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Summary: Good Product with Poor Remote
Review: A solid replacement for a DVD/CD player and a receiver at the same time. Excellent, clean power. Great picture. Fairly easy to set up, although the connection diagrams in the manual do not make it clear which connections are options for each other nor what are the advantages and disadvantages of the various options.
It is large and very heavy so make sure you have room for it.
There is a blue light in the middle of the DVD slot which could be annoyingly bright in low light conditions but luckily there is dim button on the remote.
The remote in general is poorly designed. It is hard to tell what does what. The common keys such as volume are no larger than, or more centrally placed, than all the other keys. This is also a problem with an older JVC DVD player I have. I would hope at some point JVC's designers would study what, for example, the Tivo folks have done to make remotes easy to use.
Displays (such as volume level) on the main unit are small and cannot be read from accross the room.
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Summary: Well Worth The Money
Review: Great DVD/Receiver combo. It has a great flicker free picture and plays a variety of media. The receiver combo makes it easy to have a realitively high powered system with only this piece, a TV, and speaker system. No other bulky components to clutter your shelves. Being a 500 watt receive does make it get quite warm so suggest an open shelf, not inside a cabinet unless it has good ventilation. So far, no complaints. A great start for a Home Theater System.
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Summary: Fewer components the better
Review: I have been using the JVC RX-DV3VSL DVD/Receiver Combo for three week and I love it. This is my first experience a combo unit and I was not sure what to expect. This is the first time I have used a HD component on my HD-ready monitor and what a difference. My regular DVD player produced a good picture but I did not realize what a difference the progressive scan makes. For the best audio quality you need to use the fiber optic lines and get rid of the analog. The 500 total watts realy makes you feel what is happening. I did not give it 5 stars because the remote is too small and very hard to read.
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Summary: Great compact little unit, good value
Review: Won't blow your windows out but for the price it's a very competent package. I replaced a Technics home theatre receiver and my old DVD player with this to upgrade to a DTS capable system and I haven't looked back. Excellent full-featured DVD player (slo-mo, zoom, progressive scan), and a good number of inputs for other devices including s-video and optical audio inputs which are handy if you have a latest generation game system for instance.
Sound is crisp and good considering what you pay for this little beauty and I haven't had it complain yet about driving the 12" woofers in my main speakers.
Front panel gives great quick access to sound level and balance/fade adjustments.
DVD video quality is good through the s-video output.
A few down sides: front panel buttons have a very "cheap" feel, though I haven't had any problems yet, and the remote is an ergonomic nightmare. I've had the unit for 4 months at least now but I still have to stare at the remote whenever I'm watching a DVD and the volume controls are in my opinion undersized.
Also, like most JVC players it seems, the player is slow to react to control inputs, ex: Play (when stopped), and chapter skip, and slow switching titles (for instance when accessing bonus features or when switching to the menu after the feature is over).
All told though I'm really happy with the unit's video and sound quality and convenience and and you can't beat the price.
Rating:
Summary: Great compact little unit, good value
Review: Won't blow your windows out but for the price it's a very competent package. I replaced a Technics home theatre receiver and my old DVD player with this to upgrade to a DTS capable system and I haven't looked back. Excellent full-featured DVD player (slo-mo, zoom, progressive scan), and a good number of inputs for other devices including s-video and optical audio inputs which are handy if you have a latest generation game system for instance.
Sound is crisp and good considering what you pay for this little beauty and I haven't had it complain yet about driving the 12" woofers in my main speakers.
Front panel gives great quick access to sound level and balance/fade adjustments.
DVD video quality is good through the s-video output.
A few down sides: front panel buttons have a very "cheap" feel, though I haven't had any problems yet, and the remote is an ergonomic nightmare. I've had the unit for 4 months at least now but I still have to stare at the remote whenever I'm watching a DVD and the volume controls are in my opinion undersized.
Also, like most JVC players it seems, the player is slow to react to control inputs, ex: Play (when stopped), and chapter skip, and slow switching titles (for instance when accessing bonus features or when switching to the menu after the feature is over).
All told though I'm really happy with the unit's video and sound quality and convenience and and you can't beat the price.
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