JVC RX-778V 5.1 Channels Receiver

Pros: Price, Quality, Value
Cons: Not top of the line, clumsy remote

Last year, I decided to add more living space to the house and turned my attached 1 and 1/2 garage into a family room. This gave me a great excuse to buy a big screen TV (only 32 inch, though). After a while, I decided we needed the surround sound...

Pros: Great looking, Great sounding
Cons: My refurbished unit had a problem and had to be sent in for repair.

I bought JVC mainly because of the compulink control. You can easily control everything from one remote control and turn on your TV, VCR, and Receiver with the push of just one button on your remote control! This model also has easy on screen menus to...

Pros: Price, power, convenience, layout, JVC
Cons: one S-VHS in and out, no component video in or out

This is last years model. Which means it has one or two short comings. The biggest short coming is that it only has one connection for S-VHS and that is listed as DVD. BUT. . .it has two optical digital inputs; one for optical Digital DVD and one for...

Pros: Good interface, solid components, very powerful (!!!).
Cons: No coaxial digital in, no 5 channel stereo mode.

I bought this JVC Rx778vbk off of eBay about two months ago, to go with a bunch of Wharfedale speakers I bought from uBid. I was looking forward to hooking up my computer's sound card to the receiver and being able to watch DVD's, play games, and so on...

Pros: Superior features with good design and good specs
Cons: no sixth channel

I've been building myself a serious component stereo system for the past year and this is the receiver I decided to get. Right now, I have just two floor-standing speakers, but I still got this receiver which has dolby digital home theater capabilities...

Pros: Feature-packed, 5.1 Digital Surround, 110 watts per channel front/100 watts per channel center and rear
Cons: Only one S-Vid in, no DTS, only two optical inputs

I bought this receiver several years ago... so that means 1. I paid more than it goes for now - and 2. it was at a time when DTS wasn't standard.

Because of this, my only real beef with the receiver is that I wish it had a DTS decoder because...

Pros: Price, ease of setting up
Cons: None for me

This receiver is part of a surround sound system purchased along with 36' TV, DVD, VCR and CD system - all JVC. The Compulink feature was appealing along with the fact that I have been happy with JVC products in the past. It's not high end; however, it...

Pros: Features, price
Cons: Hot, not enough power for a large HT

This product was priced right, had all of the necessary HT features, and it had a respectable name (JVC). In the 9 months I have owned it, it has performed admirably, and I highly recommend it.

- easy to program radio presets
- great...

Pros: Full featured entry level machine.
Cons: Limited by no coaxal port for 5.1 digital.

About 5 months ago, I went out and purchased my first Dolby Digital receiver and it sound fantastic. The JVC company did a great job by providing me with easy to read instructions and a high quality remote control. It works great for watching DVD's in...

Pros: Digital Dolby, universal remote, lots of radio presets
Cons: No DTS, no coax digital input, could use more video inputs, hiss

At this price point, this receiver is probably as good as it gets. While it lacks DTS and coax digital input it has good power, dolby digital, and a very good universal remote. As I noted in the pros and cons, it has a bit more hiss than I would prefer....