JVC DRMV77S Tunerless DVD Video Recorder & VHS

by JVC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 16.9 x 3.2 inches ; 9.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000O9RAOQ
• Item model number: DRMV77S
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,484 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Tuner-Free DVD+VHS Recorder with Versatile Compatible Formats including DivX(R), featuring TimerLink Recording, HDMI Output with 1080i/720p Up-Conversion (DVD/VHS)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware! JVC dual decks have a long proven history of very poor build quality!, January 20, 2008

By 

Tony Polito "TonyPolito" (Greenville, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC DRMV77S Tunerless DVD Video Recorder & VHS (Electronics)

I recommend buyers look at the Amazon reviews for defunct JVC VHS/DVD
dual deck products before they purchase any current dual deck model.
They have a proven history of extremely poor build quality. JVC keeps
rapidly changing model numbers, which makes this more difficult for
the consumer to discover. However they all look very similar with
only slight cosmetic differences.

Search on these item numbers and see for yourself:

JVC SR-MV40US

* Built Defective, I bought and returned three of these units (12/2007)
* Faulty DVD Drive is a known inevitable problem on every unit (11/2007)
* Worked well while it worked (10/2007)
* Disk Error on most discs after 5 months of owning the unit (08/2007)
* No luck with this (06/2007)
* Problem unit (05/2007)

JVC HRXVC27U (5 1-stars out of 8)

* 1yr and 1/2 and it died (02/2005)
* Worst home electronic device I've ever owned (03/2006)
* Barely outlived the warranty (10/2005)
* the J must stand for Junk (05/2005)

JVC DRMV5S (8 1-stars out of 16)

* Do Not Buy The JVC DRMV5S DVD ... (09.2007)
* JVC DRMV5S is defective! (03/2007)
* Total Junk and they Know it ! (12/2006)
* There's got to be something better (03/2006)
* JVC should be ashamed! (01/2006)
* Died after two weeks (10/2005)



A search on "Jvc Hi-fi Vcr/DVD Combo" search yields the following models:

JVC HRXVC29S

* I had the unit for under a year, and one day ... it just froze (04/2006)
* What a disapointment after only 2 years (03/2006)

JVC HRXVC15S (1 1-star, 1 2-star out of 2 reviews)

* Factory Defect....Look Elsewhere (09/2007)



Here are some model numbers that WILL NOT come up on a search but CAN be
accessed by working through "see all of my reviews"

JVC DRMV1S (>>> FIFTY-TWO <<<< 1-stars out of 63 reviews)

* Worst purchase decision ever!! (11/2007)
* Unit has never been right (10/2007)
* total piece of junk!!!!!! (02/2007)
* Nothing But Trouble (07/2006)
* poor reliability (10/2006)
* Don't buy the JVC DRMV1S (01/2006)
* What a piece of junk!!! (01/2006)
* Avoid this unit or you WILL be sorry (01/2006)
* Total loss (01/2006)
* Worst piece of electronics I've ever seen (12/2005)
* Possessed by Demons (10/2005)
* For the sake of your sanity, do not buy this!!!!! (12/2005)
... it just goes on and on.

JVC HR-XVC20U (10 1-stars out of 19 reviews)

* Very disappointed - Not a good buy (10/2004)
* I will never buy a JVC product again (07/2004)
* In the shop (05/2004)
* DON'T BUY IT!! (05/2004)
* Pathetic (05/2004)
* I bought it in october of 2003 - going bad in april 2004
* Do not buy this unit! (04/200)
* A regrettable purchase (02/2004)

JVC HRXVC26U (6 1-stars out of 14 reviews)

* Awful (08/2007)
* 2 Units same problem ... freezing (09/2004)

JVC HRXVS44U (6 1 or 2-stars out of 10 reviews)

* VCR drive died after one year (10/2004)
* Third straight reviewer to have a problem (01/2005)
* This is junk...avoid (09/2004)
* Durability is questionable, after 9 months ... (05/2004)
* unit was terrible out of the box (12/2003)

JVC HR-XVC33U (5 reviews out of 10 3-stars or less)

* Returned Item (03/2004)
* Problems from the start (02/2004)
* I am on my third one and it's going bad too (12/2003)


JVC HRXVC16B (3 1-stars out of 3 reviews)

* I'll never buy another JVC product again. A month after ... (04/2007)


Buyer Beware !!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars HEED THE WARNINGS - poorly engineered piece of junk., February 4, 2008

By 

Robert L. Russell (Colfax WA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC DRMV77S Tunerless DVD Video Recorder & VHS (Electronics)

Here is a list of things I do NOT like about my JVC dr-mv77s:

This unit is VERY DARK gray - almost black, not light silver like shown in all the online photos. The dark gray matches none of my components!

The ON SCREEN TV DISPLAY only stays on for a few seconds - no way to leave it turned on. You are constantly having to turn it back on. What a nuisance!

The FRONT PANEL DISPLAY is small with very small letters and numbers. Difficult to tell when you are recording unless you are two feet (or closer) from the unit.

The REMOTE IS NOT UNIVERSAL. Remote has volume and channel buttons but only for JVC TVs!

The ON SCREEN TV DISPLAY is small and hard to see across room and I have a 46" TV!

When you fast forward a DVD you have 6 fast forward levels. The first three advance very slowly the forth level jumps in 5 or 10 minute increments. What's up with that? FAST FORWARD is almost worthless!

Last but not least when you do a timer record like 30 or 60 minutes the unit SHUTS DOWN after recording. I am constantly having to turn the unit back on again!

The think a bunch of CLOWNS must have designed this unit. I am very displeased with this unit. I should have stuck with SONY or PANASONIC.

HEED THE WARNINGS about this unit and similar JVC units from the other reviewers and you won't waist your money on these poorly engineered pieces of junk.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Great So Far, March 16, 2008

By 

Love Old Movies (NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC DRMV77S Tunerless DVD Video Recorder & VHS (Electronics)

Had my set for 3 days now. Super easy set up. All the features work great. Quick formating after record. Good quality image and the sound seems better than my old dvd recorder.
Only ONE DRAWBACK which is: you can NOT record 'nothing' having a copyright including old VCR movie tapes, tv movies, not even old black and white movies if the tv channel broadcasts a copyright signal on their station.
But if you want to copy VCR tapes you made yourself, it works great. If you want to tape a tv movie that is not protected, the quality is super.