JVC Home JVC XVBP1 Blu-ray Disc Player
- DVD 1080/24p Playback
- BD Profile 2.0
- HDMI with x.v.Color(TM)/Deep Color
- Dolby Digital /Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD Decoding
- BD-Live Ready
The new JVC XV-BP1 is a truly versatile high definition player, offering playback of high definition Blu-ray discs, plus playback of the AVCHD format, the high definition format widely used for HD camcorders, including the JVC HD Everio line. Among the many features of the new JVC XV-BP1 Blu-ray player, to be available in March, is BD Live (Profile ver. 2.0) compatibility when used with USB memory. With BD Live compatibility the player can be connected to the Internet to access BD Live 2.0 features, including easy firmware updates, new movie trailers, updated subtitles, online shopping, chat and gaming. Connections include HDMI ver.1.3 with Deep Color and x.v.Color, USB Host, LAN for BD Live, component and composite video outputs, and analog, optical and coaxial audio outputs. In addition to AVCHD, other playable formats are JPEG, MP3, WMA, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, DTS and DTS HD. Playable discs are BD-ROM, BD-R/RE, BD/DVD Hybrid, DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW,… More >>
JVC Home JVC XVBP1 Blu-ray Disc Player
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5 comments
P. Stevens on September 12, 2009 at 6:50 am
It works great and covers all the media I currently use, and has more
media sources if I get into making some videos myself.
reluctant techie on September 12, 2009 at 9:03 am
Brilliant! My top-of-the-line ([...] special) sony blu-ray player doesn’t even play Mp3 – yet alone Divx, Xvid, h.264, MKV, Mpeg-4 etc… What a disappointment that electronics manufacturers seem to be decreasing the availability of file formats on their players.
JVC to the rescue! A quick search at videohelp(dot)com shows that this player and this player alone is (user verified as) capable of playing all the formats they list, including WMA and JPG, as well as from USB and all the recordable formats such as blu-ray dual layer discs(currently $25 each for a 50GB blank disk – ouch).
For some reason this awesome compatibility isn’t touted in the product description but I think it should be. I don’t even own the product but it took me an hour to find what I was looking for so here you go.
M. Walsh on September 12, 2009 at 11:52 am
I bought this Blu-ray player specifically because it was capable of playing MPEG4 content. It did not disappoint. Put in a DVD or USB drive with videos, music or pictures on it and it handles them all very gracefully. Standard DVDs are unconverted very nicely, leaving almost no visual artifacts. HDMI, component, and optical and coax SPDIF audio outputs will let you connect it to nearly anything out there today.
Allan Tan on September 12, 2009 at 1:55 pm
This is one of the greatest buy you can have when selecting a Blue Ray player. Those in the know will know that the Oppo BDP 83 is currently regarded as the top dog in the Blue Ray player market for its picture & sound quality as well as a versatile universal player in SACD and DVD-A playback.
For those who do not need SACD and DVD-A, the JVC XV BP1 offers almost the same performance at less than 50% of the Oppo’s price. First off, the picture quality of all Blue Ray players are almost identical. The only difference is in their loading time. This is a department which the JVC shone as its loading times are comparable to both the Oppo and the PS3. No other players come close to these 3. As for compatibility with the BR titles so far, I believe that to date, the only title which JVC cannot play is 12 Rounds. Oppo also suffered from similar issues (although they have come up with Beta firmware to address this). Only PS3 managed to play this without problem. Operations wise, it is simple and straight forward without the need to dwell in the manual.
The player can also play media in Divx, MKV, VOB and AVCHD in USB thumb drives or hard drives so long as they are formatted in the FAT32 format.
For DVD playback, I would rank the JVC close to the Oppo, beating the PS3 soundly. The JVC can upscale the DVDs to 1080p and the scaler in the player is very good. It plays almost all the DVDs I throw at it. In this part of the world where I bought it from, the DVD playback is code free.
The only downside is probably the lack of tweaking options for the HT enthusiasts. It is a player whereby you load and play without too much settings as compared with the Oppo. It will certainly serve as an excellent choice for those looking for a second BR player at home as well as those who want a player as good as the Oppo but at half the price.
I strongly recommend this player !!!
M. Andrews on September 12, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I like JVC products inspite of the fact that they don’t seem to last very long. I’ve had three of their basic dvd players thus far and I have one of their digital TVs. Clearly I like the picture quality of their products.
So when I went blu-ray I bought this player. I like it, I like the quick load times and the picture looks great. I am not, however, impressed with the sound. On my JVC digital TV I’ve had to re-adjust the sound level to 25 where before with a basic dvd player it was 15.
The sound is clear and definite but the volume must be adjusted up. The digital that I own the level limit is 50. I primarily listen to my discs at 25 or 30. This will go into huge consideration when I up grade and most likely not with another JVC.
Good sound quality is just as important as picture quality.