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Summary: Piece of crap...
Review: It looks great - and is loaded with features.. unfortunately it turns out to be the "disposable" type. HAve had problems since the first day - not playing some DVDs and then finally after less than 60 days, it just would not recognize anything I pop in it. Save money on the long run - buy something decent ONCE instead of buying cheap every month.
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Summary: I've had no problems
Review: The apex 2600 has been a steady performer for me. I bought mine in December of 2003, and have had no real problems with it. It does tend to run quite hot and should be given lots of room for air circulation. It did also seem to have a strong "new electronics" smell for some time. The only thing I did experience was a problem of the player freezing while playing, which I was able to clear by opening it up and blowing it out with "canned air." This problem vanished after the first month, so I assume it was a temporary dust issue. The two main reasons I had for getting this model were the range of disks types played and the recommendation of a friend. (He had owned two Apex DVD players, and was pleased with both of them.) The fact that this model would play jpeg slideshows was a big plus for me as a visual artist, and I discovered by accident (it is not mentioned anywhere in the literature) that it will play mpeg1 files on a regular CD-R data disk without VCD formatting. The remote is okay, but I am not a fan of remotes with tiny buttons. I especially like the more commonly used buttons, such as Play, Pause, and Stop, to be larger and conveniently placed. While it is true that it will stand on end, it is also easy to knock over that way. I also didn't like the way it displayed information way down into the screen when you are in Zoom mode. The Zoom goes up and down in magnification, which is nice, but there is always a display of the Zoom size about one-quarter of the way down from the top of the screen that interferes with viewing at most settings. Having spent considerable time with professional video gear, I find onscreen displays annoying. I have not used the progressive scan feature. This model has come down in price since I purchased mine. While it seems like some people have had trouble with theirs, mine has run well, and I would recommend it if you are considering a DVD player purchase. Any possible problems should be weighed against the bang-for-the-buck factor, along with the fact that companies like Apex seldom have good after-sale support. While I would like to give it 3.5 stars instead of 4, I gave it a 4 because it has run well for me during the time I have owned it.
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Summary: DO NOT buy this piece of junk
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I purchased this unit 3 months back and I think the unit knew when my warrenty expires. It is more than 90 days and it does not show the picture no matter what I do. I can only hear the sound. I changed video cables, tried connecting to TV on INPUT1 and INPUT2 but no help. I think you get what you pay for stands true.
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Summary: Nice Paperweight
Review: I have had this player for 3 months and have been able to see a total of 6 DVD's, after the frustration and aggrivation of getting the player to do it's job. I have tried many times to get a hold of Apex who doesn't seem to answer their emails and telephone number is constantly busy as (I believe) the one lonely customer service rep is probably extremely overworked. As I emailed to the the customer service department, the only thing this player has done consistantly is use enought electricity to keep the red LED burning. Do yourself a favor and save your money to get something of better quality, or at least works.
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Summary: Worst Piece Of Electronics I ever bought
Review: If I could give this a negative rating, I would. I am surprised Amazon still carries this after all of the continued problems. Won't play A LOT of discs. I can only confirm what other customers have said - crap! Some movies it played yesterday, it won't play today. It won't play 80% of my movies, which are all store boughten. Tech support from Apex is literally - NONEXISTENT. Amazon, do your customers a big favor, don't carry this item, and give them refunds! There should have been a recall on this product. Fair warning - DO NOT BUY. I repeat - Don't wast your money.
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Summary: We had problems
Review: The DVD player does not work properly. The player usually
plays DVD's, but has occasional problems such as: 1) not recognizing
a DVD 2) stopping a particular point in a movie every time we played
it 3) not being able to access certain special features on a rental
DVD. This has happened with several different DVD's and occasionally
if we keep trying something, it will work when it did not work one
time before. After we discovered the problems, we tried to contact Apex (fkor 3 months), but we never got in touch with them.The Customer support telephone number is always busy, and they do not answer their web customer
support.
Rating: 
Summary: OK if you have a 2nd dvd player.
Review: I have had this dvd player for about 3 months now. Nothing has broken on it, and it plays all the dvds I have. Unfortunately it can't play all of the dvd. I have several tv shows on dvd so they are divided by episode. On 2 dvds so far it refuses to play certain episodes with no problems on the others on the dvd. Luckily I also have a PS2 which can play those episodes the player can't. Unfortunately I bought a player because the PS2 couldn't play all my dvds, and now the player can't play everything.
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Summary: Another person who had problem with picture after one use.
Review: I purchased this as a Christmas gift for my husband. We tried it out Christmas night and it worked great. Even viewed CDs full of jpgs. We didn't get to use it again for over a month (sad, I know). But when we went to use it again, there was sound but no picture. We saw reviews that said the same thing, and also saw here that their customer service stinks. Though we were past the deadline for returns (by a few days), I contacted Amazon right away and pleaded for help. They authorized my late return, and hopefully they are giving APEX heck. I hate APEX but love Amazon, and I tell everyone. DO NOT BUY THIS PLAYER. Who knows how many uses you'll get out of it before it craps out, but it probably will.
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Summary: Frustrating!!!!!!
Review: Just hope you never lose/break the remote for this player! We've purchased 3 universal remotes so far-all claiming to work "Apex" dvd players and none worked. Called Customer Service and basically was told to either keep buying univ. remotes to try or buy the replacement remote for $23 (which is almost half of what I paid for the whole player). If anybody knows of a remote to work this-I'd love to hear from you! (on here of course) Also, a couple dvd's wouldn't play and they were new ones!
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Summary: Poor Customer Service
Review: I had to return the remote on this product because it appeared to be defective. It took over 2 months and repeated follow-up to get it replaced. The Customer Service Dept did not list a toll free number and it was a real hassle to get through on their regular line. I would not be inclined to purchase an APEX product again.
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