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Summary: Not all that great
Review: Video is blocky sometimes during the playback of VCD's. Small scratches in DVD's cause skips where as other DVD players would play right through them. Broke down after 2 months, I guess I'll now see how good the warranty is.
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Summary: Solid performer
Review: This player is Bangin!!! Digital audio coax and S Video is all you need to get an awesome theater like experience. The price is what makes this a no brainer.
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Summary: This is an amazing dvd player
Review: This thing plays just about everything I throw in it. It even plays data cdrs that contain mpeg files. I've had it for about a couple of weeks now so hopefully it will last for the long run. The only drawback as everyone has already noted is that the remote control is a bit annoying (doesn't seem to have enough power or something). So I'd give it 4.5 stars which rounds up to 5. It is definitely the workhorse.
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Summary: Malfunctioning Unit --- Poor Support
Review: This DVD Player seemed like a great value...super features for a low-end price. However, it had an intermittent failure. That showed me Apex Digital's lack of commitment to the customer. With the unit you receive a bright yellow paper telling you what to do if you have problems. I chose the web support option. After several days of no response I call the Customer Support number (which isn't toll-free). The recorded message told me to call a DIFFERENT number for a DVD Player (again, not toll-free). I spent a long time on hold listening to how important my call is, and why don't I use their excellent WEB support. The phone rep said it wasn't their problem since it was so recently purchased...send it back to Amazon. If you are looking for an expendable unit at a low price, this might be for you. Based on one experience, beware if you are looking for a bargain price on something that will last until you are ready to move to the high-end, name brands. Fortunately, Amazon's support is very good.
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Summary: Great basic DVD player!!
Review: Our family finally joined the 21st century (so our friends tell us) and purchased a DVD player. We didn't want to spend alot of money, but we wanted just a good basic player. After reading the reviews on Amazon (and with the special price they were offering), we thought we would give the Apex 1600 DVD player a try. We are absolutely thrilled! This DVD player does everything we wanted it to do ..... and more. I'm still getting adjusted to "navigating" my way around a DVD, but so far it hasn't been difficult. If you are looking for a terrific entry-level DVD player, I would highly recommend this one. It might not have all of the "bells and whistles" that other players have, but as far as I'm concerned .... this one does everything that we need for it to do!
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Summary: Great for the Money
Review: Good player with lots of features. I especially like the MP3 and VCD support.The only drawbacks were the limited audio output and the very small remote. Other than that, it does everything right.
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Summary: You can't beat this for the price
Review: It plays DVD's, foreign DVD's, VCD's, S-VCD's, CDR-RW with MP3's, and CD music. This particular model is great for people who make their own VCD's - there are no country specific codes on this model so any DVD regardless of region should play perfectly. The remote is confusing - lots of small buttons, but over time it becomes quite intuitive. I think this particular player is better than some of the Pioneer and Sony's at 3 times the price. There is a S-video and a composite out jack for people with better televisions with s-video inputs (like me). Only bad thing, no true stereo or dolby out, just a left/right mono out. You really can't tell the difference unless you are going for true 3d theater, in which case why are you bothering looking at sub-($$$) systems anyway? I run the s-video out to my set, and the left and right channels out of the deck into an Onkyo 200W amp, and into 2 Baby Advent III speakers I have mounted on the rafters, and I'll tell you - with a decent front stereo signal from my Toshiba TV and the two additional speakers; I have a home theater system on a budget that absolutely rocks the house. Mine is nearly 2 years old now w/o any problems at all. Go for it, you will not be disappointed.
12/2/02 - 2 years and still running strong!
12/2/03 - After 3 years I started to get some skipping problems, about 2 in 5 new discs I get skip horribly. After cleaning the lens on and off for a month or two we gave up, and moved this player to the basement for minor DVD to computer capturing. We purchased a consumers report top rated progessive scan DVD with... mail in rebate... This player will be reviewed soon. All I have to say is, after 3 years the price was right, and it wasn't bad for a little cheapie DVD player.
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Summary: Bare Bones but Adequate
Review: This is a cheaply made player (remote is toy-like) with few of the bells and whistles or the quality of construction you will see on better known brands - which also cost 2-3x as much. However, it does the job insofar as handling and viewing DVD's are concerned and I feel you definitely get your money's worth. I hope it doesn't break down, as the basic warranty is only 3 mos., and I am not impressed with their service facilities - no 800 number for troubleshooting, for example.
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Summary: Great deal
Review: This dvd player is great.
the only thing I don't like is the remote is a little small for me, and when you want to use the volume button it is already at max volume.
Other then that this thing is GREAT.
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Summary: I was lucky--defective out of the box
Review: The Apex AD-1600 has the feel of a shoddy piece of equipment, and that's exactly what mine was. I set it up and tried to open the disc tray, whereupon two things happened: 1) Strange, non-letter symbols appeared on the LED display; 2) the player made 'straining' mechanical noises and failed to extend the tray, even though you could hear it repeatedly attempting to do so. Of course, defective units occur in any product line, but this was disturbing because the problems were so egregious--suggesting that Apex has little if anything in the way of quality control. I suspect that more than a few of the enthusiastic reviewers here will end up *un*lucky and have their product break down in 3 months rather than immediately like me. The general mediocrity of the product apart from my particular problem--oddly distributed weight, poorly machined interior components--increases this suspicion. So, buying one of these is a big gamble--and moreover not one you need to take, since Samsung (a respected name) makes players for a similar price, at least at some stores. I recommend that you don't. ...
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