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Review 3 of 3
Price Paid:
$1200.00
from J and R Summary:
Mixed bag. On the Plus side, playing the D-VHS Hi-Def DEMO tape
that shipped with the unit was stunning - sharp, vibrant, and detailed
images. I could just about put my face up against my Plasma
screen - it was that impressive.
On the downside, my unit could not play or record standard VHS
modes out of the box - I had to send the unit to JVC for
warranty service. Plus, recording in any of the D-VHS modes
from the tuner or from a composite or S-Video feed sometimes
resulted in red and green shadows along the border edges of
people's faces, depending on background and surrounding color
and brightness of the image - doesn't look like a chroma/luma or
Y-B-R overly issue, since images still look sharp elsewhere.
This is quite annoying when compared to how pristine the Hi-Def
Demo tape plays. JVC Warranty Service was unable to duplicate this
issue, or so they say. I plan to return the unit to JVC once more and
request a chroma adjustment. Strengths:
Image quality. The potential for recording images at higher
than DVD quality is appealing. Weaknesses:
Quality/Workmanship issues noted above.
Ease of use needs work-the timer mode
recording mode is surprising inflexible.
Record one progam, or just one program
at the same time Monday through Friday-
that's it. Similar Products Used:
Sony Standard VHS.
Sony DVD Player.
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