JVC DRMV79B Tunerless 1080p Upconverting DVD Recorder VCR Combo

List Price: $199.99
Our Price: $199.99
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Manufacturer: JVC

Average Customer Rating:

Features
Super Multi DVD (-R/RW, +R/RW, RAM), Record and Playback JPEG, MP3, WMA Divx Playback Timer Link DV input 1080p Upconversion

Accessories
Premium HDMI v1.3 Cable (2M/6ft.)

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Editorial Reviews:

The JVC DR-MV79B DVD/VCR Combo Recorder is a quality multi-format DVD/VCR combo recorder that offers great features. This unit has a progressive-scan player capable of upconverting your current DVD library to a 1080p high-definition experience. Record your favorite home movies onto DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W and DVD-RAM discs with a choice of 4 different recording speeds. Enjoy Dolby Digital/DTS audio decoding, Timer-Link recording capability, DivX, DV-input, and HDMI-output. With multi-format playback capabilities, connectivity to virtually any A/V source, Quasi (S-VHS) playback, coaxial/optical digital-audio outputs, One-Touch (bi-directional) Dubbing, and 12-hour recording capability, your entertainment choices are endless with the JVC DR-MV79B. Just connect your digital video camera to the unit's DV-input terminal, and you're ready to record images onto a DVD recordable disc. With playback specifications that meet the standards of professionals, this recorder features a component video output for high-resolution low-distortion video playback. Front A/V inputs allow you to plug your accessories directly into the unit without having to pull it out of your entertainment center and messing with the rear inputs. This is a progressive scan DVD player, capable of scanning an entire video frame at once. Scan-lines commonly associated with interlaced video are drastically reduced. The result is a spectacularly clear image with no motion artifacts (stair-stepping), and details so sharp they seem as if they're etched onto the screen. If you're looking for a DVD player with exquisite audio playback, this unit will do the job. Use the coaxial or optical audio outputs to connect the DVD player to your home theater receiver and enjoy full Dolby Digital surround-sound entertainment. One-Touch Recording provides a simple and convenient way to make a recording. Simply connect the recorder to your cable or satellite box and then to your TV,

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I've had this for a little over a year now and it's been a problem since day one. Sometimes it works fine and others it freezes up and says it can't play the disc or it'll stop in the middle of the recording for no reason. I can't delete programs off my DVR until I've completed recording the whole disc, finalized it and played it back, because there's an even shot that there will be a problem somewhere along the way.

Customer Rating:

Summary: JVC has a horrible quality/reliability history with dual decks ...
Comment: I recommend buyers look at the Amazon reviews for defunct JVC VHS/DVD
dual deck products before they purchase any current dual deck model.
They have a proven history of extremely poor build quality. JVC keeps
rapidly changing model numbers, which makes this more difficult for
the consumer to discover. However they all look very similar with
only slight cosmetic differences.

Search on these item numbers and see for yourself:

JVC SR-MV40US

* Built Defective, I bought and returned three of these units (12/2007)
* Faulty DVD Drive is a known inevitable problem on every unit (11/2007)
* Worked well while it worked (10/2007)
* Disk Error on most discs after 5 months of owning the unit (08/2007)
* No luck with this (06/2007)
* Problem unit (05/2007)

JVC HRXVC27U (5 1-stars out of 8)

* 1yr and 1/2 and it died (02/2005)
* Worst home electronic device I've ever owned (03/2006)
* Barely outlived the warranty (10/2005)
* the J must stand for Junk (05/2005)

JVC DRMV5S (8 1-stars out of 16)

* Do Not Buy The JVC DRMV5S DVD ... (09.2007)
* JVC DRMV5S is defective! (03/2007)
* Total Junk and they Know it ! (12/2006)
* There's got to be something better (03/2006)
* JVC should be ashamed! (01/2006)
* Died after two weeks (10/2005)

A search on "Jvc Hi-fi Vcr/DVD Combo" search yields the following models:

JVC HRXVC29S

* I had the unit for under a year, and one day ... it just froze (04/2006)
* What a disapointment after only 2 years (03/2006)

JVC HRXVC15S (1 1-star, 1 2-star out of 2 reviews)

* Factory Defect....Look Elsewhere (09/2007)

Here are some model numbers that WILL NOT come up on a search but CAN be
accessed by working through "see all of my reviews"

JVC DRMV1S (>>> FIFTY-TWO <<<< 1-stars out of 63 reviews)

* Worst purchase decision ever!! (11/2007)
* Unit has never been right (10/2007)
* total piece of junk!!!!!! (02/2007)
* Nothing But Trouble (07/2006)
* poor reliability (10/2006)
* Don't buy the JVC DRMV1S (01/2006)
* What a piece of junk!!! (01/2006)
* Avoid this unit or you WILL be sorry (01/2006)
* Total loss (01/2006)
* Worst piece of electronics I've ever seen (12/2005)
* Possessed by Demons (10/2005)
* For the sake of your sanity, do not buy this!!!!! (12/2005)
... it just goes on and on.

JVC HR-XVC20U (10 1-stars out of 19 reviews)

* Very disappointed - Not a good buy (10/2004)
* I will never buy a JVC product again (07/2004)
* In the shop (05/2004)
* DON'T BUY IT!! (05/2004)
* Pathetic (05/2004)
* I bought it in october of 2003 - going bad in april 2004
* Do not buy this unit! (04/200)
* A regrettable purchase (02/2004)

JVC HRXVC26U (6 1-stars out of 14 reviews)

* Awful (08/2007)
* 2 Units same problem ... freezing (09/2004)

JVC HRXVS44U (6 1 or 2-stars out of 10 reviews)

* VCR drive died after one year (10/2004)
* Third straight reviewer to have a problem (01/2005)
* This is junk...avoid (09/2004)
* Durability is questionable, after 9 months ... (05/2004)
* unit was terrible out of the box (12/2003)

JVC HR-XVC33U (5 reviews out of 10 3-stars or less)

* Returned Item (03/2004)
* Problems from the start (02/2004)
* I am on my third one and it's going bad too (12/2003)

JVC HRXVC16B (3 1-stars out of 3 reviews)

* I'll never buy another JVC product again. A month after ... (04/2007)

Buyer Beware !!!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Does a lot for the money
Comment: This DVD/VCR Combo Recorder deck has become an important part of my production studio. It has many recording options which is of high importance to me. I didn't need the TV tuner so it's nice they have a cheaper model that doesn't include it. One very cool aspect is the HDMI output. Once I get the proper equipment, I'll be able to capture high quality material through this connection. Until then, however, I'm having to run through a camcorder to get the video into the computer. That's where the one major downside of this deck for me comes in. There is a DV In port on the front which is great, but it's only an In port. It can't output through that port. A lot of hassle would be avoided if it could. That's the reason for docking it a star. Other than that, I couldn't be more pleased with this deck and all the functions it can perform.

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