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Summary: Disappointing introduction to the world of DVD
Review: My first DVD player and unfortunately, not my last. I guess you get what you pay for.
I like the features of this model and the picture quality it delivers is fine but some big drawbacks:
* fiddly and badly labelled remote(and no compatability codes for my universal remote)
* comes packed with a garish in-store display piece glued on top of the unit
* persistant vibrations and rattle as the disc spins.
I won't choose APEX again.
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Summary: Great little player!
Review: So far it can play everything I can put in it. Wish it had optical digital audio instead of coax. I can't really tell the difference in sound, but I already had a fiber optic cable. I don't really like the remote. It is too small. Other than the above it is an excellent choice for a DVD player. I would highly recommend!
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Summary: Works like a CHAMP.....
Review: Plays well with DVDs with region 1 encoding as well as the ones with no region code. Tried on both NTSC and PAL TVs, no problem. Even tried mp3 and jpeg, works without a glitch. (Bought this unit for use in ASIA; working well with just having a transformer for 240V to 120V conversion)
Excellent features with such a low price.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This player is easily one of the best items I have purchased for some time. It plays just about any CD you put in it, it covers VCD's, SVCD's, MP3's, JPG's, DVD's. If you burned it to CD, then it can probably do something with it.I also like the autoplay feature for all mediums. The remote control is not layed out well, which is really my only complaint about this item, that and the fact that it doesn't have optical sound outputs, though the S-Video connection makes for great video. For the price, you're not going to find a better player. If you're looking for top of the line, go for the Pioneer, but this one absolutely does the job and does it well.
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Summary: Sound skips on dolby digital dvd's
Review: Every dvd that has dolby digital has skips in the audio. some worse then others. It's a brief pause but it can occur as often as every few minutes. I tried playing with all the audio settings and all the audio outputs. I used all combinations of settings but the skips are still there. Unless someone can tell me about another setting that i'm missing, this unit will go back.
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Summary: Nice little unit at a very nice price
Review: For those who love to create VCDs or VCDs, or have digital cameras on CD, this little unit plays and displays that and more. It plays also my authored DVD from my DVD+RW writer. The only slight downside is the looks of the unit, but if you are not into looks, and more for functionality and versatility at a low price, this is the a good buy..
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Summary: Doesn't play PAL region 1 or region 2 DVD's
Review: I misinterpreted the features for this unit. The specs for the AD-1500 said that it would only play PAL DVD's coded region 1. When I read the specs for the AD-1600, I read "region free" to mean all regions. In other (simpler) words. I bought this unit to play DVD's sent me by my german relatives and discovered that the unit did not do so. I have no idea where PAL DVD's with no region come from, but it isn't Germany. If you need to play DVD's from Europe, this is not the unit to do it. I'm returning mine and having one imported from Germany. It does however, play NTSC DVD's, and all the other stuff specified at AOL quite well. Good luck. Peter
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Summary: Its a great little player.
Review: Its a great little player. Plays almost everything except for SVCDs burned with Nero. If you burn the SVCD that are in the .bin and .cue format with Nero, it works perfectly fine. However, if you create the SVCD by dragging the Mpeg2 into Nero's Super Video template and burn it, the result of the SVCD will still play, but the frame and audio will skip around and you'll see blocks of pixels that are distorted on the screen. In addition, it also plays .avi files as well. But to make it work, you must rename the .avi extension to a different extenstion such as .dat or .mpg (i.e. Spider-Man.avi to Spider-Man.mpg or Spider-Man.mpeg or even Spider-Man.dat) and then burn it as data onto the CD. The AD-1600 then will think it is a Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 video file instead and playback will work. I'll have to convert all my CDs from .avi to .mpg now.
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Summary: !!Don't Buy This!!
Review: Every DVD I have played on this so called DVD player skips. It is so bad that you can't even watch the movie. It does this on every brand new dvd I have bought....Don't get suckered into buying this. Do yourself a favor and get a nice new Sony or Philips DVD player that works. That is what I am getting after I exchange this.
DON'T BUY IT!!
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Summary: Apex - the best ...player...
Review: Great player... plays just about everything you put into it. Easly matches/beats all the other [less expensive] players. DVD's are my hobby. I'm always checking out the newest players... this one is one of the best (along with the 1500).
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