JVC XV-F85GD 7-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Gold)

JVC XV-F85GD 7-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Gold)

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The JVC XV-F85GD seven-disc carousel changer, also available in black, lets you change six DVDs without having to stop the currently playing disc. Incredibly versatile, it plays DVD and CD media, plus MP3-CD, CD-R, and CD-RW recordable CD formats.

The XV-F85GD boasts many advanced features, including progressive-scan output for a smooth, flicker-free picture (no scan lines!) on a compatible television. The 3-D Phonic sound simulates surround sound from a two-speaker system.

Playback options include variable and slow search, zoom, digest, and strobe play (frame-by-frame stop-motion), angle list, and resume. Optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs for Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround are provided for easy connection to compatible home theater receivers.

JVC covers the XV-F85GD with a one-year parts warranty and a 90-day labor warranty.

JVC XV-F85GD 7-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Gold)
Average customer rating:

Still good 3 years later

Best CD-R/RW disc compatibility so far!

Some poeple are clueless

Top-notch product, at a reasonable price.

Correction of correction

JVC XV-F85GD 7-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Gold)

Manufacturer: JVC
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Compatible with DVD-Video, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3-CD, and video CD

High-bit/high-sampling (10-bit/54 MHz) video D/A converter

Component-video, composite-video, and S-video terminals

1-bit P.E.M. D.D. Converter with 96 kHz/24-bit audio resolution; Dolby Digital and DTS surround outputs

Progressive-scan output with Digital Direct that can produce the video output at twice the conventional speed

ASIN: B00005RI9M

Amazon.com Product Description

The JVC XV-F85GD seven-disc carousel changer, also available in black, lets you change six DVDs without having to stop the currently playing disc. Incredibly versatile, it plays DVD and CD media, plus MP3-CD, CD-R, and CD-RW recordable CD formats.

JVC covers the XV-F85GD with a one-year parts warranty and a 90-day labor warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Still good 3 years later.......2006-10-26

I bought this DVD player 3 years ago because I was looking for a multi-disk DTS capable DVD player that could also be used to play CDs, specifically CD+/-R's. After looking at several models and testing out a few, including Sony, Panasonic, and Toshiba, I ended up buying this model. I've been pretty happy with it so far these past three years. It had some problems with some burned VCDs (but it could have been the VCDs) but it's been pretty much problem free. 2 different digital audio outputs, s-video and component video outputs. It's great! Anyway, I finally upgraded my computer to one with a DVD burner, and since the JVC DVD player's manual said it wouldn't play DVD-Rs/RWs, I assumed it wouldn't play DVD+Rs, but lo and behold! it plays DVD+Rs and DVD+R DL! I am very pleased. Now I can back up my purchased DVDs and not worry about not being able to play the back-ups should something happen to the original! Thanks JVC!

Best CD-R/RW disc compatibility so far!.......2003-05-21

I tried DVD changers from Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer & Toshiba, they all had various degrees of CD-R/RW disc compatibility problems, Sony and Panasonic are the worst! I just got the JVC XV-F85GD, a 7 disc DVD changer for [not a lot and that] including shipping! Upon unpacking, I played all the CD-R/RW discs I had problems with the other DVD players mentioned above, they played all without a glitch! So if you are looking for a DVD changer and have the need for playing CD-R/RW type discs, this is the player to get. Period! Forget about any other brands at any price.

Some poeple are clueless.......2002-10-26

Okay, so I am really bothered by some of these reviews. Obviously your ignorance should not make a product inferior. Many people do not understand what multi-channel out is. This player is special because it plays DVD audio discs, and not many players do. DVD audio is a 6-channel audio format similar to DTS but it is NOT compressed and it is higher quality. The quality of DVD audio will blow you away. In order to accomplish this, any DVD audio capable player will have an internal decoder. So yes, this player DOES have OPTICAL and DIGITAL COAX, which you would use for a home theater type setting. The multi-channel output is used when you are using the players internal decoder. And yes, you could use this for DTS decoding if you so desired, but if you use optical/digital coax you are using your reciever's internal decoder instead. The picture quality and sound on this unit are superb. The gold-plated outputs on the back are a nice touch too. The multi-channel outputs should be hooked up with analog RCA cables, yes, standard audio cables. But you only need to do that if you plan on using this for DVD-audio. Its sad when people berate something they don't understand.

Top-notch product, at a reasonable price........2002-10-17

When I picked up my F-80bk, I had some concerns. I had ordered the unit as a replacement for my JVC XV-501bk, which was an absolute disaster of a unit. However, I was soon to discover that my fears were all for naught; this model is one of the most sound investments I've made in electronics.

DISC MECHANISM: Thanks to the independent tray loading system JVC has developed, this player fits seven discs into the space of five...and allows you to open the drawer and change every disc except the one currently being played without interrupting playback. Tray opening/closing and disc selection are both a little slow, but the high capacity more than makes up for it.

LASER ASSEMBLY: Part of the reason I bought a JVC is because they just seem to have better laser setups. Playback--whether it be audio CD, DVD, MP3 disc, or a homemade VideoCD/Super VideoCD--is consistently flawless, with no stutters or glitches even when the disc has small smudge marks or blemishes.

AUDIO PLAYBACK: The audio is crisp and clean, which is very important to me as a musician/music teacher. Since my amp is older, I use the analog outputs. I have also tested the digital audio functions with a friend's equipment; the quality is perfect, with no static or signs of audio compression. True, you cannot hear MP3 playback over the digital stream, but that is due to copyright issues regarding the MP3 file format, and JVC had no control over that. Also, some complain that the randomized/"shuffle" playback only works on one disc at a time...but, given the way CD changers work, the pause between songs is excruciatingly long when the player has to switch discs after every track, so the exclusion of this feature is understandable.

VIDEO PLAYBACK: This player has the best image quality I have seen thus far on a DVD player. For those who have the proper equipment, this player is one of the few models that has a true, "digital-direct" progressive scan mode (which means that it reads the high frame rate straight from the disc, rather than trying to reinterpret the extra frames back into a standard-quality scan). Even with the composite out, the picture is crisp and clean. This player also has a better-than-usual video filter, which results in a smoother image on large screens or with low-quality source material. (This is easily seen when you zoom in on the screen image, or when playing back a VideoCD).

REMOTE: The remote is lightweight and easy to use, and it doubles as a universal remote for whatever television you may have. The fact that the "key" playback controls glow in the dark is a nice feature; my only complaint is that it does not have any VCR functionality (I'm not a fan of juggling remotes).

EXTRA FEATURES: This player provides easy and high-quality playback of all major formats you might expect to use: DVDs, audio CDs, Video CDs, Super Video CDs, and MP3 discs. It will also read CD-R and even CD-RW discs without any problems. Also, the user-adjustable video filter is great for those who like to tinker with things in quest of the "ultimate" quality setting, and the ability to zoom in and out on the image is quite fun...and useful, if you're trying to find something specific in a scene. You can zoom in up to 1024x, and the image stays remarkably clean, and you can zoom out to 1/8x (although I have yet to find any reason for doing this).

PRICE: This is not an inexpensive unit. But there are several out there that are more expensive, and--in my opinion--no player currently on the market offers you a better movie experience. If you are looking for a high-end DVD player, or especially if you're looking for a device to serve as the heart of a home audio/video system, look no further.

Correction of correction.......2002-10-11

Unfortunately for vic white, Digital audio out over Toslink/optical/cable is a feature that's available on other ...players ... and is needed for connection to a digital reciever. If someone wants to make this part of a digital entertainment center, this model is not for you. It is odd, with the model having progressive scan, that it doesn't output the Dolby Digital information directly. Definately a killer lack of feature for me.

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