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This JVC DVD player doesn't have 3 hour mode. 1 hour, 2hours (which actually goes to about 2:10) and 2 hour 32 minutes which I tested and it is 720x480 and 4 hour mode.

It is the best purchase I ever made in my life, $5 !!!!

It may be the HDMI cable upconvert DVD players for playback. (I use 2 different ones)

The JVC VCR picture is a lot cleaner. A lot of the noise is gone, extra trash in the picture, like color bleeding. I did a few DVD's with the Panasonic + JVC recorders and the quality is amazing..Near DVD..except for the blocks, but past 4 feet, you can't see them....

Two of my best tapes, don't play correct in the JVC VCR, when the TBC is marked on, the top of the picture is messed up. One of the recording is like my best one, the picture for VHS is perfect. What I did was played it back with the stabilizer on. I can't really see much difference, and the picture is mint.

I went out and got an s-video cable from Radio Shack. The cable caused back micro dots in the picture. The cable was than returned. The lady at Radio Shack thought I was nuts.....