you are looking for a region free player that supports PAL and NTSC.

From the time i bought this DVD Player it worked like a war horse. Plays all kind of DVDs (home created, bought ones also). For a person who wants to watch just DVDs this is a best bet. I'm using this product for little over an year without any problems. I would recommend this product.

Yes! My problem is/was my main DVD player will warm up and will stop even on rented DVDS that are a little used. Home made DVDs are/is not an option at all. The main purpose of the little guy was and stile is to play home made DVDs, and it sure stand its purpose. Today after a year, I am getting my second unit - I totally retired my Sony from the living room. I will be using these guys in the bedroom and living area. If they don't last long that is fine,their cost was less than $40.00 each,unlike the Toshiba and the Sony,I spends hundreds and they sure looked fancy. I recommend the unit to anyone that watches home made DVDs and CDs

This player is really great for the low price that it sells for. It plays any format DVD and I am very happy about this because I watch movies coming from europe and africa so I do need the flexibility.
Definitely a good buy!!

I wanted to be able to play home made DVD-R's on Television. It does play any DVD disc format on the planet. I found that it also plays MPEGS and AVI files on CD just fine.

Just don't make this your primary home theater player. I couldn't get it to output 5.1 surround sound to save my life. It has a coaxial port (which is what my old DVD player was using), but it won't output surround sound audio to my receiver. Even though I set the settings on the player to what was designated in the manual. Since other reviewers mentioned theirs not working right out of the box, I guess I am fortunate.

The remote control layout is also awkward, and it takes some getting used to. I use it now strictly for QA videos I make for work. It works just fine in that capacity. I am not unhappy for the price.

This is the coolest dvd player that you can get. Just like it says in the title, It is progressive! I like anything that is progressive! It also can scan! Well, I like anything that can scan! It is also silver! That, in itself is really cool!

Ordered 4 pieces - all working well a month later. Very good for the price!

Compact, cheap, dual(110, 240)voltage. I have owned this product for almost a year now and it works good. Worth to buy.

This player was small, something I was looking for, cheap, and got "some" good reviews. It worked OK, although would skip some things when in FF mode and occasionally lock up on something. That was until it just stopped working, now every disk, of any description, that I put in it is a "bad disk". They all play fine everywhere else. Remember it's cheap.

I bought one of these units to have a backup to my Cyberhome 320, which has served me very well.

The three things I like most about the Cyberhome units are:

1) The audio playback volume can be controlled globally from the remote. This is helpful if you have the sound output of the player connected to a reciever/ amplifier and a TV simultaneously- the volume of the TV sound and the reciever sound can be adjusted in tandem - or, if the minimum volume setting on your TV is still too loud for watching DVD's or playing mp3's late at night (my plasma TV is like that, believe it or not) you can lower the volume to a level that won't disturb others.

2)Cyberhomes seem to be able to play any DVD that I can create on my PC. This was not so for a Sony unit I have that cost three times as much.


3)the region code of the units can be reset to zero. However, when I attempted to use the hack that worked on my 320 (the same hack described here in other reviews of this player) on the 300 it did not work. If you are getting the same results try this proceedure instead (it worked for me):

1) Close the disc tray with no disc inside. (This proceedure will not work with the disc drawer open.)

2) On the remote press "menu" then "1" and then "9". When I tried this no "no" symbol appeared as on my 320. A highlighted box should appear with the players current region setting displayed.

3) On the remote, press the green up or down buttons to change the code. I set mine to "0" - all regions.

4) On the remote, press "enter".

You're done!

I tested this with region 1, 2, and 4 discs and they all played fine.

I just got my 300 so I haven't had time to experience any of the problems (unit failres) that others have reported, but I've had my 320 for about two years and other than having to clean the lens once it has worked just fine. As far as I can tell the 300 and the 320 are identical except that the power indictor on the 300 is larger than the one on the 320, the screensaver looks slightly different and the region hacks are slightly different. I'm hoping that the 300 will perform as well as the 320 since these players have all the features I need.

This one just won't keep going, and going, and going. When it worked it was fine. However, I have owned two and both quit working on me in fairly short order, the second one in less than a year. Maybe I shouldn't expect too much for the price, but still was disappointing to me.

I purchased this product because I needed to have a dvd player in my livingroom. It's small and compact and is by far the best player on the market as far as I'm concerned. Simply put, I love it.

If you put inside a Cookie or an Arepa maybe this product will read it. Is a funny way to review this product because you'll never have reading or uncompatibility troubles.

I have owned two of these dvd players. Both of them worked for a while and then both of them just stopped working. It doesn't seem to read the disk. I would only recommend if you don't mind buying a new one every year. Both of them lasted between 9-12 months and the remote died, and shortly after that, the whole thing died. It also is missing an actual menu button on the dvd player itself. I could never go to the menu when my remotes stopped working. It was good while it worked though. I just wish it didn't obviously have some sort of a bug since both did the exact same thing.

I have bought this same player multiple times. Usually it'll last me a year or two before dying (which is what I expect for the price), but my last one was only about a month old when it stopped working. What a disappointment. I've had much more expensive players that didn't last as long too, though . . .

Easy to set up and to use,I love this DVD player. Just be sure to double check Amazon's shipping calculations on any order, as they charged me $26 to standard ship this tiny unit. The TV I bought at the same time only cost $17 to standard ship.

Ilove this product , CYBERHOME DVD PLAYER so much that i dont have
words to express it.I will always reccomand my freinds and family
to go for this product rather then having other brand costly DVD
players

I had one CyberHome CH-DVD 300S Progressive-Scan DVD Player that I bought around 5 years ago and it was great, the dvd player I ever had. It could play everything including Divx format. I gave it to my Mom in Brazil and decided to buy another one, the same model, but they are coming different now. They look the same, they have the same name 300S but they are not playing Divx format. This is usually the format you have for dvds created in your PC. So, all taht big advantage it had before is gone. The only good thing remaining is that it still is a multi-region dvd player.

First, this player produces a crystal clear picture equal to the pricier model I own of another very well-known brand.

The response time of this player to its remote is also twice as fast as my pricier model, with little to no lag between the time I press a button on this remote to the time the player responds to the command.

And now, the number one reason I bought this player: it has a "1/All" button on its remote that will continuously play and/or repeat all episodes on a standard DVD -- a small thing, but extremely useful, especially if the DVD itself has no "Play All" option on its root menu. Apparently, this is particular to this brand of DVD player; I've tried two other brands of DVD players and neither of them featured this ability. By the way, the first one I'd bought of these died within a year after purchase, but at this price, replacing it is not a mighty concern.

I was disapointed that the zoom feature mode of operation was changed. I had one before that stopped playing but I liked the zoom feature it had. It worked by presenting a frame within the picture when the zoom button was pressed and then by pressing Enter, the view within the frame was enlarged. This could be repeated has many times as you want. The current one only enlages by 2x, 3x and 4x. That's all. Otherwise I like the player and it is inexpensive and compact. I use it mostly to view JPEG pictures on disk.

I picked up two of these since the price was outstanding. While they were working, they were just fine; they're not top knotch and don't have all the goodies (except for being region free)... but I didn't expect them to be.

The first one was in our bedroom lasted all of a few months and locked up. By locked up I mean that it would not turn on via button on the panel or the remote. Unplugging the unit (perhaps for a hard reset?) did nothing to it. It even sat in my office for a couple of months prior to me throwing it out and I tried it just before tossing it and it did the same thing. The sad thing was that this one was used very little and it lasted just a short time.

The second one was in my son's room and it was on just about every evening for him to fall asleep to... and if we forgot to turn it off before we went to bed, it would be on all night. This one lasted almost a year but we could tell it was on its last legs when it became very noisy and would sometimes need the DVD ejected and reinserted a few times before it would recognize a disc was in there. Sometimes I even needed to dig down and pull the power cord out to reset it. The noises got worse and eventually the player was actually starting to scratch the DVDs! The first time my son complained about one of his DVDs hanging I took it out to see if there was gunk on it.. or perhaps he scratched it himself.. but no.. the scratches were perfectly circular as if something was in there scraping away at the disc while it spun. I took the cover off to see if there was anything stuck in there or blatantly wrong with it and could find nothing out of the ordinary. The pain of getting the disc to be recognized in the player got too be so much that we eventually went out and bought a different one for him.

Why three stars? Well if I were to rate on just the first one then it would be a one star for sure... on the other hand, the second one, although it did die well before its time, was used quite often (and sometimes over used), so I can't give it a completely bad rating.. so I averaged it ;-)

My Cyberhome DVD player locked up and will not play any more. I had used it maybe 10 times!
I went online and found others expressing that they had the same experience.
I wish I had gone with another brand.
I emailed Cyberhome with my complaint hoping they could give me some kind of advice on how to get it working again but, they never returned my email with any comment.
I would not recommend any product sold by Cyberhome. It doesn't seem to me as though they care about repeat business with their customers. Just sell it cheap and rip them off one at a time.
Thanks, Mark

I bought two of these to replace really old DVD players in my house, and I would call these 'adequate', but not fantastic.

They play home-burned DVDs and +/- R media which my old players would not handle, but they seem to struggle with some discs and will sometimes even stop playing. The same discs will play fine in my high-end HD-DVD player.

For some reason, the subtitles default to 'on', which is annoying.

The remote is poorly-laid out and uses REALLY EXPENSIVE batteries. I've never seen a remote use this kind of battery. Why not use a standard double-A like every other remote on the planet?

I've had this DVD player for almost a year of extremely frequent use and it works great. It would be a deal at twice the price.

I'm leaving this review specifically to give an update for the unadvertised multi-region feature. This DVD player can play movies from any region, not just North American region 1 and region 0. To change the region the DVD player will play, first make sure there is no DVD in the player. Then press "menu," then "1," then "9." A grey box will appear with a number "1" in it, showing the region the DVD player is set to play. You can use the up and down arrows on the remove to change the region however you'd like. When you've set your preferred region, press "enter." Earlier reviews give a slightly different procedure, likely due to tiny differences in design over time.

This item is worth more than what you will porbably pay for it. It has a classy look with the most modern features of a DVD player today. There is little to no loading time and the quality is perfect.

The only downside I could find was not even in the DVD player. I use a comcast universal remote and there is no code for CyberHome in their DVD programing code list.

Good product. Does what it is supposed to do. The voltage conversion feature and region free playback are great for international use. It is currently being used in India without any problems !!

I bought this thinking it would play movies from Britain, but I missed a code or something and ended up with a basic DVD player, so I eventually returned it. It was okay as a regular DVD player, but the same thing is at Wal-Mart for less money.

This is the best region free (via key sequence code) player around. It can play both NTSC and PAL DVD as well! You can't find another DVD player like this without paying more than a few times more. I only give it a 4 starts because these little players won't last too long. I just ordered a few of them to replace the dead ones. :)

I bought this Cyberhome model from BestBuy several years ago and loved it. A power outage killed it recently, so I went to BestBuy to get another, and they don't carry it any more. I bought another brand, Insignia, which is awful! The picture quality is terrible compared to the Cyberhome. Dark scenes have crushed blacks and grays. I'm still looking for another Cyberhome locally.

Would rate it 0 stars if that were an option!!!! Very spotty performance! Audio comes and goes on a whim. CyberHome doesn't respond to email or phone calls, and now it seems that their website is closed. When it works, it is fine, but it doesn't work consistently, and with no customer service it seems a risky thing to buy--even at a low price.
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60 days it worked good and now when I turn on DVD I have on my screen white dots. DVD plays good but I still have a several lines of white dots. They are arrangment by diagonal several rows. Sometimes these lines dissapear for a short time. After cleaning lenses I have the same problem. [...]