JVC XV-FA900BK 7-Disc DVD Player (Black)

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Summary: returned and looking at another brand
Review: I was at first attracted to the very impressive specs of this model along with its very attractive price. After delivery the honeymoon ended there. When playing Anamorphic DVDs formatted for 16X9 televisions like my Sony XBR 34" 16X9 with the progressive mode on; I noticed a twitch at the top of the screen continually at 15 second intervals. This of course was quite annoying, very noticeable when the menu was up prior to playing the feature. DVDs like Das Boot, Star Wars, Attack of the Clones, and Band of Brothers, and countless other 16X9 formatted DVDs all exhibited this same irritating anomaly. It was then clear it was not the DVDs, but the player itself. I exchanged the unit for another one, same problem. I then borrowed a Sony NS-715P progressive scan player from a friend and no problems at all. I bought a JVC player in 1999, a 1028VBK and that was fraught with problems as well; so it is good-bye to JVC DVD players for me, I have had enough. I am now looking at Sony or Denon.

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Summary: Excellent piece of equipment
Review: O.K. I've got to even things out. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut and avoid reviews and other peoples opinions. If I had listened to what some people say I would have never bought this player. In a word "BRAVO" this player jams through DVDs with no errors or weird anomolies. The picture is superb and there are so many parameter adjustments. Audio playback is superb, it whips through CDR's, RW's, scratched discs (it happens no matter how hard you try sometimes). I love it. With a 7 disc capacity I thought it would be slow when changing discs but it is actually faster than my 3 disc I had prior and it is faster than some of the five discs that I checked out before purchasing this jewel. J.V.C. has yet to steer me wrong and I am very picky (got that obsessive compulsive thing some say). Well as a "gear head" I won't bore you with my equipment list but will tell you that alot of gear is very reliable today and this player is one of them. You could spend alot more and get less, believe me it is hard to keep up with all the hype and when your tech junkie you can easily get sucked into buyers remorse over nothing with things getting so outdated so fast but, with as many formats as this player handles (DVDR,CDR,CDRW,MP3,Jpegs it actually even supported DVDRW even though it say's it won't) you would be very happy. So give it a shot you won't be disappointed. Enjoy