Like most I depend not only on descriptions from the mfg, but also the customer feedback. I decided the price was right to see for myself. When it arrived I was surprised at the small size of the unit. I read the directions, connected cables, and put in the DVD. My only setback was I didn't know how to change the region settings. Here's my experience with customer servive. This unit comes preset for Region One and has to be changed in the menu to play other DVD's. I had trouble finding the exact place in the manuel and even wondered if I have the right player. I emailed them that night and by morning the answer was in my inbox. I followed the instructions and viola! I was at the menu page for region settings. I selected the region I wanted and my movies played perfectly. I later went through the manuel and felt like an idiot when I found the page that gave info on how to get to DVD settings. Yet, it was nice to know they gave me great service and quick turn around on my questions. Now back to the operation of the unit. I used the cables that came with the unit to hook it to my television. The remote is very lightweight, slim, and easy to use. I am currently enjoying my UK movies and I believe I made a good economical choice. Read more
I have one of these players. It worked for a few months then started crapping out. CyberHome is out of business, having been busted for the FBI in mid-2006 for making DVD players without paying royalties to the patent owners. It did work and accepted the region-free hack. But it is not a long-term solution for your region-free DVD needs. Read more
We've had several of this DVD player, all breaking down within less then a year. It's true that it plays everything, including all region codes and it is small - that's why we kept replacing it with the same model. But all we owned had similar problems: after a while it stopped reacting to buttons (one never opened the DVD slot any more), or played the DVDs "broken up". So now I'm lookiing for a new model that can do the same but wont' need to be replaced all the time. Read more
I bought this DVD player as just moved from UK to US, and have lots of region 1 and 2 DVD's. This machine plays them all with no problems, it can also do PAL and NTSC picture formats, and it is multi voltage, i.e will work on UK and US electricity. It can be used anywhere in the world, and has connections for S-video, component and other connections, so will hook up to any TV, I also connected it to my stereo, so have good sound as well. Some other low reviews (1 star, piece of junk) seem to have had problems with theirs, but you just need to make sure the settings are right in the menu for the DVD player to connect to your TV properly. The remote control is small, like the machine itself, but has lots of features, including pause with frame by frame playing, A-B repeat, jump to a certain time in the DVD and lots more. As a final bonus, the whole thing is only 9" square, so will fit anywhere in your living room, bedroom etc with all your furniture, TV and any other equipment. In short, if you are looking for a player to watch DVD's from any region in the world, this is the one to get, you won't find a cheaper one! Read more
This DVD Player is NOT Region Free. I tried everything that the other reviewer had said that should supposedly unlock the thing but it didn't work. I tried at least 20 times. I wonder if he got paid to leave that review?! Then when I tried calling the 800 number (actually 888) I was connected to a hoax Bahama's cruise line. When I called again the next day I got transferred to a 411 phone line which cost me $$ !!!! Unbelievable! Last but not least, the dvd player arrived in patched, beat up box. Off to return it now. I just hope I get my money back. Read more
As you may or may not know, Cyberhome actually went out of business. Something with the legality of their products was awry and they were more or less shutdown by the government. It is important to know that anything you purchase with the Cyberhome name is not only no longer under any type of warranty; it may be also hard to get it repaired or even replaced at a reasonable cost. This DVD player does exactly what I want it to do. It plays any region or format of disc with no fuss at all. It was decently priced for a multi-regional DVD player. But it also makes a lot of God-Awful noises sometimes. I am not really sure how long it will last, but somehow I feel as if it won't last as long as other players I've had. I reccommend this so highly only because now I can watch The Mighty Boosh and Darkplace on my TV! Read more
As mentioned by others - works really well and can be set up to play all region disks - but mine stopped working after about a year - disks spin in player, but are not recognized. Only cost me $36 - so no real complaints; you get what you pay for. Read more
I like it. It's small, easy to use, and works well. I bought it to watch my region 2 DVD's from the UK. However, it wasn't able to read them. It displayed, "Wrong Region" on the screen, when I placed them into the player. All in all, I'm keeping it to use it as a standard DVD player. Read more
