alaTest has collected and analyzed 59 user reviews of JVC XV S500BK from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.6/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.com.

the player was excellent and as it was used in our living room

We have had this DVD player for a little over a year. We had no problems until recently when it started powering down for no reason. It has gotten to the point where it powers up for about 0.5 seconds and then shuts itself off. With a warranty of 12...

Its a good buy, even though I got it for Christmas. This is possibly the most flexible DVD player in its price range - Video outs include Composite, S-Vid and Component, and audio has both Optical and Coaxial Digital, Unbalanced Left and right, and a...

I bought this unit a year ago. The picture quality and features were excellent for the price, so for the most part I thought I made a good purchase.

So far we have been very pleased with the features and quality of this player. It has many fast-forward and reverse play speeds, extremely good and powerful zooming features, and so far has done an excellent job of playing PAL (European) format DVDs on...

I replaced a $1000 Sony DVD player with this $139 player just to get progressive scan. (I know, but the $1000 model was several years old.) The picture on my HDTV was glorious, of course, and made the investment that much better.

The main feature of the JVC XV-S500BK DVD player is its progressive scan capability. The S500BK currently sells for $159 at amazon.com and represents a great value for a progressive scan DVD player (if you have an HDTV or an HDTV-compatible TV).