JVC HRXVC39S DVD Video Player & VCR
Why Oh Why HDMI?
Just bought this yesterday, my old player burned out and I had recently acquired a digital monitor.  Figured I'd pop the extra thirty bucks to get the high def capability. <br /> <br />Plugged it all into the system and everything works fine.  The setup is so easy, even the clock sets itself.  The menuing is nicely intuitive, and the picture looks swell. <br /> <br />I'm still trying to figure out how the 1080i is worth the extra money.  It only works with DVDs, and only DVDs that aren't copy protected, for some reason.  That rules out 99% of my viewing, which ends up relegated to plain old 480 (albeit progessive with a copy protected DVD).  Also, it takes some button pushing to configure the high def signal, making it even less likely I'll bother to mess with it. <br /> <br />If I had to do it all over again, I might have spent the extra thirty bucks on a couple of new disks, instead.