JVC Excellence
Written: Jan 01 '01
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Product Rating:
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Pros: Nice color, works well
Cons: Doesn't work with all TVs
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| bobchezule's Full Review: JVC XV-523 DVD Player |
I bought this DVD player recently and had done my research. I read all of the reviews on amazon, but I have a friend who works in electronics and claims that it is really good and one of their best sellers. When I first hooked it up, it worked great. The exterior look of the player was impressive. At first I thought it looked out of place sitting next to all of my other components which were black, but soon I thought the gold exterior gave the player a nice touch and made it look very fancy and expensive. The remote wasn't a terrible design either. It just takes a little getting used to and before long you will be surfing through your DVD's menus.
I even had the player running through my VCR with everything still working perfectly. At this point I thought all the complaints posted up here were foolish and unreliable. I almost even got on line to state how wrong everyone was and how great this DVD player was, but I was the one who was wrong. One evening I decided to watch Happy Gilmore on DVD. It played fine.
I was watching it only looking away every now and then to look through a magazine. I then happened to glance up at a point in the movie and noticed a bright flash in the corner of my TV for about a second or two. I backed up the movie to see if it would occur again, and sure enough, there it was. I started getting concerned, thinking that the complaints I read about were in deed true.
I tried to think of anything that I could do to test it and make sure it was in deed the DVD player. The first thing I did was test the DVD on another DVD player to see if I got the same results. My parents have an RCA DVD player, so I quickly skipped to the section of the movie where I noticed the flash. Unfortunately, it did not appear. Strike one. So that proves it wasn't the DVD.
I then thought that maybe it was because I had the DVD player running through my VCR, so I hooked it up straight to the TV. Unfortunately same results. The flash of light was still there. Strike 2. I then disconnected the DVD player and hooked it up to 2 different TVs and in both cases the flash DID NOT appear. So, I came to the conclusion that it was my TV. I don't know why, but for some reason it didn't like my TV. It worked fine on the 2 other TVs I tested it on.
I liked this player a lot because it had all the different outputs and features one could want in a DVD player, but I wasn't in the market to buy a new TV just yet, so I am returning it. This little flash wasn't hugely noticeable, but I knew it would eventually come to bug me and for the amount of money I was spending, I didn't want any regrets. In all honesty, I would have never noticed this little glitch had I not read the reviews on amazon, so definitely do your research.
This is a good player. If it works with your TV, consider yourself lucky. It's not great though because it obviously doesn't work with all TVs. I personally would recommend sticking with more of a common brand like Sony or Panasonic. Hope this helps!
Recommended:
Yes
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