Get your butts to walmart! Cyberhome DVD player DVD655.

[funboy6942]

Went birthday shopping today for my wife and they had 2 of these on the shelves. I got one just in time while another guy bought the other. Took the unit and ran off. If you all didnt know this if you ask anything thats on clearance the wires, manual, cables and such could be locked up in the back. He took off while I went and asked and I got the works. The cables including a 6 ft hdmi cable worth more then what I paid for the unit itself. Like buying the cable and getting the dvd player for free!

Does up converting through the hdmi and does divx too. For $25 I would of bought the other one if the guy didnt but I dont know what good its going to do him without having the power cable or even the remote, but Im set

Got home pluged it into my $400 Philips HDTV I got awhile back and can actually see a big diff in the picture between 480P and 1080I

Im super happy and everyone needs to go see if they have any near by

Review

 

[zephyrprime]

hdmi cables aren't worth $25. They can be purchased for much less.

 

[sat4fun]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
hdmi cables aren't worth $25. They can be purchased for much less.

And the winner of the "Missing the Point" award today goes to...

 

[AStar617]

Good price, except I'm generally worried about Cyberhome build quality. Every one of their units that I've come across (friends/family homes) was reported broken soon afterwards...

 

[Bekker]

I think I read a news post that said Phillips is suing Cyberhome for using their patented tech without paying royalties in the millions, so these may be being cleared out before they are forced off the market.

 

[jlmadyson]

I have this DVD player and it is very good imho for an upconverting DVD player. Not top of the line but well worth $25. The 1080i and 720p signals on this player provide very nice quality over 480p on my 61in Sammy.

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: Bekker
I think I read a news post that said Phillips is suing Cyberhome for using their patented tech without paying royalties in the millions, so these may be being cleared out before they are forced off the market.

Kind of what I was thinking, always wondered why the player did such quality for a no name, it's a phillips.

 

[agent2099]

Does anyone know if Cyberhome players are compatible with unversal remotes. Do they use Phillips codes when programming?

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: agent2099
Does anyone know if Cyberhome players are compatible with unversal remotes. Do they use Phillips codes when programming?

My logitech 880 works with it, but other than that not sure.

 

[isayx3]

I think I read a news post that said Phillips is suing Cyberhome for using their patented tech without paying royalties in the millions, so these may be being cleared out before they are forced off the market.

Last week the FBI raided Cyberhome facility and siezed everything. The news articles said 18 trailers full of merchandise hauled off.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: isayx3

I think I read a news post that said Phillips is suing Cyberhome for using their patented tech without paying royalties in the millions, so these may be being cleared out before they are forced off the market.

TWICE, 6/15/2006 8:48:00 AM

San Jose, Calif. ? A task force of local, state and federal agencies seized more than 20,000 CyberHome-brand DVD recorders that allegedly use Philips patents without a license.

CyberHome U.S.A. of Fremont, Calif., markets DVD players, DVD recorders, portable DVD players and a handful of LCD TVs. Its customers include Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry?s, Target and Wal-Mart.


The task force, whose lead agency is the FBI, obtained a search warrant to enter the warehouse as ?part of an ongoing investigation into the illegal manufacture and sale of products bearing counterfeit trademarks,? the task force said. California law provides for imprisonment up to three years and fines up to $500,000 for the manufacture, possession, or sale of more than 1,000 items bearing a counterfeit mark, the task force said. Eight tractor-trailer loads of infringing DVD recorders were seized with an estimated retail value of more than $2 million.

The Santa Clara County district attorney?s office called CyberHome ?one of the world?s largest manufacturers and importers of DVD devices.? The company?s Web site said its products are also sold in Europe.

The task force, called REACT, was tipped of by Philips, said a spokesman for Philips Electronics North America in New York. ?CyberHome has been using Philips DVD technology in its DVD players and recorders for a very long time now without paying royalties,? the spokesman said. ?Their debts currently are a multimillion amount of dollars. At this moment, CyberHome is not licensed at all, so they infringe upon our patents. This is illegal, and it also creates unfair competition in the market, as many other companies are licensed. We always want to find solutions in a peaceful way, but if companies do not respect our IP, we are forced to take legal steps.?


Well there you, y I got it so cheap

 

[Zendeath]

I briefly googled this player and couldn't find anybody offering it online now. Who knows, these could turn out to be collectors items one of these days.

 

[mikeford]

HDMI is an amazingly poor standard that places fairly high technical demands on the cable, and MANY cheaper ones have bit errors at higher data rates such as 1080p. The longer the cable, the more critical its quality.

 

[russw]

Originally posted by: Zendeath
I briefly googled this player and couldn't find anybody offering it online now. Who knows, these could turn out to be collectors items one of these days.

ya wanna buy a BetaMax or a Sanyo V-Cord?

 

[pargoff]

While this appears to be a great deal, can anyone else confirm that their walmart has this and its cost?

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: russw

Originally posted by: Zendeath
I briefly googled this player and couldn't find anybody offering it online now. Who knows, these could turn out to be collectors items one of these days.

ya wanna buy a BetaMax or a Sanyo V-Cord?

Sorta see your point but I dont remember the FBI knocking on the makers door of such things because of Patent Stealing or couterfiting and taking everyone stuff away .

 

[sixt7gt350]

Originally posted by: AStar617
Good price, except I'm generally worried about Cyberhome build quality. Every one of their units that I've come across (friends/family homes) was reported broken soon afterwards...

Internet reports are typically 3-8 months of use before the power supply takes a crap and weird things start happening. 1.5 years later, my $25 Cyberhome 300 that I bought for the kids' room took a crap today. It wouldn't read the disk that was in it, nor open the tray. I used the mechanical switch on the bottom to open it up. It closed on its own, but still wouldn't read the disk. I went into RadioShack for replacement capacitors to repair it and they didn't have squat for component selection. "We've got new DVD players we could sell you, though." "No thanks, I've got a backup." The GoVideo DVD player may be top load, but it certainly has lasted longer. (and has a cool karaoke feature that the kids love!)

The Cyberhome would read every type of disk I put in it, but I wouldn't recommend it because of poor quality.

 

[soflawill]

wonder if the warranties will be honored?

 

[TheCoop]

none available in the Baltimore Metropolitan area

 

[rgreen83]

product homepage doesnt even mention divx, can anyone tell me if it supports qpels?

 

[Xecuter]

walmart ftl

 

[soflawill]

is the 300 model worth anything? The Florida City wallyworld had dozens of them today at 34.99

 

[babylon5]

Walmart's electronic product policy return policy is horrible

 

[Bekker]

Originally posted by: babylon5
Walmart's electronic product policy return policy is horrible

How do you figure? 90 days w/receipt is great.

 

[imported_OrSin]

I owned one. It was piece of crap. It would take 20 secs to even bring s regular and over 1 minute for and avi, or dixv files. It would randomly lock up. The mnue screen is not support while a dvd id playing so you ahve to stop the dvd to change most settings.

$25 is ok, but you get what you pay for.