JVC HR-S5900U Super-VHS VCR

by JVC

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 10 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: B00005B9AA
• Item model number: HRS5900U
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,144 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you do not get TIVO this is a good high end SVHS VCR, November 30, 2001

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John Phillips (Rancho Cordova, ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC HR-S5900U Super-VHS VCR (Electronics)

Great SVCR.
Bad stuff:
Like all SVHS VCRs other VHS decks cannot read the tape.
Does not do "auto commercial advance".

It worked great for time shifting until I got TIVO. It has a much better picture than standard VHS. I planned on dubbing some tapes but never got around to it. This is one of three SVHS VCRs that sit.
It will change channels on your cable box and is great for editing and very easy to program. I did run some of my Hi8 camcorder tapes out to it until I found my friends could not read the tape. All my VCRs are SVSH so now I just buy more 8 mm tapes and use the camcorder to play them.
Everything is so integrated it feels like an empty plastic box but works
Feature list:
With high resolution Super VHS and VHS recording, VCR Plus+, Child Lock, Insert Editing with Flying Erase Head, Audio Dubbing, and Express Programming features, the JVC model HR-S5900U offers just what every TV fanatic needs. A front S-Video input simplifies connecting a camcorder, and special A/V Compu Link provides one-touch operation with matching JVC components.

12 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars don't waste your money, January 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: JVC HR-S5900U Super-VHS VCR (Electronics)

This is the first and last JVC product I will ever buy. I have had it 2 months and still can't get it to function properly. I bought it for specific features that JVC advertises, none of which work. It says you can tape one channel while watching another- didn't work. They have you send away for a "cable eye" (which I assumed would fix the problem - it didn't) which takes 3 weeks to get to you, (by then the time limit for sending the vcr back for a full refund was exceeded - very convenient). The so-called "customer service" is a joke (plan to sit with the phone to your ear for 30 minutes)and when they do answer you get a recording about how your call is being taped/monitored FOR LEGAL PURPOSES! This alone should tell you what they are up to. When I finally talked to someone he told me that the tape-one-channel-watch-another function doesn't work if you have a cable box!! I bought the thing because it was advertised to program both the vcr and the black box with one VCR+ number!! Not only that, the plug-and-play and the auto-clock-settings don't work. When I first came to this web site there was a review similar to mine on it and I stupidly bought the thing anyway. Don't throw your money down the toilet on this one!

0 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jvc Vhs Vcr, October 31, 2002

By 

Kim Stirling (Provo Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC HR-S5900U Super-VHS VCR (Electronics)

The Jvc Vcr That I Have Now Is Wearing Out But That's Not Going To Stop Me From Enjoying The Use Of A Vcr But I Like The Dvd Player As Well