Rating: 
Summary: Only good for a year
Review: I used my dvd player about once a month. I've had it since april 2002, and last month, May 2003, it won't turn on anymore. But while it was working, it was a good machine. The picture was clear, but it seemed a little faded, and it wasn't my TV, cuz I have a brand new Mitsubishi HDTV. I was happy with the player until it broke. So not sure what to rate this thing. I still have a GE DVD player I bought from Amazon about 3 years ago, and that one still works fine. So I guess I wouldn't really recommend Apex to anyone anymore...
Rating: 
Summary: Was great for a few months
Review: This was a great player. It would do just about anything I threw at it; DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs, MP3, JPEG, and so on and so on...Then after about 8 months of owning this device, I was watching my brand new Band of Brothers DVD set, when on Disc 2, it warned me that the disc needed cleaning "Error: Disc minor - Clean me!". It then started to skip every 5 seconds or so. I took the disc out, and it was fine. I thought the unit may have overheated (I had watched Disc one just before and was on Episode 4 on disc 2), so I let the unit sit a bit. I then tried it again. This time, it wouldn't even play the disc. "Error: Disc major - Replace me!" I tried another disc, same thing. I tried the discs in [another] player and they worked fine. I let the unit sit overnight, same results the next day. I ran a cleaning disc in the player, then tried it again. Same results. I contacted Apex tech support. I was told that I would be charged $...minimum (not including S&H) to have the device even looked at back at the factory. The player is now collecting dust in my closet, and has been replaced with an Philips DVD player.
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