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Wednesday October 4, 2006
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 Three and half years ago, I bought a Panasonic SA-HT67 home-theater-in-a-box, with 5.1 sound and a 5-disc DVD changer for about $250. A year and a half later the engine burned out, rendering the DVD player useless, and the machine was demoted to basic receiver duties.
My next DVD player was a CyberHome CH-DVD 300 that I picked up on sale at Best Buy for $15. It's been two years since I bought it, and it just stopped working last night. And the only problem I've ever had with it is sometimes I need to clean the disc before the player will read it. Guess what I'm going to be replacing it with. Thanks to Online Associate Editor Kyle Monson for this brief but instructive post!
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October 4, 2006 1:44 PM
You got lucky! It does happen, but I can't tell you the number of DOA units we used to get returned. I don't think you should pay much more than $30 for a basic DVD player anyway, so sure, why not get the Cyberhome.... but don't be surprised if it only lasts a month and a half either.
October 6, 2006 1:09 PM
Cyberhome USA is no longer in business. They went Chapter 7 a few months ago. Support and service other than FAQ's on-line is now non-existent. There is no official place to get parts, or warranty service. The reason: The Santa Clar DA's office confiscated their entire inventory of product for failing to pay Phillips the license fees that were owed which amounted to over 20 million dollars.