Rating: 
Summary: Lots of sound but no picture!
Review: I bought this for my dad for Christmas. When I hooked it up it only produced sound - a cd played fine, but with a dvd I only got the audio - NO PICTURE!! Let's face it - when you want to watch a movie you want to see a picture. As I travelled internationally and didn't want to haul it back on a plane with me it was an expensive addition to the recycling bin. Had to buy my dad a different dvd player locally (Panasonic) which worked just fine. Save your cash - go for a brand that actually cares about their reputation.
Rating: 
Summary: Looks great, works like crap.
Review: Bought one for $49.99. Seemed like a good deal, but this POS
frequently cannot recognize DVDs and music CDs -- takes a long
time loading and then concludes, "No Disc". Sent mine back.
I'd look elsewhere...
Rating:
Summary: awkward remote; flimsy build quality
Review: Granted, I have only used this dvd player for about 2 hours setting it up for my mom for Christmas, but that was long enough for me to find problems with this dvd player. First, the player did not allow me to access the menus of dvds. When I hit "menu" it told me, "playback only." I actually had to re-open the drawer and close it to get back to the dvd menu. This is extemely lame. The remote is flimsy-feeling and awkward to use. In addition, it only seems to work if you're about five feet away from the player, although that may have been just the batteries that came with it. The player does seem to play dvds adequately enough. It also has an optical out, which it should. I think for about $40 more, you can probably find a much better dvd player than this though.
Rating:
Summary: A very embarassing gift
Review: I purchased the apex 2600 after reading good reviews of it, both here and in other places. After less than 24 hours it turned out to be a huge disappointment, for myself and for my parents, for whom it was a gift.
It played only one out of three DVD's without problems, the other two being afflicted by a number of glitches. Both of the problem DVD's would repeatedly freeze during playback, while the counter on the player kept going. One also exhibited extremely slow speed when going to the menu.
These problems were consistent, and also not present on another dvd player.
The DVD door would scratch the top of the disc every time it closed.
There were a few attractive features, such as the small size and the layout of the remote.
all in all, trying to save some money on this player resulted in me shelling a great deal more when i purchased a much nicer DVD VCR combo player to make up for blazing crappiness of this very embarassing gift.
Rating:
Summary: great - for the first three hours
Review: I was impressed by this very inexpensive player...for the first three hours, and then it died. I was told that it is no longer available, so there must be something really wrong with it.
Rating:
Summary: You get what you pay for.
Review: I looked into buying an inexpensive DVD player that had more than the standard set of features and this item seemed to be the best in that category. I just hooked it up and everything seemed to be going fine.There are a couple of quirks that were a bit annoying like having to actually press the power button before the tray will open (my prev. machine did it automatically), and the fact that the external display is too small and too faded to read from any significant distance. Still, I was willing to overlook those things as this unit looks sleek and has a myriad of features! So I pop-in my first DVD and start to watch. I get to chapter 34 and everything freezes! OK, that happens, so I try to skip the chapter.... Nothing! I try navigating to a chapter past 34 via the menu and it wouldn't do it! I try navigating using the player's built in menu, and it still wouldn't work! My next thought was that the DVD must be damaged. Upon inspection I did find a small scratch on the surface and figured that to be the cause. I decided to check one more thing though and plugged in my 3-year-old unit again just to see. The DVD played without flaw through the chapter in question. I then played it through my PS2 and there was no problem there either. Guess where this unit is headed? Yup, right back for a refund!
Rating:
Summary: More trouble than it's worth times 10
Review: I was so excited about the price and reviews of this dvd player. I am even a bit technology oriented, so I thought it would be a breeze to set this up. Unfortunately, the player would not read any of my region one dvds...even though they were not damaged in any way. I called Apex's support number numerous times but it just kept ringing...
I hope that Amazon will let me trade it for a different, more trusted brand of dvd player.
Rating: 
Summary: Value for money
Review: This is probably one of the few DVD players at $40 that can play almost everything you throw at it. The plus points are -
1. Price
2. Ability to play most discs - I tried DVD, VCD, DVD-R, audio CD and it played all
3. Good looks The downside -
1. The build quality shows why its so cheap - small scratches on the base plate, something that you wouldn't see on a Sony and an overall plasticky feel
2. Remote buttons are small and closely spaced, especially with the menu buttons. If these otherwise minor issues can be fixed, I would rate this a 5 star machine.
Rating: 
Summary: great cheap buy!
Review: this is wonderful to have for your first DVD player. I brought it for my sister in college and she loves it! Apex is the best cheap quality brand for DVD players. Also, Very light and portable.
Rating:
Summary: APEX 2600
Review: The one I purchased for a frend as a gift will not read any DVD disc. It will read and play all CD audio disc. Guess I will return it for an exchange and hope for the best with the new one.
So far not going to get a good review. A disipointed customer.
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