Fair pictuire quality in interlaced mode

'fuzzy' progreesive mode, wont play CD-R's, remote,

Well I must admit this player was a steal for the price but I am going to return it.

The progressive scanning isn't as good as I've seen on other player on large HDTV's. In fact I think the interlaced mode looks better on my 52" RCA MM52110. Progressive mode looks very smooth (film-like) but lacks definition, appears fuzzy, and some ghosting is evident (although scan line artifacts are non-existent)

Not being able to play CD-R's is a real burn.

I think I will buy a good interlaced player and buy a good line doulbler like the DVDO iScan.

Layer changes are noticeably longer than other players I have used.

On screen menus are excellent.

The funny thing about this player is that its interlaced output is based on the progressive settings. This means if you change the progressive mode on the player it affect the interlaced output.
Weird.

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Price,features

Black out problem

Progressive scan picture on HDTV is absolutely worth upgrading from regular DVD player.
Problem with picture blacking out during bright scenes without interupting audio. I originally exchanged the unit for another player which worked somewhat better but still failed. Ended up returning the unit. If this problem were to be corrected, this would be tremedous product, especially for the price/features.

Nice looking chasis, progressive scan capability, cool on-screen menus, great zoom feature and DVD Audio!

Although color and video signals may be accurate, pictures lack detail--even with the gamma tweaked. :( Audio was rather thin sounding.

I have a 36XBR400. Did the obligatory video calibrations using my Avia DVD and hooked-up both the Onkyo and JVC using component videos. Needless to say, I was really psyched about the progressive output of the JVC and assumed that it would kick-ass. Unfortunately I was dissappointed.

I have to say, the JVC's progressive output did produce a very smooth 'film' like quality to the DVDs I watched (Gladiator, Private Ryan and Fantasia). It produced less flicker than the Onkyo. But honestly, on my Sony XBR, the flicker from the non-progressive output was more subliminal than obvious.

I really wanted to keep the JVC. (Because, what's a DTV without a progresive output source, right?) However, the pictures from the JVC lacked the subtle details and a 3D-like quality that the Onkyo produce--even with it's interlaced output.

To be fair, at close examination, the Onkyo did produce interweaving artifacts when objects moved quickly across the screen (although very subtly)---while the JVC did not.

In addition, I found the menus on the JVC---although cool--somewhat bothersome.

Last, the normal audio output from the Onkyo was much much fuller and more natural than the JVC (perhaps too much processing on the JVC unit?). I suppose if you use digital output, this wouldn't be an issue. It wasn't a big issue for me but it gave me a feeling about the quality or the circuitry used on both machines.

All said, my decision to keep the Onkyo instead was based on my subjective tastes. (I read somewhere that the JVC produce better, more accurate video than the Onkyo or Toshiba). I preferred the more crisp and 3D-like quality that the Onkyo produced over the JVC's smooth film-like quality. It's kind of like chosing high-end loud speakers, I suppose--you gotta get the one that suits your tastes.

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Audio quality, Clear Picture, Great on-screen menus, very easy to use options, and great digital sound!

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The pale gold case gives it an old fashion type look that I have kinda grown to like now that I have it. Love the on-screen menus--makes changing the audio options a breeze now. Finally able to see the menu without stopping the movie. The new PEM converter delivers great sound (if you're using AC3 or optical). The remote is what took me time to get use too but after that I was watching movies with no problems. The progressive scan absolutly blew me away on my HD TV! Got great quality. This is JVC's best DVD so far. Great deal now that the price has dropped!

Remote, Sceen saver is buggy.

For the money and picture this player can't be beat. If you have a HDTV this is the best player for under 1000 period.

The remote is small and hard to navigate in dim room

The screen saver is buggy. Maybe the older serial numbers (early production units) My screen saver does not work on any DVD main menu. I know its suppose to work. I have verified this with JVC and several others with this unit.

When you are at the main menu of a DVD it should kick into some kind of screen saver. It should either dim the picture or display the bouncing JVC logo.

Mine is going back for a replacement. If you have this unit you might want to check this out. I know of people that have burned the crts of $5000.00 HDTVs by falling asleep during a movie and waking up to a burned in main menu of the DVD. This is a serious quality control issue that JVC should attempt to rectify.

Please email and let me know if your unit goes into screen saving mode when at the main menu of a DVD. I want to find out how many good/bad units are out there.

I give it 5 stars for the value but only 3 overall. This will go up if/when I get my unit fixed.

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Awesome sound, great picture, great price

crappy remote, blacks out frequently, light weight makes the unit feel cheap.

Basically just covered this info above...seems like an awesome player, great sound, picture quality...but one really annoying problem: the screen goes totally black whenever there is a flash, explosion, or flood of light on the screen. If you are trying to reproduce this problem, go rent 'Lucky Numbers' with John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow. Everytime someone snapped a picture, the flash would freak the player out. I was playing this movie in progressive mode (4:3 PS setting) using Monster 3 Component Video cables, and using my Hitachi 43FDX high def display. If anyone has any info on how to avoid (or reduce) this problem...please post. It ruins an otherwise breathtaking experience for HT enthusiasts! 2 stars until I can figure this thing out!

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upgraded from Panasonic A100

Excellent picture, sound, and features, very cool-looking. On-screen menus are very nice.

Small remote, doesn't play CD-R's or CD-RW's, hardware display is kind of "dull."

My complete home theater system is JVC except the speakers (Sony SA-VE315's). The XV-D723GD has incredible picture, and when playing DTS DVD's ("Gladiator," "X-Files," Prince's "Rave Un2 The Year 2000," etc.) run through my JVC receiver, I notice subtle nuances in sound that I never heard even with my JVC XV-D701BK DVD player, which also had a DTS decoder built-in. The one thing that bugs me is that when playing a DVD-Audio disc (so far I only have the Stone Temple Pilot's disc "Core"), you cannot use the digital (coaxial/optical) outputs, only the analog outputs. That seems to be antithetical to the whole concept of DVD-Audio (i.e., staying completely in the digital domain).

For what I paid for this unit, however, I really cannot complain one bit. Highly recommended.

Let's hope JVC will be among the first companies to offer a DVD player that plays DVD-V, DVD-A, DVD-RAM, CD's, VCD's, CD-R's, CD-RW's, and maybe even photo CD's. I'd be willing to pay a fair amount for one box that does EVERYTHING! Are you listening, JVC and other manufacturer's???

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Great picture, great 5.1 multi channel sound.

The remote is too small. The instructions aren't completely clear that the 5.1 audio connections require 6 separate lines to the receiver, in analog mode.

I have used this unit since November, 2000 - exchanged it for the modified unit in January - which cured the "reading" problem on some discs. I have a Toshiba CN36x80 TV and the picture improved 25% with this unit. The DVD-audio function is so far superior to CD audio that it makes me want to replace all my CD's. Anyone who wants superior sound quality should look at this unit.

Stunning picture, great menus, DVD-Audio

remote is the worst one I've ever seen

I have to say that this unit is great. I have a 4x3 HD set and nearly every player I tried does a terrible job of downconverting anamorphic discs. Diagonal lines are always distorted and moving lines always produce artifacts. This DVD player changed all of that. Based on what I had read elswhere I decided to give it a shot on this capability alone. It was near perfect.
But then I was pleasantly surprised by everything else. The progressive output on this set is amazing, better than the 9100, and probably anything else out there. The colors are dead accurate, and it can produce a very dark picture as well as white picture. The progressive scaler is the only one of its kind in players right now, directly outputting film transfers without manipulation. The result is near artifact free presentation of film source DVDs.
Some folks have raised a gripe with non film source DVDs. These include concerts, special features, DVD menus etc. Where the progressive scan is great in film mode, it suffers here. However, that's not why I bought this player. To get around this problem, just switch off the progressive and watch it line doubled through your TV. Since only 1 in 20 discs that I watch are video source this is not a problem with me.

Sound from the 5.1 outputs is very good, but I usually let my Yamaha do the decoding, so this is also not that important to me. The DVD audio section requires the 5.1 outputs however, and the demo disc they include is wonderful. I don't see myself with a large collection of DVD audio discs as I like older music that cannot be re-recorded in this high resolution format.

The remote is crappy, but I have a Pronto, as most of the remotes I have were crappy as well.
Many deals are found on the web, but I got it locally just so I wouldn't have to worry as much about a defective unit.

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I believe that this unit will read CD-RW discs ... not CD-Rs ... wierd !

But ! Who Cares ! Its the BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK for progressive video !