Customer Reviews

JVC XVN650B DVD Video Player with Up-Conversion

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

FYI For anyone who wished to turn this player into a region free player. Start it up..open the tray......leave it unlaod and then click on the 0 button on remote 2-4 times and u will get a dispaly message that player is coded for region 1.just puch the 0 button on remote then hit pause/exit button on remote and u have urself a region free player.i have plyed dvds from region 2,4,5, and 1 without any problems.was very happy to discover this whne i was fiddling around with the player.this feature is not included in the product description and you will not find any refenece to it in your product manual.but it does work.

Easy-setup, looks nice, small/light form factor, great playback with quick load times. My only complaint is that the digital display on the front is very small, so from across the room, it is hard to tell which chapter you are on. It's a small gripe, but it can be a hassle when you're watching a multi-episode CD.

One other note: it is nearly impossible to see/find the eject button, unless the DVD player is in a well-lit area, so be prepared to use the remote to open/eject if you have you room darkened.

Otherwise, an excellent little player.

I burn quite a lot of movies and I have found this DVD Video Player is great on playbacks.

Player skips on CDs. This includes MP3 CDs and brand new audio CDs. Only a 90 day warranty. Of course started doing this after 90 days...

Video is fine.

The DVD player produces very nice images and sound.

My biggest gripe is the upconversion feature, 480p to 1080i,

is enabled from the from panel. There is no way to set it from

the remote. You can't set it permanently to 1080i from the setup

menus either.

For every movie you watch, you have to to stop motion, manually

set it to 1080i from the front panel, and then resume playback.

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Upon opening the unit the first thing you will notice is its small footprint and shallow depth.

The width is a standard 17" wide so it should be on the very top of your other video hard ware due to the shallow depth.

As others may have stated, the disk tray is made with very thin materials and is something that should be handled very carefully due to it's almost "to flexible" build.

But getting past the 2 noted features we just pointed out let us move on the reasons we bought this unit!

QUALITY VIDEO AND SOUND REPRODUCTION!!

We only use the HDMI output for the obvious reason of the HDTV 1080i quality playback features this product can produce. The best resolution this model outputs is 1920 X 1080i via the HDMI connection on the back. Playback on our 50" wide plasma monitor is outstanding to say the least! Using a burned copy of "Transformers" with a very high compression method still provided near perfect replay and visual performance!

Playback of the factory copy of "Transformers" showed us a flawless, perfect visual replay!

The unit also has a menu setup for 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio for viewing.

Additional Black Level Expansion B.L.E. for allowing expanded grey scale settings of 0 IRE cut off and 7.5 IRE Cut off, making black level settings even more enhanced with your plasma's Black level settings. Nice feature.

Menu setup is very straight forward and the G.U.I. takes very little time to use and feel comfortable with. The visual replay level from this unit deserves a 5 out of 5 for its top performing playback, true up-conversion ability's and stability on screen thru out the entire resolution spectrums.

Moving on to the sound quality. Digital and Audio Sync is 100% accurate with no laps in synchronious replay!

We only use the Digital Toslink output connection due to the higher sound replay and ability this model outputs! True Digital DTS, DOLBY 5.1 and in higher 96 kHz digital signals. Anyone who owns a quality full feature H.T.S. receiver with the upper band ability for playback is going to notice a big difference in sound play back!

This model shoots out Dolby surround sound better than any other DVD player we have found on the market to date for the price paid! Clear, Powerful, and stunning sound quality! So we gave the unit a 5 out of 5 for sound playback as well.

If you're looking to upgrade your DVD player for the benefits of HDMI 1080i playback and want to take advantage of the higher bandwidth on the sound spectrum as well, you won't go broke throwing down for this lightweight compact DVD player. The only features we wish it had come with... a 3 to 5 disk changer, and seeing the disk tray built a tad bit stronger than its current structure's design. JVC componant owners will also miss out on the lack of Compulink connectivity, as it is also not present on this model.

If you can look beyond these small quirks, you won't be disappointed with what you do get from this very well priced player. Great video HDTV Play back and Fantastic DTS-DOLBY Sound reproduction! For the price its a "VERY" safe bet!

Final Thoughts: Keep your power cords "AWAY" from any speaker wires and other input output cables. Learn the correct ways you can eliminate RFI noise in your H.T.S.

Read the manual thru and thru and also take your time setting up this unit.

SCC-AXION Studios Inc.

I bought this after seeing a vast majority of good reviews. It worked fine in the first 8 months or so, but I didn't actually use it that much. I put perhaps, 35-40 hours of actual play time on the unit, and then one day I tried turning it on, but it would apparently not power up and the display was dark. After unplugging and plugging in again, still a dark display, but it did eject the tray without my pressing any buttons. I put a disk in. The close button on the unit and the remote did nothing. I had to manually push the tray back in until the unit pulled it the rest of the way automatically. After that it spun the disk for awhile, but then finally stopped and ejected the tray and disk. That's all it will do now. I am sorry I bought the thing. JVC used to be a good brand. I will not purchase anything from that manufacturer again.

This is a brand new christmas gift that is a piece of junk! Hangs up during any media you throw at it you name it DVD CD Mp3 new or old it does not matter. This thing will be sure and jump with any of them.

I have never had so much trouble trying to explain that the player was messing up and I had not tried to use it for anything other that playing DVDs and CDs and had not had it for even a month. You would think that JVC would want to make a customer happy.I explained that I had recieved this as a Christmas gift and they said they would not even look at it unless I had a reciept.I tried to explain again that it was a gift and the person that purchased it lived across the country from me. They said sorry that is there policy. And told me to call a local repair shop to get it fixed.I am going to purchase another DVD player and place this one in the trash after I list it on ebay with a link to this review.

I bought this DVD player last year and have only used it a handful of times, mostly because it almost always skips while playing, even when the chapter is changed or the disc is ejected and reinserted. The current problem is that it won't even recognize a disc - the tray retracts for a couple of seconds and then spits the DVD right back out. I've tried everything to get it to work, all to no avail. The cost of repairing this machine would be equal to buying a new one (according to the repair guys I took it to), so I'm just going to find myself something better around the same price. What a disappointment.

I bought this unit from vann s electronics, fast shipping and good packaging, but the unit works flawlessly best picture for the price, fast loading easy to use, just one gripe display on front could of been brighter or a little bigger but this unit has excellent features and good sound, and picture quality ive always had good luck with JVC they just seem to keep getting better try this player it will work with any setup from basic to HD< I have one unit and im buying another for my bedroom this unit i would recommend to anyone this unit is well built and i just cannot say enough about this dvd player but I love it try it its well worth your money 5 stars from me