I have no experience with the Kenwood, but I do have the JVC.
For the money it's a nice deck. I like the variable colors and front panel USB. HD FM reception is a bit weak, I'd rather have a more sensitive radio without the HD. It has 3 sets of preouts, so I can adjust sub level from the panel (nice feature). 3 parametric EQ channels and one level of loudness means it's not an SQ deck, but the sound quality is actually quite good. I've had it about 6 months and so far reliablity has been great.