JVC XV-523GD DVD Player
Looks nice! But think twice! I am not pleased.....
I have top end JVC electronics and I figured this DVD player would fit right in and complement the system, but little did I know it would be a great disappointment.  It looks terrific, but performance is disappointing.  Many brand new DVD's played on the JVC tend to pause, sometimes even stop playing without resuming.  I thought it was the DVD's, but then I played them on my PowerBook G3 and they don't pause at all, not even once.<br />Then there's the remote control.  Yeech!  As other reviewers have commented, the DVD player often doesn't respond to the remote.  You have to be right in direct line with the player and not above it at all to get it to respond.  I constantly shift the remote around to get the player to respond.  I don't have this problem with my other remotes.  And guess what?  It takes two hands to turn the TV on and off because the DVD remote uses a separate and distant SHIFT button to control the TV power button.  This is a relatively new remote and the numbers and letters are already starting to wear off the buttons. <br />Frankly, I wish I hadn't bought the player.