Rating: 
Summary: Does everything but vacuum.
Review: This unit really would have gotten 4.5 stars were that an option, based on what feels like a flimsy build quality and for its limited documentation. However, it hasn't malfunctioned and it's so simple to use that it seemed unfair to dock it for not stating what is obvious. As a single, space-saving unit in the kids' entertainment room, it saves space while providing for all their disc-based needs through adequate audio and video connection options. It plays conventional DVDs without distortion, and music (both pre-recorded & PC-generated MP3 discs) fed into their stereo sounds great. I haven't tried making video discs yet, but a Kodak Picture Disk looked great when played back on the Apex. Of course, the price is more than attractive, so 5 stars seems to be in order. I would add that this unit would make a great gift for any college student!
Rating: 
Summary: Good bang for you buck
Review: This is an excellent DVD Player which was able to handle everything I threw at it. It loads the media fast. Asside form the good features, the remote has a cheap look to it. Holding and working the remote feels very awkward. The buttons that you'll be using the most often, (Play, Stop, Forward, etc) are all positioned in the very bottom. The Forward, Reverse, Stop, Pause buttons are far away form the Play button so expect a lot of jumping around with the remote. The MP3 and WMA playback is great but lacking some simple features which makes it annoying. There is no Fast Forward or Rewind with both MP3 or WMA files. There is no ID3 tag support for MP3s. They are just displayed using the filename of which, 8 or 10 characters are displayed. The play screen is dull beyond belief. Just a blue screen with trackname and directories. Something better could have been done. All in all, the player lacks some features and looks cheap but for the price that it is, this is a very good deal.
Rating:
Summary: Tip-Top
Review: Great player for the price... plays all formats.
Also has a small form factor - looks high quality and nice silver tone, build quality is as good as Toshibas. Picture output quality is great. Only thing lacking is the region hack and macrovision hack which I hope will be available soon as more ppl begin to own this player.
Also lacks component video outputs.
Rating:
Summary: Good Unit at a Great Price
Review: For a DVD player at this price is really feature packed. The ability to play MP3, JPEG and Kodak Picture CD's is a real bonus that many machines 3 times the price do not have. Probably a bit short on output choices (lacks component video for example) but for this price what do you want?? Can't go wrong with this unit!
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Summary: True work-horse
Review: I love Apex, I've been buying Apex players for years now - and I've convinced many, many friends to follow. There are more features in this player than just about any high-end player for three times the cost. I always feel bad when a friend buys a player w/o talking to me first, especially Sony - as they don't handle VCD's that well. Just a quick word on VCD, SVCD format. You may have never heard of them - but it's the MP3 of the future. On your home computer - with nothing more than 50cent CDR's, a video capture card, and a cd burner you can be creating your own movies! It's wonderful! Then you burn them in VCD format and Apex players will play them (not all Sony's, even those that say "VCD" work with home media). I'm slowly converting all my home videos into VCD format - that's why I'm such a big proponent of these players. I want all my friends and family to be able to enjoy the home videos that I produce. Another application for VCD format is Digital Cameras. I can put all my new photos into a VCD formated disk (once again - 30-50 cents each) and it will play in the Apex player like a slideshow. You can even zoom and pan through the photo. It's so much nicer to view digital pictures in your living room rather than dragging everyone to the computer. This Apex player is truly the media hub of my living room. Plus - MP3 format - for parties, I just burn a few disks that have up to 10 regular ablums on them and I leave them in the living room. I don't have to worry about people messing around with my cd collection - and you can create a single disk with 10 hours of music on it and never have to worry about changing disks again!
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Summary: Simply stopped working...
Review: I bought it about a year and a half ago and experienced the same problem as the previouds guy. I did not have ANY problems with it at all. But now, it simpply stopped working. I thought it was the a/v cables, but wasn't. When I put in a DVD, it says it's "playing" but no video. The time counter starts too! JUST NO VIDEO. Frustrated, I came online and found a bunch of these reviews. Big reget.
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Summary: Simply stopped working...
Review: I bought it about a year and a half ago and experienced the same problem as the previouds guy. I did not have ANY problems with it at all. But now, it simpply stopped working. I thought it was the a/v cables, but wasn't. When I put in a DVD, it says it's "playing" but no video. The time counter starts too! JUST NO VIDEO. Frustrated, I came online and found a bunch of these reviews. Big reget.
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Summary: AVOID THIS BRAND AT ALL COSTS!!!
Review: My Apex AD-1600 worked great on DVD's, VCD's, MP3's, and WMA disks. After less than 200 hours use (but more than one year), it gives "no disc" error for any disk. For people with "no disc" error, try this fix (worked for me):
CAUTION - possible electrical or laser hazard - CAUTION http://www.soundreproduction.com/discussion/home_theater/messages/885.html
Rating:
Summary: Fragile
Review: I bought the older version of this model and a month later I had to send it to the manufacture to have it repaired. I got it back and it no longer played VCD's because the new model didn't. I argued with APEX for two weeks. Finally they agreed to fix it like the original. I still had to pay for shipping again. They couldn't seem to comprehend why they should have to pay for shipping when I was having the same problem fixed. They have some real dopes in their service department. Anyway this thing is broke again. I give up, buying the new Samsung. Later APEX.
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