JVC seems to be heavily into the HD camcorder market in the USA.
In the past, JVC was a decent brand but not one I'd include in the first rank. Their video gear was quite good and they were certainly an innovator but in my experience, there were reliability troubles in the VCR days.
It's an old Japanese brand (JVC = Japanese Victor Company) and they did develop the VHS format, S-VHS, and VHS-D, the early digital tape format based on a VHS transport. Also, the VHS-HiFi format for hi-fi stereo soundtracks was significantly better than Beta Hi-Fi.
Regards,
Alan
