JVC RX-DV31SL

JVC RX-DV31SL DVD VCR Player Review

Simplify and consolidate the JVC RX-DV31SL. If complicated hookups get you down and your home electronics are starting to take up too much space, JVC's RX-DV31SL combination DVD player and audio/video surround receiver might just be music to your ears... and eyes. The unit offers broad format compatibility--from standard DVDs to MP3 music and JPEG image CDs to high-resolution music from DVD-Audio titles--as well as high power, delivering a full 100 watts per channel to your existing stereo and/or surround-sound speaker system.

Most movies are stored on DVD at the rate of 24 frames per second. The JVC RX-DV31SL Digital Direct Progressive-Scan feature uses 3:2 pulldown detection to convert film-based DVDs into double density--60 frames per second--progressive-scan images for display on a high-definition or HD-ready television. The result is natural, smooth images with less noise and higher resolution. A single, ultra-high-performance chip featuring Adaptive Geometrical Chroma Mapping performs AV decoding for the system. On the audio side, you get Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround passthrough and decoding, as well as Dolby Pro Logic II processing, which creates 5.1-channel signals from any stereo source. The JVC RX-DV31SL includes a Digital Acoustics Processor (DAP) with 4 preset sound fields to digitally recreate the acoustics of specific concert venues, which you can use to enhance music or video programs of your selection.

Using quick speaker setup, just tell the JVC RX-DV31SL receiver the number of speakers you're using and your room size, and the receiver will route your audio to the appropriate speaker and delay the output as needed to ensure time-aligned audio at your listening position.

DVD-Audio offers super high-fidelity (192 kHz/24-bit) sound. DVD-Audio music discs provide multichannel and stereo sound, incredible storage capacity, and unique bonus materials not available on regular audio CDs. The receiver's Audio Position feature lets you set the subwoofer level for both 5.1- and 2-channel playback so you can enjoy one setting for a DVD's ".1" LFE (low-frequency effects) signal and another when you simply wish to extend the low-frequency response of your stereo listening system, as for enhanced music playback.

What Features Does the JVC RX-DV31SL Have?

� Color: Silver with black accents

� Disc capacity: 1

� Region playback: Compatible only with discs coded for Region 1 and for All Regions

� Progressive scan: Yes

� Switchable 480p/480i: Information not available

� 3:2 pulldown detection: Yes (part of Digital Direct Progressive-Scan)

� Memory card slot: No

� Playback formats: DVD-Video (NTSC), DVD-Audio, red book CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 CD, JPEG image CD

� MP3/JPEG combination playback: No

� Firmware upgradeable: No

� Display: Fluorescent

� Aspect ratio control: Yes

� Dialog enhancer: No

� Integrated receiver: Yes

� Number of amplified channels: 5

� Amplifier power: Surround: 100 watts per channel x 5 (into 8 ohms at 1 kHz); stereo: 100 watts per channel x 2 (into 8 ohms from 40 to 20,000 Hz)

� Total harmonic distortion: No more than 0.8 percent at rated output

� Onscreen display (OSD): Yes

� Speaker terminals: Clip type, 2 sets (A and B)

� Tuner: AM/FM with 30 FM and 15 AM station presets

� Quick play: No

� Multi-angle viewing: Yes (with applicable discs)

� Video DAC: 54 MHz, 10-bit

� Audio DAC: 192 kHz, 24-bit

� Picture enhancements: Digital Direct Progressive-Scan

� HDCD decoding: No

� Chapter preview: Yes (digest mode)

� Custom bookmarks: No

� Frame advance: Yes

� Still/freeze frame: Yes (including strobe play)

� Jog/shuttle dial on unit: No

� Forward/reverse play: Yes

� Karaoke: No

� Multilingual support: Yes (English, Spanish, French)

� Remote control: Multi-brand A/V universal glow remote

� Parental controls: Yes

� Picture zoom: Yes

� Recording capability: No

� Resume play: Yes

� Reverse-frame step: Yes

� Slow motion: Yes

� Instant replay: No

� Text display: No (but offers MP3 file recognition in OSD)

� VCR capability: No

� Audio outputs: 2 stereo analog (left/right), 1 digital (optical)

� Audio inputs: 4 stereo analog (left/right) RCA, 2 digital audio (1 optical, 1 coaxial, both assignable to any source)

� Headphone jack: Yes

� Video outputs: 2 composite-video, 2 S-video, 1 component-video

� Video inputs: 2 composite-video, 2 S-video

� Surround-sound output: Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel passthrough and decoding; DVD-Audio decoding, Dolby Pro Logic processing, 4 DSP modes

� Simulated surround sound: Yes

� THX-certified: No

� Front-panel inputs: No

� Power input: AC 120V, 60 Hz

� Remote component linking: JVC A/V Compulink

� Item width: 17.2 inches

� Item height: 3.9 inches

� Item depth: 15.9 inches

� Item weight: 18.5 pounds

� Warranty: 1 year parts and 90 days labor

Conclusion

The JVC RX-DV31SL is the continuation of excellence in receiver innovation. This 100-watt X 5 receiver is feature packed, with Dolby digital, DTS and Dolby Pro-logic II and DVD Audio. This receiver also incorporates a full function Direct Digital Progressive scan DVD player built-in.

This feature packed DVD receiver also comes complete with an integrated on-screen display and smart disc system for ease of use. Finally, the JVC RX-DV31SL comes with an improved convenience package with Smart Speaker Setup, to simplify the initial setup to your surround system, and Audio position to automatically adjust the subwoofer output to whether you are listening to a CD or taking advantage of the state of the art surround processing while watching a DVD. The JVC RX-DV31SL is the perfect integrated receiver to use as the hub of any home theater system.

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