Great picture, many xtras, multi-function remote

Slow start up and pause between chapters during playback

Haven't had it very long but it produces a great picture. Much better than a friend's Panasonic (funny color changes during movie playback). Seems to stutter on occasion during DVD movie playback. Has great sound through the optical output into my Pioneer Dolby Digital/DTS receiver. Haven't come across a DVD this player couldn't handle. All in all a very good DVD player for the money.

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Panasonic, Sony

Nice colors does DTS.

Doesn't do DTS well/crashes often.

I 'attempted' to watch Jurassic: Lost world DTS version on this DVD player but of course being a pile of junk kept freezing every few seconds swapping through the layers of the disk. It ultimately crashed about 20 minutes into the movie.

There are of course the crashes that occur on startup. The silly thing actually freezes. Imagine that its not a PC its supposed to work flawlessly!

Overall completely not worth it. I replaced this player about 1 week ago with a Toshiba SD 2200 and I can easily say it is far far superior.

Mercatta.com has the player at a very good price.

Stay away from this pile of junk like it was the plague.

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Sony 725, Toshiba SD 2200

Good picture quality, multi-function remote, works well if your TV is a JVC also, nice champagne color.

Strange tray noise when opening/closing, does not pass Closed Caption signal to TV, very slow pickup during playing discs and skipping to other sections.

Picture quality noticeably better than Sony DVP-S360 (soft picture and washed out color). Only weaknesses are slow pickup when playing discs, and doesn't pass along Closed Captioning signal to TV. Other than that, it's a very nice player for $229.

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Sony DVP-S360

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Won't play any discs.

Arrived DOA from uBid. Wouldn't play any audio CD's or DVD's. Wouldn't even load. Needless to say, I won't be looking for a JVC to replace this one.

"OK" picture for its money (but not a great one)

its crappy remote, its colour and being so slow.

I am sure it plays CD-Rs -which is what I had wanted. But I hated how long it took for it to read the DVD and my commands. And god forbid you should press on the pause for more than 1 second, it turns into this 9 picture strobe. I hated it! It was noisy to read the DVD. The remote was almost useless as I found it hard to press the direction of the remote. I was able to take it back to the store before the 30 days and replaced it with a Toshiba 5190. MUCH better picture and sound quality!!!
Basically, if you want a cheap DVD that you will not be using its menu functions and only watch the movie through, then maybe this one will be for you. But personally, I expect more for my money After reading the other reviews in here, I am glad I took it back before the 3 months as when other people were having such problems with their machine.

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Sony, Toshiba

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Everything

This DVD player simply cannot play around 1 out of every 3 dvd's. The machine freezes and goes into 4 second loops.
Occasionally it goes into loud bursts of static over my HT system. I have a JVC television that I purchased new in 1994 and it still delivers a beautiful picture. I have tried my DVD's on friends cheaper players and they work perfectly. Because of this player I will under no circumstances purchase a JVC product ever again.

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Panasonic

Easy to set up, easy to understand controls, Great Picture and Sound Quality

Slow startup when reading freshly entered discs, sometimes audio doesn't begin when the video kicks in

I looked around for a bit for the right price to match the specs I wanted, and the JVC couldn't be touched by any other unit at the time.

As mentioned in the other reviews it has a slew of features (very smooth Slow Motion and Search Speeds; easy and quick chapter and time search; plays CD-R, CD-RW, and VCDs; display is clear and concise; etc.)

The one thing that is holding this unit back from the coveted 5 star range is that it has intermittent flaws when playing certain DVD's. Sometimes the audio doesn't start when the video starts up and must be reset in order to get the sound to kick in. This is slightly annoying and has happened with new DVD purchases as well as rentals. I have not tried to check for dirt on the DVD's because once restarted the sound has always started with the video. If this happened constantly it would have been returned (or trashed) by now, but since these instances are so few and far between it is a minor irritation at best.

The Video quality is perfect on my Panasonic 32" using the S Video connection and the CD functionality and sound quality is very good as well.

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looks, price, does what it says and more

takes a while to read TOC on anything put in, occasionally nips a tiny bit of the first bit of a music track

I will keep it. I like the way it looks compared to the Pioneer 333. The owners manual says it won't play cd-roms, etc but it certainly does. Reading the TOC takes about 5 seconds before it begins to play but once it begins it will find any track instantly. Nips the first tenth of a second off of a few music cd tracks. Not sure why, seems like player starts playing before the laser fully stops. About 5% of the tracks get this nip treatment though. Not as light as the Pioneer, needs only half a brick to keep it from floating away. Would give it total 5 except for the nipping feature.

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sony

The power supply, digital circuits, analog circuits, video and audio signal paths feature separate construction for optimum performance.

No Headphone Jack. Remote takes getting used to.

The DVD has very smooth special Effects.
Easy to use Menu. On Screen Display icludes Bit Rate.
It plays all the new DVD's easily and smoothly.

Its great looking unit with a front panel jog shuttle control. It stands out from others on display in stores.

The player seems more solidly constructed as compared to
most DVD players. Weighing 7 pounds it is heavier than most.

The power supply, audio and video circuits are kept separate from each other. This helps to avoid any audio and video interference.

The display is clear and easy to read, and the controls on the player itself are nicely set up.

Overall, the picture and sound quality is exceptional.
It plays all the new "Dual Layer" DVD's easily and smoothly.

The DVD has very smooth Slow Motion and Search Speeds.
1/32 1/16 1/8, 1/4, 1/3 1/2, slow Speeds. Fast Search speeds
5x to 60x.

There's an easy to use Slow Motion +/- button on the remote.
Plus a 2 X ZOOM feature.

It has easy and quick chapter and time search using the remote. The remote will also control most TV sets.

The Remote stops me from giving this player 5 Stars.

If you press and hold down the remote controls PAUSE button
for more than ONE Second. It causes the Player to go into
a (9) picture Strobe mode.

You need to find and press two buttons on the remote to cancel this feature and to go back to normal play mode!

This player has these features usually found only on higher
end players. It plays CD-R, CD-RW, and Video CDs *

Overall, this player is one of the best in its price range.
The JVC's features and solid construction, make it the obvious choice!

All features are easy to learn and apply
Excellent for all average users
Sharper and crisper than any DVD playerin price range.

Digital Decoder: Optical digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS * It plays CD-R, CD-RW, and Video CDs *
* 3D simulated surround sound with settings for Drama, Action, Theatre.
* Theatre mode for adjusting video contrast. *Fiber-out, *A-B replay, zoom, indexing, component and S- video outputs, and Dolby Digital 5.

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As you know plays my burned CD-R/RW. Great sound/picture playing DVD or CD. I guess Matrix is a tricky one to play? It had no problems with it. No problems with anything yet except a REALLY dirty rental, cleaned it up a bit and no problems.

None that I can think of.

Love it, a blessing to be able to play CD-R mixed I make.

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First DVD player.