Bought a JVC DRM-H20 (80GB HDD) in the UK in Jan.
First one arrived - damaged - delivered by 'Citylink'. Loose bits inside, front panel loose and most of the polystyrene packing broken. Sent it back.
Second arrived - poly side packing broken again, but machine seemed fine. Ran happily until last month when the software 'seized'. JVC say - known software fault. Sent it back.
Third(!) arrived 10 days ago, apparently undamaged!! So far seems to be working fine.
As long as you can get one undamaged and without a software fault, they are great!
NB See
this thread about problems with PDC timing