Plenty of features, incredible price

Doesn't come with picture book for the simpltons who don't know how to set up a ht system, get a clue.

Excellent receiver, especially for the money. I run mine through a pair of JBL professional 25's and the sound is amazing. 45db is more than enough for casual listening in a 20 x 17 room. I don't use it to cause a hearing impairment like some of these reviewers are talking about (75+). Anyway ecost.com @ 339.95 + free shipping hurry on over for the Christmas season. Next buy a dvd/cd player. Run your dts cds/dvds through it. Bask in the wonderful sounds. If your system overloads learn how to set it up properly. With half a brain you can enjoy endless amounts of music and movies, I know I have.

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Cost/Features

Unknown

I've just read all the reviews b/c I'm considering to buy this receiver. For those who complain about its noticeable "hiss"/"hum" as well as its volume problem, I think they should think twice before giving this JVC unit one-star rating.

I've tried many different similar brands of receiver (honestly none of them is above $1500 range)... I don't think JVC would "suicide" themself by releasing such a "bad" receiver supposedly representing their mid-price receiver for the home-theatre market. One person mentioned the "similar" problems with even the JVC RX-1028V. I'm really surprised! This top model from JVC got a pretty good review from "Stereo Review" Magazine October 99!

Well, enough to say, it's very likely that these "one-star" cases are defective units. Hope you all agree with me.

Actually I'm going to order it and test it for myself. Hope I will get a good unit (by the way should we trust mail order companies on this? This will be my first time to order reveiver by mail...)

I just got mine last week and it sounds terrific. There's plenty of headroom, with a volume of 60-65 being enough to shake the room. There is no hiss at all. I cranked the volume and listened to all speakers and it was quieter than a mouse. Personally, it's a great product. If you have concerns about the issues mentioned in these reviews, buy from a place with a good return policy.

Unknown.

Doesn't work.

(Note: I would give it zero stars, if that were possible.)

I was very excited to get home, hook up my new receiver and center channel speaker, and watch "Electric Ladyland" at high volume.

No such luck.

After hooking up everything, I powered up the system.

"OVERLOAD."

So I turned the power off, checked all connections, and then tried again. "OVERLOAD." So I disconnected everything except the main speakers and tried once more. This time *nothing*! The display was dead. No sound; no nothin'.

No Jimi.

This thing is a POC, and I urge caution if you are planning on purchasing the JVC RX-888.

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Lots.

DTS Support and On screen menu

I had the 884 took it back to get a reciever with dts support I got the 888 and noticed a big difference. I thas a lot clearer sound and more defined than the 884 I give the 884 4 stars and the 888 Five. For the money you can beat the qaulity of it plus has 3 digital inputs which Harmon Kardon 85 only has 2. I think it is a great product and well worth the money

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I recently purchased the JVC RX-888 and am well pleased with it.This unit gives great value and performance for a modest price.I purchased
it strictly for home theater as I own separate components for music already.
This reciever's DAC has three digital inputs and this will give some owners
an automatic upgrade on their CD players, MD's,etc.Even if you own a separate
DAC already,direct inputs to this reciever eliminate an interconnect cable
which may sound trivial,however,to someone buying this unit to be a music
source,the difference can easily be heard.I was naturally curious enough to
connect the reciever to some "good stuff" before installing it to the home
theater and I was surprised and impressed. This JVC occupies shelf space with
McIntosh,Conrad Johnson,Aragon - with no apology required.Hey,I'll give it
five stars!

Reliability. All of things you need in this unit DD, DTS etc

Lack of bass

Never had a problem with this unit. All things I need it to do were done very well. With the price I payed, I think it's a very good deal. The combination, with others units also is primordial like speakers, DVD player etc...
My components:
Receiver: JVC RX 888 VBK
CD Player: JVC XL M418
Tape Deck : JVC TD W354
DVD Player: Toshiba 1200 ( Made in Japan:it's important for me, I've used this player about 1 year and a half, I never had problem like those mentionned in reviews for this unit. The unit Made in China or else is not reliable ....)
Front Speakers : JBL CF120 --- VERY GOOD
Center Speaker : JBL S-Center 3-way --- VERY GOOD
Rear Speakers : JBL N-24 -- do the job very well
SubWoofer : David D-BOX 301
VCR : Sharp VC H992 and Toshiba Multi-System Unit
TV : Toshiba 21 FSSystem ( Unit of 1992 but the picture is incredible with DVD Movie)
Equalizer: TEAC EQA-220

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A very good receiver for the money ($380). The amplifier section is lacking at higher outputs - noticeable bass distortion at 70 volume (0~100) driving a pair of Mirage FRX7's. Demos of the speakers in store w/Yamaha and HK receivers were able to reach much higher levels cleanly. Surround sound mode is worse. Sonic detail somewhat lacking. DSP modes are junk - rarely worth using in any case. FM tuner is adequate, likes strong signals. D-Digital decoding sounds great. Binding posts for all speaker outputs. Decent remote. Nice set of digital inputs. I think I will trade it in for a Yamaha RX-V995 ($800) as my muscial tastes find it somewhat lacking. Fine for home theatre though.

I purchased this receiver at Circuit City for $479.99. Featurewise this is a great av receiver. It has s-video inputs, Dolby Digital, DTS, and banna plug compatilble speaker terminals. Unofortunately, the performance does not live up to the features. Although the sound quality of the Dolby Digital and DTS are repesctable, I had to crank the volume to a minimum of 85% of the maximum output to get even halfway decent surround sound. The 888 sounded ok for two channel stereo, but the tuner sounded tinny and didn't tune in stations very well. If you own JVC components, you might want to check it out, if not do what I did, go for the new Sony STR-DE 935 reciever when it comes out-they'll have s-video inputs, DTS, and Dolby Digital. I now have a Sony STR-DE 825 and it blows the jvc out of the water in Dolby Digital and regualr stereo modes

I have been a JVC product owner for several years and having purchased my third receivers, I find that JVC's technician analysis of their receivers RMS-Speaker rating is inaccurate. A 100watts per channel actually equates to about 70watts. Please note other Audio magazine's reference to this measurement. With that said, JVC's design of this reciever (RX-888V) is for the money a great buy, a good performer. Improvements in Bass Management, Spatial Surround Settings and a well thoughtout remote (except; No more "One Touch" Audio-Memory Button) are excellent. A back-lite remote (offered on the RX-1028V) would of been cool. Along with 5.1 inputs (For Future SACD or DVD-Audio) their is a S-Video output to your TV/Monitor with a On-Screen-Display (OSD) that is fairly easy to scroll through when wanting to set any of this reciever's A/V settings.
With Five being the highest rating, I give this receiver a four. With an improvement in .8%THD rating per Channel, for a 5-Channels, a cleaner amplifier would deliver close to the reported 100watts per channel.

The RX-1028V (an additional $300.00) you get a Back-Lite remote. Preamp-Outputs (All Channels) and a Second Source/Room IR-Receiver.

What other receivers has and what we would like to see in future enhancements:
- A Tos-Link/Coxial Digital Audio Output (for future CD/DVD recording)
- Conponent Video Switching: 2-Inputs 1-Output
- Again, a cleaner receiver, THD at 5-Chl is .8% get this down to .02%per Chl.