Playable Formats: VHS Hi-Fi, DVD-Video, DVD-RW/-R (Video Format), +RW/+R (Video Format), CD, SVCD, VCD, CD-R/RW, JPEG Digital Still (CD-R/RW

Time to replace your old VCR? Add DVD playback to the VHS mix with the JVC HRXVC17S DVD/VCR combo player and continue to enjoy your VHS library while also enjoying the high-quality video and improved audio of DVD discs. This unit also enables easy copying of your home videos saved to DVD disc to VHS tape (not compatible with dubbing copy-protected DVD content). It makes a great addition to your home theater set-up, thanks to its component video output, Dolby Digital/DTS processing from compatible DVD discs, and a coaxial digital audio output for 5.1-channel surround sound from your home theater receiver. This slim, space-saving unit comes in a silver cabinet, but it's also available in black (HRXVC17S).

The HRXVC17S's progressive scan DVD player is compatible with standard DVD movie and CD audio discs as well as DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, VCD, and CD-R/RW discs as well as JPEG digital images burned to CD-R/RW discs. Other DVD features include variable-speed search options including slow-motion, frame-by-frame playback, and picture zoom.

The four-head, hi-fi VCR offers SP/SLP playback and recording, 1-month/8-event programming, and the capability of recording to the VCR while watching a DVD disc. The 30-second commercial skip feature makes it easy to zip past ads while watching your favorite taped TV shows. And with Super-VHS Quasi Playback (SQPB), this VCR can play back a tape recorded in Super VHS, with regular VHS resolution.

This unit offers the following connections:

Composite AV (RCA): 2 in (1 front), 1 out (for use with both DVD and VCR)

Component video: 1 out (for DVD only)

RF: 1 in, 1 out (for VCR only)

Audio output: 1 coaxial, 1 optical digital out (for DVD only)

Tech Talk

Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.