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Would you please tell me which of the players listed in my subject title you would choose and why?  Pasted below is some basic information about each.

CAVS JB-199 is a multi-functional music machine designed to meet the demands of professional DJs and KJs.  This small and portable jukebox that has forever change the way DJ and KJs does its business.

It combines the full functional CD+G/VCD/CD  player, a built-in hard drive holds up to 20,000 CD+G/CD songs and a fully functional karaoke  all in one machine.  

You can convert all of your CD+G Discs into MP3+G files and load up to 20,000 songs into this CAVS JB-199 Jukebox karaoke machine. You will never have to carry your discs anymore while you have instant access to thousands of songs in a touch of a bottom.  You can buy thousands songs including all of latest releases directly from CAVS USA for as low as $1.50 per song downloaded directly to your CAVS JB-199 Jukebox.  You can also subscribe to our monthly updates so you'll always have the latest songs available on the road!
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Acesonic KOD-650 Karaoke on Demand Jukebox with Disc Capturing is the most advanced karaoke player from Acesonic!  This is the only player in the market that will enable you to capture all of your CD+Gs, VCDs or Audio CDs karaoke discs directly from the DVD tray onto the internal hard drive. No computer skills are required!  Access up to 20,000 songs instantly through the on-screen selection or song book.   This karaoke machine is Perfect for KJs, rentals, restaurants, clubs or if you simply want to have the ultimate karaoke system for the holidays!  
This new generation of Karaoke-On-Demand jukebox (KOD) comes with a built-in 320GB hard drive which can hold approximately 8,000 uncompressed CD+G tracks.  You can upgrade the hard drive size up to 750GB for up to 18,500 song capacity.  The removable hard drive enables you to upgrade to a larger capacity drive in the future.

The Acesonic KOD-650 Karaoke on Demand Jukebox has 2 modes:

In DVD mode:  Fully functional DVD/VCD/CD+G Karaoke Player.  In KOD mode, this player is a video and music jukebox that plays files stored in the hard drive.

The KOD player offers a unique "disc to hard drive" capturing function.  You can copy any VCD, CD+G or CD Audio track directly from the built-in 8X DVD tray into the hard drive.  The song data is stored on the hard drive uncompressed so you can enjoy the highest fidelity of music and video without the hassle of swapping discs.  You can assign a song number and a category so recalling the song is just a touch of a button through either on screen navigation or by song number.  You can input the artist name and song title using the remote control keypad.

The CAVS is more expensive, you need an external cd rom drive to import cdg's, it does have their own download site, music quality - eh>!

The Acesonic is cheaper, has it's own disc reader internally (not sure if you can add an external if needed).

If I were to choose i'd probably opt for the Acesonic myself.  Whichever you decide upgrade the hard drive to the biggest you can afford - before long you are going to be wondering how you filled up a 250gb hard drive so fast!

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I think I'd go with the acesonic but to tell you the truth I personally believe the only good piece of equipment CAVS ever made was it's CPA-240 Amplifier.  I had one and loved it to death as it gave me fantastic control over the music and vocals. I had it and a pair of Radio Shack speakers sounding like my buddy's system which comprised a rane mixer, crown amplifier and JBL Eon speakers.

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I agree with the other two.

If I were to look at these two options, I'd go with the Acesonic.

If the CAVS unit were more widely supported by the manufacturers, that might tip the odds in my favor. However, recent news with the karaoke manus tells me that owning the original discs is definately the way to go. Convert your discs to WHICHEVER format... no matter your choice, you'll at least own the discs if there's ever a huge law decision against computerized formats!

Voco pro media jukebox. just sayin

the only thing I've seen that I liked from Vocopro was a dual wireless wireless mic system!

I have never owned anything from vocopro but after I blew my elbow to shreds I needed to lighten my load. It is so cool to walk into a gig with 20,000 songs in your front shirt pocket!!! In my other pocket is my 80 gig Video Ipod with about 8,000 songs 1000 videos from youtube and numerous video games. Now if I can just incorporate the xbox 360 into the show somehow.....

The VocoPro juke I heard was actually made by another company, still don't know which, but have heard good things about it overall - about the only thing positive about them IMO!

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I agree THE ONLY THING.

Their wired mikes are pretty solid too. I have had two since 1997 without any issues.

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