I thought remote was OK, built in DD decoder worked well.

Developed more and more problems

Got the JVC 701 for Christmas (girlfriend paid $425 from QVC, I can get it closer to $325) and it worked great for a while. I hooked up a new JVC receiver and Bose speakers to the built-in decoder and the sound was great. The remote that I've read the complaints about wasn't that bad to me, even worked the JVC receiver nicely. Then the player started freezing and skipping after about 2 months. It was getting worse and resetting it per JVC's instructions made no difference. I found out why QVC can be a good source because they took it back even though it was beyond their 30 day return policy. I'd say overall that my experience with the 701 would have been a good one if it had just held together. But with the situation as it is, I'd look elsewhere for a quality player.

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Fabulous audio and video (when it works)

Unit worked fine at first, then started having problems with lock up and skip Dealer tried all the reset tricks but problems returned Waiting for a 721. I will update when I have this unit for a while. Does anyone have the 721 now? If so, please e-mail me with your comments Thanks

The unit has been a great source of frustration. I'm very dissapointed DO NOT BUY THIS UNIT..

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Time Count Phonic Sound

Incompatability

Everything was great and I mean great about this deck until Father Christmas came along. Now it won't play alot of DVDs duped after Sept 99 - especially TriStar!

Worse, Best Buy will take no responsibility for even helping me get it to a JVC dealer!

I will never buy JVC again. I thought it was a good value but in the end I feel I got ripped OFF!

BEWARE!!!!

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Looks, Easy of Use, Screen Saver

RELIABILITY

In March, 1999 I purchased two JVC’s XV-D701 DVD Players from Crutchfield. Before that day I had a Pionneer 414 DVD Player. I sold the Pionneer to a friend when I got the XV-D701’s and it is still working perfectly well.

I replaced the Pionneer with the JVC because of the advertisement regarding its Graphical User Interface and improved sound through an anti-jitter K2 interface. None of these features work as promised, specially the anti-jitter. The Pionneer provides a MUCH better sound, especially in low frequencies and the GUI lacks many important features (can’t even show time-to-end in minutes). Also, slow motion and fast-forward all suck in this player (I can't believe I am missing the 414).

After two months, the same problems mentioned below started to happen in both players (scrambling screen, player freezing and the “No Disk” problem).

Sometimes, when playing DTS encoded DVDs, a VERY LOUD sound is sent to the Dolby/DTS processor. I suppose the player sends some garbage in the DTS signal (I am using a coaxial cable for that).

Last week I sent both players to a JVC service center (paid $65 shipping) and am still waiting for their answer. I’ll write another review after receiving their answer.

If you are planning to buy a DVD Player, my recommendation is to stay away from this player. In fact, this is the last product I’ll ever buy from JVC.

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Excellent picture and sound. No pixelization or disk incompatibility problems.

Joystick remote difficult to use. Reliability questionable.

Overall, an excellent player. One of the best pictures for a player in this price range. My only complaint is that my unit ceased functioning (No Disk error for all DVDs) after 6 weeks of use and since it could not be serviced locally, I had to send it to the JVC Service center in Los Angeles for warranty service. About 5 weeks later the unit was returned with a new optical pickup and it has worked perfectly for the past 3 months.

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Received brand new DVD player from UBID.COM for $401.00. This DVD player has all the features of the more expensive players, Component video, Dolby Digital decoder built in, 5.1 analog outputs, optical and coaxial digital outputs just to name a few. Love the "zoom" function, menus are easy to navigate, and the sound and picture are excellent. Have been watching movies on JVC SVHS 7500 VCR and this DVD player has to be at least 10 times better in audio and video.

Great Picture - Ease of Use - Wonderful Price

Not my favorite remote control

I purchased this JVC DVD a month ago from PCMALL (believe it or not). I paid $329.00.

This player functions wonderfully: No pixelization and no out-of-sync audio -- just a wonderful picture with great sound!

I've had no major problems though I thought I had disaster on my hands when the player suddenly stopped playing DVDs (even those I had watched before). I found it was simply a matter of resetting my EPROM (as described by another purchaser below and on the JVC web site). I haven't had any problems since.

This player plays all the discs that have given others some problems. The Matrix and Cruel Intentions both play fine.

I should give this player 5 Stars, but I think the "stiff" remote control calls for something to be shaved from the rating. (I would actually give it a 4.5 rating if available).

5.1 processing, DTS, and visual imaging

somewhat of a cheap remote

Unlike the rest of the unhappy JVC 701 users. I have not experienced the problems everyone is stating. Maybe I just have the good one. Or maybe they have fixed thee problem on the "newer" 701's. I have been very happy with the DVD player.

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Three component video outputs

I keep getting error messages and having to reset the unit

When I first bought the player it worked great. Then I tried playing Cruel Intentions and the machine crashed. I traded it in thinking it was the unit. Then the second one I got crashed. I called JVC and they asked me if I played the movie Cruel Intentions when it crashed. I said yes and the told me how to reset the unit to the factory presets. Why they don't just put it in the manual, I don't know. Now I keep having to reset the unit often. I wish I could get rid of this DVD player and get a better one. This unit cost too much for it to keep breaking. JVC makes great TV and VCR's but I recommend that you stay away from the DVD players. Yes, that means even if you want to keep all your electronics the same brand... DON'T BUY IT!

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Starts skipping when runs hot. can't play T2 thetrical version because of constant chapter jumping. Can't play The Matrix. Seems to have some problems with dual later DVDs

Well, after only 1 month, I'm trading it for the 721. If the 721 does the same thing, I'm buying non-JVC. Really disappointed

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