JVC TH-M45 5-Disc Progressive Scan Home Theater System (Silver)

by JVC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.6 x 24.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 67 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: B000093USU
• Item model number: THM45
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,090 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The TH-M45 complete home theater features the world's smallest five-disc DVD changer to employ JVC's Direct Digital Progressive Scan technology. The system also features built-in Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro Logic II 5.1-channel surround processing with a multichannel surround speaker setup to envelop you in luscious sound from movies and music. For thunderous sound at loud levels and clear, full-bodied sound at quiet levels, the TH-M45 pumps out 120 watts x 2 (left, right), 80 watts x 3 (center, left/right surrounds), and comes with a standalone 120-watt powered subwoofer.

The TH-M45's high-resolution component-video output delivers the best possible video reproduction to compatible high-definition and HD-ready televisions and monitors, and an optical digital-audio input accommodates stereo and multichannel audio feeds from digital satellite systems and DTV set-top boxes.

Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The Direct Digital Progressive Scan feature is defeatable so you can use the component-video outputs with non-HD-ready compatible TVs. Composite- and S-video jacks facilitate hookup with most other sets in use today.

A four-mode digital acoustic processor (DAP) simulates different sonic environments, which you can adjust on a program-by-program basis. The onboard digital FM/AM tuner offers 45 station presets (30 FM and 15 AM), and the supplied full-function remote control also operates most brands of TV and VCR. Simplifying your installation and hookup is the system's single-cable data feed and color-coded speaker wires.

What's in the Box
DVD player/integrated surround amplifier, 5 satellite speakers, a powered subwoofer, a remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, and all requisite cabling.

Product Description

This complete home theater package features the WORLDS SMALLEST 5 disc Direct Digital Progressive Scan DVD changer, a with Dolby Digital,DTS and Dolby Prologic II decoders built-in. For thundering sound the TH-M45 has 120 Watts x2 and 80 Watts x 3 amplifi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sound, January 11, 2004

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Jenna A. Patten (MN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC TH-M45 5-Disc Progressive Scan Home Theater System (Silver) (Electronics)

We bought this home theater system for Christmas and have been nothing but impressed. The sound quality is absolutly wonderful. I highly recommend it if you like things loud. Plus I didn't think that we would use the 5 disk DVD player, but now I find it useful and glad that we went with the 5 disk DVD player.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars worked fine for a few months..., December 30, 2005

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Donald D. Steffy "dsteffy510" (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JVC TH-M45 5-Disc Progressive Scan Home Theater System (Silver) (Electronics)

I bought this model about a year ago. A year ago, I'd had given it 4 stars. I liked that it is small, and the blue lights on the face are very attractive. The speakers sound good and the DVD player functioned fine at first.

The thing I noticed immediately was that the JVC XV-THM45 would stall during DVD play if there was the slightest blemish or dirt mark on the DVD. Never had that problem with my old Panasonic (which I gave away to my parents). And when I say stall, I mean it will pause with a jumbled picture for a few minutes sometimes right in the middle of a movie. I have to stop, start the movie again from the beginning and skip past the blemish if I can't clean the disk adequately enough for the machine. Sometimes, there isn't even anythign visibly wrong with the disc.

Another difficulty I had was I could not receive even the strongest radio stations adequately on the FM radio, and I live in a major metropolitan area. So I went to Best Buy and bought a $60 powered FM attenna and attached it to the attenna jack in the back. It did not improve the signal whatsoever, not a bit. Well, I had another radio in the living room, so I was annoyed that I had wasted the money, but could get past it.

Then about 6 months after purchasing the player, I noticed it would often stop recognizing DVD's if they were inserted into the 1st disc position. Any other slot worked fine. Whatever, it's annoying, but I could live with it - it just became a 4-disc changer instead of 5.

Now, it's a year into it. Tonight, I went to play a DVD and the machine does not respond to certain buttons on the remote - namely all the buttons that control the DVD player. All the menu and navigation buttons, pause, rewind, play, stop, etc. The volume and power buttons work fine. That means I can no longer navigate DVD menus. That is not a workable situation.

So in short, this product has major durability issues. I didn't have anything against JVC, and this was the first time a bought a JVC-anything, but it will be the last. It's extremely frustrating when an expensive piece of equipment craps out left and right. It wouldn't make economical sense to fix it. So I spent ~$200 on a piece of equipment that lasted a year.

So here's my advice to you:

1. Definitely do not buy a JVC XV-THM45

2. Don't buy a product unless you read several reviews that comment on it's long-term durability (I guess 1 year is long-term). Let's face it, most things work fine out of the box, and everyone is proud of the decision they've made, so they'er going to rate it high. But if no one is saying "it's been a year and I love this product", think twice.

Now, onto my search for a replacement DVD player.

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine purchased used!, January 14, 2011

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Graham Howard - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC TH-M45 5-Disc Progressive Scan Home Theater System (Silver) (Electronics)

I bought this system used on craigslist for $50 in April 2010, and 3/4 of a year later it is working fine. sound quality is not on par with what you would get from a new system, but is great when compared to the speakers built into almost any TV. Occasionally you can hear buzzing and other imperfections, but not usually, so this isn't an issue except to an audiophile. Lack of on-screen customization (options, preferences, etc) may bother customizing nerds like myself, but to the average user it will be of no problem, and will make the experience easier for the technologically impaired. One last thing to note: when listening to a track with a lot of base really loud, your viewing/listening may smell like burning rubber (from the subwoofer working really hard). This hasn't seemed to damage the sub, so just turn down the sound if you notice it. Only happened twice (once on July4th, listening to fireworks explode, and once watching Iron Man, listening to bombs explode). I can't comment much on the DVD player/disk changer, since I use a blu-ray player for my movies.