Good product, easy to use

I was almost scared off by the negative reviews. Maybe they are trolls, maybe it was a sample problem. I happy I wasn't, though.

I have a bunch of S-VHS and VHS tapes of stuff which I needed to transfer to DVD.

I've DUB'ed about 10 VHS tapes so far. It's very convenient, 'cause it can automatically adjust the recording time to suit the tape length.
Really just put in a DVD-R and a tape and push the DUBB button...

The recording quality is good -- the TBC seems to do a good job of cleaning up the source if there are problems with that.

If there are multiple recordings on the tape, it creates a new track for each one. After finalizing, it auto-chapters every 5 minutes.

So, in summary, it seems well built, is convenient to use and does a good job.

This Deck Will Fail on You

The many other reviews condemning this line of products is true. I recently purchased one of these, and had to return it because it didn't work right out of the box. I returned the next one within two weeks for suddenly shutting down in the middle of recording. I returned it and got a third unit, which failed in the exact same way one day before the 30 day guarantee expired! I have also spoken with other video professionals who have been disappointed by this unit (in its various names and model numbers). There is something seriously wrong with the design of this machine, and JVC should not be selling these machines at all.

Do not recommend

We were provided with four of these units for our educational facility. All of them had difficulty playing burned DVDs that would play just fine on other brands. We were also surprised to discover this model does not have a tuner, and at this price it should. We ended up taking all of these out of service and replacing them with Magnavox models.

Buyer beware! JVC dual deck have a long, proven history of very poor build quality !!

I recommend buyers look at the Amazon reviews for defunct JVC VHS/DVD
dual deck products before they purchase any current dual deck model.
They have a proven history of extremely poor build quality. JVC keeps
rapidly changing model numbers, which makes this more difficult for
the consumer to discover. However they all look very similar with
only slight cosmetic differences.

Search on these item numbers and see for yourself:

JVC SR-MV40US

* Built Defective, I bought and returned three of these units (12/2007)
* Faulty DVD Drive is a known inevitable problem on every unit (11/2007)
* Worked well while it worked (10/2007)
* Disk Error on most discs after 5 months of owning the unit (08/2007)
* No luck with this (06/2007)
* Problem unit (05/2007)

JVC HRXVC27U (5 1-stars out of 8)

* 1yr and 1/2 and it died (02/2005)
* Worst home electronic device I've ever owned (03/2006)
* Barely outlived the warranty (10/2005)
* the J must stand for Junk (05/2005)

JVC DRMV5S (8 1-stars out of 16)

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