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Summary: tray wont open
Review: I got this APEX dvd player for my daughter for her birthday. I felt this would be a good buy for the second DVD player in the home. I have now had to return one because the disc tray wouldn't operate at all and I received the replacement today and the tray also won't open. I am beyond frustrated, and will not seek a third. Great deal...Great birthday present? In one word...NO!
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Summary: ... Piece of Junk
Review: As soon as I set this up I had problems playing DVD's. In the middle of a movie, three or more times, it would start spinning and the blue screen would come on. It kept saying it was 're-loading'. Half the time I can't get it to 'Stop' and the door won't open due to the fact that it's trying to reload. I have to shut it off a few times before I can finally get it to stop so the door will open and release the disk. I'm afraid that eventually the disk will get stuck in it and be held hostage forever. After all of this, the movie starts at the beginning again and I have to find the scene where the trouble started and re-start it at that point. It's usually not exactly where the problem was, of course, so then I have to rewind or fast forward to the exact scene where I left it. What a pain in the butt to do this 3 or more times when I want to watch a good movie. This [stinks]! A VCR was much better--even tracking problems were never this bad. All of this happened the first time I played the darned thing. I can only imagine what kind of problems I will have down the road when it gets 'broken in'. Usually trouble starts a few months down the road. I doubt that this one will be functional at all in a couple of months. To make matters worse, I bought because it was supposed to play VCD's (which it doesn't support anymore) and the darned thing cost me [$$$]more than the price listed for it now!!! SAVE YOU MONEY AT ALL COSTS!!!
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: Yes, its features are really attrative.....BUT it's weak as a kitten.
I regret I didn't listen to other reviewer's suggestion. It died! Just 2 months. It shows "No disc" on screen no matter what disc I put it in. Don't be fooled by the price and discount like me. Warranty is useless. Labor charges for installation or setup is enough to buy a new one.
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Summary: Great Player, but Apex dropped VCD support !
Review: I got this player in Nov 2002 mostly to test and play VCD and SVCDs. I was pleasantly surprise that it was nicely build, and easy to use. It played SVCDs, mp3, jpegs (!), DVDs, but when
I tried to play a VCD, 'NO DISC'. After some research on the internet, I found out that Apex has dropped VCD as a supported format due to licensing issues. The only chance to get an Apex VCD capable player is to get an "old stock" version.
So, I had to return it. What is Apex thinking?
I'd buy 2 if it did VCDs, but now I went and bought a phillips
580HT (vertical DVD at Target), which does it all. (for 2 times the price:( )For what it does do, 5 stars, for dropping VCD support,
a no-buy and knock it down a few stars.
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Summary: Help needed
Review: APEX 1600 is extremely good. I am using it in India without any problem. Help needed from anyone using this. Whenever I load a VCD, the PBC goes 'on'automatically and I cannot operate the unit anymore. Only when I press 'PBC OFF' on remote, could I use once again. But, this stops the playback, which is irritating. Can somebody suggest a solution? Also, will this play all (Region free) DVDs? Any comments? Thank you.
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Summary: "No Disk"
Review: I choose this DVD player even though I read peoples negative reviews and now I wish I had listened. I have had it for a few months and just this week it no longer recoginizes any disk. It is useless. I would avoid this machine!!
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Summary: it's dead
Review: I had this DVD player for 5 or 6 months. Worked great for a few months with no problems but then it made clunking noises and you could hear the DVD spin loudly. Then it couldn't read any dual-layered DVDs. Recently, it lightly scratched up one of my DVDs because the disc was still spinning after a disc error when I opened the tray. The disc was previously brand new without any scratches or even dust. The player worked again for a couple days but now, it won't read any discs at all. I don't recommend this player and I will never buy Apex machines ever again. Time to go for a more dependable brand name DVD player.
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Summary: Too Noisy
Review: I was in need of a DVD player and on a budget. I bought this for 79.00 at the Post exchange on Fort Campbell. While it does work , it makes a lot of noise after a while. I kept hearing this humming noise coming from the DVD. If you can get past the noise, this is a good deal, if not, then keep looking.
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Summary: Good Unit, BUT has problem
Review: I bought this unit at a grand opening of a local electronic store chain (for $59.95+tax) & in general it's worked great (we have a good player, but got this for our computer room). HOWEVER, recently, it has started failing to recognize that I have a disc in the tray & when I did some searching online, found out that this is actually a relatively common issue for the AD-1600. Also read that people are having problems with APEX providing warranty service. Several said that APEX denied ever receiving their faulty DVD player even when the person had the signature form that the APEX person had to sign to acknowledge the return of the unit. Wish now that I'd not bought it. May call the electronis shop, but may just buy another, different brand of low end player.
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Summary: Pleased !
Review: This was my first DVD Player. I am very pleased so far, it plays every type of CD/DVD I have put in it so far and does this automatically. I have noticed a shadow when Titles or Text appears on the TV however not sure if its the TV or DVD player, TV is a GE Model (not the Greatest). Hopefully when TV is replaced soon, I will get to experience the best of the DVD Player.
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