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Summary: It's quite alright
Review: I have had the APEX 1500 for about a month now. It is my first DVD player and I find it great. It has played all DVD's so far, all CD's (studios and burns), but some of my mp3 discs can't be read in it. I must say the remote takes some getting used to....but for the price I can deal with the two cons I have met with this product thus far. At this price..., if it last 2-3 years problem free I will confirm it was a great deal. Picture quality and sound are excellent.. You won't go wrong buying one of these. Like any other product you will get the odd lemon...this is an excellent product for it's price...in fact I would say it is underpriced
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Summary: Functional, but you get what you pay for
Review: I bought this thinking I would get what the other reviews said I would get, a VCD, DVD, CD-R, CD-RW player. I was pleased at first as I opened the box. But instead, when I put a DVD in, I got a message "NO DISC". After waiting for 3 hours on tech-support which was NOT toll-free, I hung up when they said I had 2 hours remaining hold time. I looked on the website, and on the homepage of the player was my message "NO DISC". I clicked on it, and it says that some players (I looked this up elsewhere and it says 30% of these players come with this flaw) come in the box with pre-misaligned lasers, which cannot be fixed. Fun. You have a 3 in 10 chance of getting a faulty DVD player. Have fun in the luck of the draw!
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Summary: Strange noise after only 1 hour of using
Review: The image and sound were great, but after only one hour of playing a videodisk, the apex developed a strange, continuous noise like a beating inside the box. Very annoying! I had to return it. I hope it's the only one out there with such defect (?).
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Summary: Fully valued.
Review: Despite the attractive pricing, this machine is certainly no bargain. I thought it might serve as an upstairs complement to the Panasonic DVD RV31K I have downstairs. But especially in the light of recent price drops on the latter machine, it's difficult to rationalize purchase of the Apex, even if it's currently in the same price range as inexpensive VCR's. The tray doesn't slide open: it opens with a loud scrape and thunk. The minimal on-site controls (4) practically force you to rely on the remote, which features the largest number of tiny buttons I've ever seen crammed onto a tiny surface area. Unless you have laser eyes and muchkin fingers, it's unlikely you'll be able to punch one button without hitting several others. If you factor in the cost of returning the unit along with the postage you might have saved on another machine, you'll probably realize, as I have, that in this case less is simply less.
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Summary: super DVD player for great price
Review: I was wanting a 3rd DVD player, one for the bedroom, and I am pleasant surprised at this one. Great features, good solid remote (though I being a baby boomer and arms are getting too shorts would have liked bigger buttons!!)The quality is super, the sound superior to one I paid twice for, was SHOCKED how much better the sounds was from it. I highly recommend this for anyone wishing a DVD player. A great value especially for the low low price
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Summary: super unpretentious unit
Review: This inexpensive dvd player does the job that I needed it
for, playing dvd movies. At this price you can get a couple of them for each television in the house. I do not have a digital television that will support progressive scan and other bells and whistles.Good picture and sound.
Simple unit, drawbacks, remote can be confusing at first
small, but no big deal. No s plug in the box, must buy. I highly reccommend this player, of which I have two, one for the den and the other in the bedroom
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Summary: Low Cost - Big Performance !
Review: Just received my DVD PLAYER and used it on 2 movies, nice little machine for the price. If you want a good solid performer without all the bells & whistles, then this is a good choice ! I am always very satisified with Amazon and the values offered.
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Summary: Plays DVD-R, DVD-RW & DVD+RW as well
Review: I haven't seen where anyone mentioned that the Apex AD-1500 also plays the following home-burned DVD formats - DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW. With the costs of DVD burners coming down to a reasonable price the AD-1500 at its price is absolutely fabulous. I bought myself one and one for each of my kids (4) so they could watch the DVD+RW disks that I burned with captured family videos from VHS and Hi-8 video tapes. The DVD+RW disks had full professional style menuing and worked just like store-bought DVDs. When finished they could watch all the video clips just like a normal movie from end to end or go to the scene select and pick the sections that contained just their portions. If you are considering burning your own DVDs then, in my opinion, you can't find a better player to view them on. One other recommendation if you are getting into burning your own DVDs but haven't bought the burner yet - get one that burns DVD-R disks because the media is significantly less ... as compared to the other formats (DVD-RW & DVD+RW) ... Wish I had known that before I bought my DVD+RW burner ;-(.
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Summary: A lot of Bang for the Buck
Review: I have read the many reviews of this DVD player, and I have to say that I have had no problems with installation, playing new DVDs and playing older dvds. The remote layout can be confusing, but once you get the hang of it, you should have no problem. I highly recommend this player for everybody
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Summary: Cheap and plays anything
Review: Like other reviewers here, I could care less about anything other than playing a movie. I got this because it can play any format I've put in it. CDR, CDRW, DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP3 - you name it, this thing plays it. We've had this one a few months, but other APEX machines we have are over a year old and still going strong. Picture quality is fine and we have one hooked up to a surround sound system on which it has performed flawlessly. The price is certainly right, too.
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