You can tell by the serial # if the fix has been applied or not, I posted the numbers that JVC said are safe in a couple of places in this section (HDTV Recorders). I had one of the "good" serial #'s from onecall, and I still had to send it back as it did not reliably record in D-VHS mode, even from S-Video sources. I bought a 40k from Ggvideo and I have been happy with it. I would recommend paying more and getting a 40k, I had 2 different 30k's and I had to send both back, one due to a low serial #, the other because of the D-VHS recording problem. The 30k also had several operational quirks that I didnt care for, some analog tapes you had to use video stabilization on, when other decks played them fine. The 40k outputs digital sound from analog tapes, the 30k does not, and several other little problems.
