The hard drive in the JVC DR-MX1S has a 160GB capacity.  It allows high speed dubbing up to 32 times normal speed between the hard drive and DVD recorder.  It also offers flexible editing capabilities, made even easier thanks to the navigation system.  The quality of digital-to-digital dubs from the hard drive to DVD is enhanced by JVC’s Bit Rate Optimizer, which, in contrast with conventional recording, recognizes that fast-motion scenes need to be recorded differently than other scenes for the best possible quality, and makes these adjustments on the fly.

The VHS section of the DR-MX1S provides VHS Hi-Fi recording and playback, and includes VHS Progressive, a JVC exclusive that presents VHS material at the higher 480p resolution for a better quality image.  VHS Progressive also allows VHS signals to pass from the deck to the TV using the deck’s component outputs – the same outputs used by the DVD and hard disk.  As a result, a single cable is all that’s required to connect the DR-MX1S to the television, simplifying set up.  Playback is easier, too, because with all three sources – VHS, DVD and hard disk – connected to the same TV input, there’s no confusion about which input selects which source.

The DR-MX1S includes two new features for use when dubbing from VHS.  On a videotape with multiple programs, Auto Blank Cut Dubbing automatically eliminates the blank sections between programs originally created when the VCR was stopped and started.  Another convenience when dubbing from a tape containing multiple programs with VISS signal is Auto Title Creation, which allows a title to be placed before each program and displayed on a DVD’s disc title menu.