JVC XV-S65GD, DVD player with MP3 menus, recommendation based on three months use
Ron Gibson
Manufacturer's Web Page...
http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL026285&page=2
Best player out there under $500 if you want to play MP3's and want a
menu that lists the MP3 titles. Street price is $249 all day long and
can be found with coupons for as little as $200 with some luck.
I give it a 4.5 out of 5 because nothing is perfect.
I compared it side by side for picture and sound quality to the Panasonic
RV-31 and it was a draw. However, the menu system for MP3's set this
model apart. It lists up to 30 characters of the file name on burned
CD's.
I looked for weeks trying to find the right player because MP3
capability was a must have features. I only found a handful of models
that even played MP3's. Then on their websites I only found two other
companies that I could get through to or even knew what I was talking
about when I asked about a menu system. Panasonic I'd recommend as the
next choice because at least their sales people know their products well
enough to answer the question. The other companies didn't know their
products well enough to answer the question or were unreachable, namely
Hitachi and Toshiba.
If you want DVD-Audio Models, XV-SA70B / XV-SA75GD are
DVD/CD/DVD-Audio players with progressive scan are the next step up,
currently $279 at Crutchfield.com. Essentially this is the same model but
with DVD-A capability.
Here's a exert off the web site of features...
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XV-S65GD
Manufacturer's suggested retail price: $349.95
This new JVC XV-S65GD introduces a new slim design for a "all-in-one"
player that people are looking for. Not only does it play DVD & CD; it
also plays the new MP3, CD-R and CD-RW recordable CD formats. Don't let
the slim design fool you, the XV-S65GD is packed with many exciting
features such as Progressive Scan Output-Digital Direct, 3-D Phonic
sound, variable and slow search,zoom, digest and strobe play, angle list
and resume function. Fiber optic and co-axial digital audio outputs with
Dolby Digital & DTS pass-through are provided for easy connection to any
system.
Compatible with DVD Video, CD CD-R/RW and Video CD
High-bit/high-sampling (10-bit/27MHz video D/A converter
Component Video, Composite Video, and S-Video terminals
1-bit P.E.M. D.D. Converter with 96kHz/24-bit audio resolution
Progressive Scan Output, "Digital Direct" that can produce the video output
at twice the conventional speed to allow the direct conversion of DVD''s
24fps into progressive 60fps for display on your TV, thereby avoiding the
quality disadvantages of I/P conversion.
Glow Multi-brand remote control
Coaxial digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS
Optical digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS
Separate construction throughout: Power supply, Digital circuitry, Analog
Video and Analog Audio circuits are physically separated
Resume (bookmark) function
"Digest" function for visual access to desired title/chapter
3D-Phonic for virtual surround sound
Dynamic range (2 channel) 106 dB
VCR-matching slim design.
Video output
DVD Component Video output
S-Video Output
1 Year Parts, 90 Days Labor Warranty
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JohnG
those of us with other jvc products...
"Ron Gibson" <rgi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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bobb
>It lists up to 30 characters of the file name on burned
Upper and lower cases?
-bobb
Ron Gibson
> >It lists up to 30 characters of the file name on burned
> Upper and lower cases?
Nope. But the setup is such that it is optimized for sorting by album
or artist.
Using a puter analogy...
You can have 100 root directories or entries (songs)
You can have 100 subdirectories in each main directory.
You can have 10 "Layers" in each directory.
My software burns in Alphabetical order, so I don't use that many
directories. I have 170 mp3's on my main collection and I just simply
burn them into two groups.
Also it converts spaces to underscores so a song named...
Tina Turner - One of the Living.mp3
becomes...
TINA_TURNER_-_ONE_OF_THE_LI.MP3
Some of my titles are pretty long and without using a Artist directory
structure I can easily spot a song. But you could get more space by making
a root directory like this...
\TINA_TURNER
with the below song in that directory.
ONE_OF_THE_LIVING.MP3
Payle Ryder
feature using analog out, not digital. Not a big deal for me, but for
others it might be...
-PR
"Ron Gibson" <rgi...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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Ron Gibson
> Unfortunately, one significant drawback is that you can only utilize the mp3
> feature using analog out, not digital. Not a big deal for me, but for
> others it might be...
Yes, that's true. You have to disable the Optical or Coaxial input on
that line in setup on your receiver.
That's easy on a Pioneer.
Ron Gibson
(Yes I am talking to myself :)
rgi...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Gibson) stated:
> Using a puter analogy...
> You can have 100 root directories or entries (songs)
> You can have 100 subdirectories in each main directory.
> You can have 10 "Layers" in each directory.
> My software burns in Alphabetical order, so I don't use that many
> directories. I have 170 mp3's on my main collection and I just simply
> burn them into two groups.
> Also it converts spaces to underscores so a song named...
> Tina Turner - One of the Living.mp3
> becomes...
> TINA_TURNER_-_ONE_OF_THE_LI.MP3
Note: The above conversion is the default for Adapter Easy Creator when
burning ISO9660 with Long File Names.
You have the option of choosing whatever renaming scheme you want.
Thirty (30) characters are the limit of both Adaptec's software and the
JVC machine.
When you start the burn when it sees a file longer than 30 characters it
prompts you to...
Accept the default
Rename as you wish using thirty (30) characters
Accept the default for ALL files.
Rather than renaming 170 MP3's one at a time, I just accept the "Default
for All" option :)
This part isn't as complicated as it seems. It's best to do the burns
first on a CDRW, then when you are happy with the layout that works best
for you, burn it to a CDR. Instructions as to format and session are
clear in the JVC manual.
Both CDR's and CDRW's are readable by the player. I did notice a few
MP3 capable DVD players that read only CDR's. That limitation doesn't
apply to this model JVC.
Still me...