JVC XV-FA95GD Progressive-Scan 7-Disc DVD Player, Gold

• Progressive-scan DVD player for a high-quality image
• Play and exchange 7-disc carousel
• Plays DVD, DVD audio, Video CD, CD, CD-R/RW, and MP3 CDs
• S-video, composite video, and component video outputs
• Features include variable and slow search, zoom, digest, strobe play, angle list, and resume

I've had this player for quite some time now, here's my assessment:

Good

7 disc capacity, very nice. Some complain about noise during switching, mine's behind a glass door, I don't care.

DVD-Audio, excellent sound quality. CD player specs are also excellent

Very good bass management (unfortunately, not for discrete DVD-Audio output)

Price/Value is excellent, you have to go to a very expensive player to get carousel and DVD-Audio

Bad

MP3 functionality is extremely primitive, almost useless

Lack of random playback across discs is a major deficiency

Clunky control structure and UI make it a PITA to operate

It's a good player, but has some big problems. Price is the big attraction here. Still waiting for the perfect player, probably will ALWAYS be waiting....

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similar to the problem described by another poster with video cutout during component playback. my player cuts out on s-video playback at nearly every new chapter and in scenes of visual or audio intensity. He said his did not cut out on s-video interlaced playback, while mine does. Mine does not cut out on composite playback. I do not have component inputs to test. Problem occured in two of four movies watched, both chinese language films with english subtitles. One was a brand new superbit version of crouching tiger hidden dragon, the other Farewell My Concubine. Two English language films were fine.

Playback of the two problematic films was fine when playedback from the dvd player on my laptop through the same s-video cable into the same s-video input on my TV. So it definately seems like the JVC player has the problem. I'm assuming its a defective machine and not a wide problem.

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The JVC XV-FA95GD DVD Player plays dvd movies good, but it does not play back music cds very well. I've listened to music cds I've bought from the store and some of them skip on this particular player. I thought maybe their was something wrong with the cd but it played back normal on a standard cd player.

Also when I scan through songs on the dvd player sometimes the dvd player locks up and then I have to shut the dvd player off and turn it back on again for it to unlock. And this dvd player does'nt have an adjustable fader on the remote or on the unit itself to lower the output volume. If your going to buy this particular player for standard music cd playback don't because its garbage.

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