CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player (Silver)

CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player (Silver)
Manufacturer: CyberHome
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The CH-DVR 1500 is a DVD Recorder/Player with Progressive Scan Video Output.DVD+R/RW Recording gives you the ability to create your own DVD discs from your home movies, favorite TV programs and more. Because of the outstanding compatibility of DVD+R/RW discs, the discs you create will be suitable for playback in most DVD players. You can record from the unit's built-in TV Tuner or an external video source like a video camera. And when you're ready to watch your recordings or commercial DVDs, you can enjoy them in the highest quality with the unit's Progressive Scan Video Out and Digital Audio Out.
Amazon.com Product Description
One of the most affordable stand-alone DVD recorders to date, the CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 offers DVD+R and DVD+RW recording and high-resolution progressive-scan DVD playback, making it equally well suited for recording TV programs, archiving your home videos, and enjoying your favorite movies on a high-definition or HD-ready TV. As it's increasingly more common for standard DVD players to play DVD+R/+RW discs, this is a great way to share personal footage with distant loved ones.

With the CH-DVR 1500 you can digitally record superb picture and sound--up to six hours a disc, in your choice of resolution (only one hour at the highest-quality setting). Use the timer and scheduler for advance recording of up to eight favorite TV programs, or record "live" to disc at your whim. The recorder lets you add markers and thumbnail images with auto chapter or set chapter markers manually.

A major benefit of the DVD+RW (rewriteable) format is the ability to edit programs as you're making a disc, ensuring through handy add and delete buttons that you'll only commit to disc the segments you intend. Further, there's no finalization required before playback of DVD+RW--you can use DVD+RW discs pretty much the way you use VHS videotape, only without the cumbersome fast-forwarding and rewinding. DVD+R lets you edit--add, move, remove--but you can't reclaim recorded space once it's been burned, so your total disc length shrinks as you make cuts.

Front audio/video inputs (composite- and S-video) accommodate feeds from camcorders and other devices, and the recorder offers 9-bit analog-to-digital encoding from video sources. An onscreen disc title navigator gives you quick, easy access to your recordings.

As a player, the unit handles everything from DVD+R/+RW, DVD-Video, and DVD-R to VCD, SVCD, and CD-R/CD-RW, including CDs filled with MP3 music files. Progressive scanning doubles the scan lines of an interlaced signal by scanning all 525 lines in 1/60 of a second for each full pass. The higher-density video signal creates film-like DVD images with rich detail, extraordinary depth of field, and precise color reproduction.

Composite- and S-video outputs accommodate most televisions, and a choice of either PAL or NTSC video output lets you use the player/recorder with either monitor type. The unit offers an RF passthrough for TV tuning, but be aware that this channel signals from the onboard NTSC tuner only--not from DVDs. If you have an older TV without a composite-video (yellow RCA jack) input, you'll need an RF modulator to go between the DVD recorder and your TV.

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control, two AAA batteries, AC power cord, stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, RF audio/video interconnect, RF splitter, user's manual, registration/warranty info, three blank DVD+RW discs, and disc holder.

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Amazon.com Hands-On Review

While Motorola's RAZR V3 was tearing up the marketplace worldwide, people on Verizon's network were left asking "What about us?" Then we saw a CDMA RAZR show up in Korea and Verizon users felt hope--and eventually were offered the RAZR V3c. But then the magenta-colored "pink" RAZR V3 hit the shelves in T-Mobile stores, and once again Verizon customers were left wanting more.</p>

And now they have it--in the form of the pink Motorola RAZR V3c. Functionally the same as the gray V3c, the new version has a pink color that is, well, more "pink" than the model offered by T-Mobile. In fact, it is really quite attractive, even to my decidedly male brain.</p> <table align=right width=147 cellpadding=10> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/v3cpink.jpg" border=0 align=top>

<small><b>Learn more about the pink RAZR V3c from Verizon Wireless.</b></small></td></tr> </table>

The V3c has 30 MB of internal storage and a run-of-the-mill 1.3-megapixel camera that takes photos that are just "okay", but not great. That megapixel camera, different from the one in the new V3i, is the reason for the small bulge in the shape of the RAZR V3c near the hinge. This brings the total handset thickness to 5/8 of an inch (about 16mm). The weight still comes in at 3.4 ounces (97g), or about the same as the original V3.</p>

The V3c's internal antenna does a good job of finding and holding onto a signal--at least as well as Motorola's own V710 did with its extendable whip antenna. The audio quality was pretty good for a Verizon phone, and the battery life was about average for an EV-DO 3G handset at 3.25 hours of continuous talk time. That EV-DO capability means that the V3c is compatible with Verizon's V CAST video service, which offers video clips from the likes of CNN and MTV, as well as a host of others. Bluetooth support is also on board, but only for headset use. You cannot use it to send and receive photos, for example, though photos can be sent via e-mail or uploaded to the Verizon PixPlace Web site. Verizon has promised that it will start to allow its EV-DO handset subscribers to use their phones as EV-DO modems, but you will need an extended data plan (not just V CAST) in order to do so.</p>

Like most new Verizon phones, the RAZR V3c uses Verizon's standard user interface. This means that the menu system on the V3c is almost the exact same as the one found on LG's VX8000 and VX8100 phones or Samsung's SCH-a950. While I'm not a fan of the system, it is reasonable to use and will make the V3c an easy upgrade for most people already using a Verizon handset.</p>

Other points of interest include a nice speakerphone and a very good speaker-independent voice command system. The system allows you to call a particular phone number for one of your contacts just by speaking a single command to the phone. For example, you just press the voice dial button and say "call John Doe home" or "Call John Doe mobile" to start the call. You can also use the same system to start a text message, digit dial (eg. 215-555-1212), or look up a contact record ("lookup John Doe"). The system works over the speakerphone or with a Bluetooth headset as well.</p> <table align=left width=200 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5> <tr> <td align="left"> <img height= 150 width= 200 src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/v3p-keyboard-sm.jpg" border=0 align=top>
<small><b>Click the image to see the V3c's keyboard up close.</b></small> </font></td></tr> </table>

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