JVC THC3 Home Theater In A Box with 5-Disc DVD Player

by JVC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 27.1 x 19.3 x 21.1 inches ; 58 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 58 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: B0009A11I6
• Item model number: THC3
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,706 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Add a complete, yet compact surround sound system to your entertainment center with the JVC THC3 DVD Digital Theater System, which features a slim design silver DVD receiver with a progressive scan five-disc DVD changer and an amplifier that delivers 810 watts of total power. This system's wraparound audio will add depth and dimension to your DVD movies, VHS tapes, TV shows, and even videogames. It includes two front speakers, two rear surround speakers, a center channel speaker, and a subwoofer with 140 watts of output. The front and center channel speakers are magnetically shielded so as not to interfere with your TV's video signal, and the front, center, and surround speakers are wall-mountable. This system offers built-in Dolby Digital, DTS, and Pro Logic II processing for surround sound from DVD, VHS, and stereo sources.

The 5-disc DVD player/changer is compatible with a wide range of disc formats, including DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, Video CD and CD-R/RW, as well as MP3, WMA, and JPEG file formats. Other features include 192kHz/24-bit audio DAC (digital to analog converter) and 12-bit/108MHz video DAC and a built-in radio tuner with 30 FM and 15 AM station memory. This system is a cinch to setup with the easy "hand clap" setup designed to make the system do all the fine-tuning so you can enjoy the best sound audio experience possible. It offers selectable progressive-scan mode for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs (via the component video output); it provides the following connections:

• Composite Video Out: 1
• Composite Video In: 1
• S-Video Out: 1
• Component Video Out: 1
• Analog Audio In: 1
• Digital Audio Optical In: 1
• Headphone: 1

What's in the Box
JVC THC3 5-disc DVD player with integrated receiver, one subwoofer, one center channel, two front speakers, two rear surround speakers, speaker cord, remote control, batteries, printed instructions

Product Description

JVC Company of America (THC3) HOME THEATER IN A BOX

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some minor annoyances, but over all a great first-time home theater, August 8, 2005

By 

David P (Bedford, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JVC THC3 Home Theater In A Box with 5-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

I am not an audiophile. I bought this unit for a small apartment living room. This is the second home theater I've owned. I had a Panasonic HT-P38, but was unhappy with it and returned it within 30 days. I've had this JVC now for about two months and am very happy with it.

What I like about it:

-Easy control of speaker output settings from the remote.

-Good bass (as low as 30 Hz) from subwoofer.

-Clear sound from center and satellite speakers.

-"Play and exchange" disc changer which allows you to continue playing a disc without interruption while at the same time exchange discs in one of the five separate disc trays.

Some issues I've had:

-Rear satellite speakers are awkward to mount due to poor design. There is a keyhole mount hole toward the top of the speaker, but there are small peg-like protrusions which will not allow the mount to attach. I ended up using the alternate screw-hole mount toward the bottom of the speaker, which looks awkward and puts more torque on the mount.

-VERY short front speaker wires. Since the wires on all the speakers are hard-wired into the cases, I could not replace the wires, but had to buy extra wire to make a splice so that it would reach the speaker hook-ups at the rear of the sub-woofer.

-Relatively few inputs.

-Poor FM reception.

So while there are a few issues I have to work around, over all I'm happy with this unit.