JVC HRS3911U 4-Head S-VHS VCR, Silver

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• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000065UUY
• Item model number: HRS3911U
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #116,554 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 7, 2002

Product Description

Product Description

JVC takes pride in its history of innovation and in the technologies that the Company has contributed to the world. JVC is dedicated to its customers, business partners and employees and with their collective support, is poised to achieve great success in the new millennium.The HR-S3911U comes with JVC's Super VHS ET (Expansion Technology). This feature enables consumers to record Super VHS signals on a VHS tape. The HR-S3911U features exceptional 400-line resolution for a cleaner, crisper picture, Hi-fi VHS stereo with MTS decoder, an advanced jog dial on VCR, Plug & Play and Active Video Calibration. A multi brand TV/Cable/DBS compatible remote control completes the package.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good choice for the price, August 1, 2002

By A Customer

I did a lot of online investigations and finally bought this machine. It is worth every dollar we spent for its sharp video and audio quality with two S-video outlets in the back.

If you are looking for top picture quality, especially if you are using satellite dish, it will be your best bet. This model is made for those who have a high-definition TV, using S-video and other gudgets to watch recorded movies with a DVD quality.
However, if you just have a regular TV and use RF cable, you might just as well settle with a cheap model .

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Seeing through a VCR noisily., December 30, 2002

By	C. Razzell "dsdreamer" (California, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was looking for a VCR with S-video input and output connectors and hoping that the quality with S-VHS tapes would be a significant step up from VHS.

I tried several different brands of S-VHS blank tapes ... but never got a significant improvement over VHS recordings. In some cases, especially with large areas of blue or black, random dancing pixels caused by tape noise detracted noticiably from the the video fidelity.

Furthermore, I found that the machine was susceptable to interference from the TV receiver. This resulted in a travelling black vertical bar that swept the picture once every 5 seconds or so. This only happened when recording one show and watching a different video source (e.g. DVD). I assume this is due to inadequate magnetic shielding of the record head allowing some coupling to the scan coils of the TV cathode ray tube.

On the positive side, the contols were easy to use and picture quality was Okay (except when recording near an unsynchronized TV set). Playback of pre-recorded VHS tapes was of high quality and the use of S-VHS connectors help to reduce picture distortion.

For Satellite TV users, one of the nicest features is the ability to automatically record when a signal is detected from the Satellite box. This avoids having to set up two timers (one in the VCR and one on the Satellite box).

4.0 out of 5 stars Old, reliable, August 22, 2009

By	John M. Thomas "classfour" (Elizabethtown, KY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The reviewer with the two "defective" units should've replaced the S-Video cable.

I had good use with mine. eventually replaced it with a JVC 7500, and later a panny AG-1980.