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“Originally posted by MrMark
Posted on another forum and this guy responded with:
Re9# Serves you right for buying a cheapo Chinese player. How much did this piece of crap cost you?
FFS take it back and get a refund and buy a Tosh.
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yeah and Japanese electronic stuff were called cheapo crap when they first appeared in the west, no doubt by those same people
I got a cyberhome too and i think its great. Absolutely no probs. Plays everything thrown at it, picture and sound quality is mighty fine. And in test reviews their technical performances are shown to be perfectly respectable, and compare well with more expensive ones.
Yes there can be some advantages in buying familiar 'reputable' names, but I don't go for the brand snobbery aspect. The well known Japanese brands took decades to build up their reputation from 'cheapo crap' to high quality market leaders. Same thing happened with japanese cars. And probably the same will eventually happen with chinese brands as they become more familiar and improving all the time.
So don't be put off cyberhome. A good machine is a good machine no matter the brand name or price, and theres no doubt these are good machines. And astounding at the price.
I guess you were just unlucky with yours, but read any tv&video mag help column and you'll see the same kind of thing can also happen to peeps who bought Tosh, Sony, Panny etc etc.
Thats what warranties are for.