JVC HRXVC16B DVD Video Player & VCR
By: JVC Average Rating: 1.0 Total Reviews: 3
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 On: 2007-04-18
Ill never buy another JVC product again. A month after I bought this it began going into "loading" mode - which is apparently what it does when first being plugged in. After searching the poorly written manual in vain for a solution, I called them and had to pack up the thing and send it in for repair. Now, it is doing the same thing again, more and more frequently and the only solution is to unplug it and then start all over again. This makes watching tapes and DVDs pretty tedious. Forget taping anything, as you never know if it will do this during taping. Too much money, too little service and pretty much a crummy product.
On: 2006-12-31
I once bought THREE of these things ... at least two of them from Amazon. (The actual model number was different -- XVC20U in black -- but its basically the same combo deck theyve been selling for several years now. Now theyve added progressive scan and DVD burner, other than that it looks like the exact same thing that I bought.)
They worked fine at first, but after a while, DVDs started freezing up on them. Oddly, I have absolutely NO trouble playing music CDs in the very same drives.
DVD freezing has happens on ALL THREE of them, but it is worse on the unit I have used most. It seems to do it less when the machine or the DVD has cooled down. It gets worse over time. Lens cleaning with a disc-brusher, lens cleaning via taking off the case for direct contact cleaning, and air-pressured dusting -- all do no good.
Anyway, thanks to JVC I ended up with several hundred dollars worth of DVD players that dont play DVDs ... other reviews (under various model numbers) suggest theres not a chance JVC will make good on them.
I have had, in the past, good luck with JVC TVs and car stereo units, and I try to stay loyal to brands, suppliers and what not. But I seriously doubt I will be making any other JVC purchases due to these things. I suppose JVC doesnt place much value on their brand or image or they wouldnt have dumped this stuff into the marketplace.
It seems to be getting harder and harder to find companies that bother to make products that are actually worth what you pay for them. I suppose companies that rip-off customers and laugh their way to the bank must be part of the "new economy" I keep hearing about.
On: 2006-12-30
I once bought THREE of these things ... at least two of them from Amazon. (The actual model number was different -- XVC20U in black -- but its basically the same combo deck theyve been selling for several years now. Now theyve added progressive scan and DVD burner, other than that it looks like the exact same thing that I bought.)
They worked fine at first, but after a while, DVDs started freezing up on them. Oddly, I have absolutely NO trouble playing music CDs in the very same drives.
DVD freezing has happens on ALL THREE of them, but it is worse on the unit I have used most. It seems to do it less when the machine or the DVD has cooled down. It gets worse over time. Lens cleaning with a disc-brusher, lens cleaning via taking off the case for direct contact cleaning, and air-pressured dusting -- all do no good.
Anyway, thanks to JVC I ended up with several hundred dollars worth of DVD players that dont play DVDs ... other reviews (under various model numbers) suggest theres not a chance JVC will make good on them.
I have had, in the past, good luck with JVC TVs and car stereo units, and I try to stay loyal to brands, suppliers and what not. But I seriously doubt I will be making any other JVC purchases due to these things. I suppose JVC doesnt place much value on their brand or image or they wouldnt have dumped this stuff into the marketplace.
It seems to be getting harder and harder to find companies that bother to make products that are actually worth what you pay for them. I suppose companies that rip-off customers and laugh their way to the bank must be part of the "new economy" I keep hearing about.
On: 2006-12-15
"Audio outputs: Analog, digital coaxial, digital optical "
This is a lie. The unit does NOT have digital optical output. Thats the only reason I ordered this unit. Now Ive got to screw around with RMAs and mailing this thing back. Maybe Amazon should open a box and look at the product before writing the decription.
On: 2006-12-14
"Audio outputs: Analog, digital coaxial, digital optical "
This is a lie. The unit does NOT have digital optical output. Thats the only reason I ordered this unit. Now Ive got to screw around with RMAs and mailing this thing back. Maybe Amazon should open a box and look at the product before writing the decription.
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