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    JVC XVS-500 prog scan player. Thoughts?

    I went through my entire collection of non 16x9 DVD's, yes, it did have trouble with Titanic and 4 others (Deep Impact, Little Mermaid, James & Peach, Buzz Lightyeaar) out of about 20 that I have. Other than that it passed all the other tests that I threw its way so I will keep it. I could not...
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    JVC XVS-500 prog scan player. Thoughts?

    Well I exchanged for a JVC XVS-500BK prog scan player. I have no idea whether or not this has the chroma bug but I was not able to see it using both the Toy Story 1 & 2 disks. I am pleased with its ability to scale properly, non 16x9 widescreen material to the proper aspect ratio and 4x3 stuff...
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    JVC XVS-500 prog scan player. Thoughts?

    I am bringing the unit back to the store tomorrow after having tested it out tonight. The only real difference I saw beyween it and my old interlaced Toshiba 3108 was the lack of "shimmer" (due to the progressive I suppose) and in the subtitles. The overall ergonomics was not to my liking so I...
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    JVC XVS-500 prog scan player. Thoughts?

    (thread edited to reflect purchase of JVC unit. See my post below) I just picked up this 5 disk DVD player for cdn$249. As I understand it, it has the Faroudja processing so PQ should at least be fairly good. I have a month to decide if I should keep it and bring it in for an exchange of...
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