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Summary: MMM - Quirky or what!
Review: I guess you pay for what you get is the thing here.There's no time shift option, so you cant watch the begining while recording the end, but thats ok it doesnt ever advertise this and it wasnt a feature i was desperate to pay another 100 for. What really bothers me is the fact that the setup only stores the programs i want to watch (timer function) and input preferences (such as default input source/tv type, etc.) while the machine is on. Whenever i put the recorder in to standby (via remote) it lost all my settings. I thought this might be a faulty machine as ive never come across anything like this before. I called Apex and they said that this was normal - the machine they told me was supposed to be fully on all the time. I asked what the standby function on the remote was for and they said to save power when you're not using it. But they said yes it will lose the settings if you do this. I said this was really strange and they guy said "yes it's really out of order isnt it". Im hoping that someone at Apex realises what the heck is going on and releases a firmware upgrade to sort this out. The one released on 8/8/03 doesnt seem to do much with regard to display options, etc. I'd love to recommend this - it does appear to be a nice machine and is so much cheaper than it's rivals, but until they get the setup feature sorted out its going to be a loser im afraid. APEX!!!! LISTEN UP AND FIX THIS ISSUE!!! IF MY POWER GOES OUT, OR I ACCIDENTLY PRESS THE STANDY BUTTON ON THE REMOTE DONT WANT TO HAVE TO RESET EVERY SETTING!!! I WOULD ADD TO ANYONE WHO ALSO HAS A UNIT TO CONFIRM WITH ME THAT THIS IS INDEED THE CASE WITH THIER MACHINES - IM SO STRUCK DUMB ABOUT THIS I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT! - contact me Many thanks
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Summary: Solid unit after upgrade!
Review: I have two of these units and they perform great after flashing the firmware and having the power supply upgraded. Some have problems with overheating and need a second fan installed. More information on repairs and upgrades can be found at www.nerd-out.com/forum/ and www.drx9000repair.netfirms.com.
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Summary: Great DVD Recorder and Player
Review: I love this unit. My wife bought it for me as a Christmas gift in 2003. I have it hooked up to a DIRECTV set top box recieving HDTV. The recording quality it perfect. Well worth the money in my opinion. I went onto the APEX web site and got the firmware upgrade, which as easy to install in the unit. Simply copy the firmware on a CD via their web site and load into the DVD player and it will upgrade itself.
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Summary: DRX9000: What a waste of time and money
Review: I pre-ordered the DRX9000 and waited almost 3 months for delivery. Setup of the machine was easy. Thats where the fun stopped.
I used a secondary AV source for the input. And again connection instructions were well-detailed and easy to follow.
I purchased the DRX9000 originally because of the some 11 formats it would be able to read and play. I could only get the machine to play audio CDs. It was totally incapable of playing any DVD of any format. One of three things happened: 1. the machine froze and locked; 2. the TV monitor was cleared of picture; or 3.the machine displayed the word 'Hello' in the display and froze. In all three cases the only solution was to unplug the machine. The freezing occurred continually. The machine would freeze within 5 minutes of starting any DVD. If you attempted to select a title or use FastForward it would immediately freeze when Play was selected.
The remote did little. Its basic functions did not perform and it kept displaying 'invalid' on the tv monitor.
I never attempted to copy or use the write/rewrite features. I boxed it up within 24 hours and shipped it back. Save yourself time and money and try a different manufacturer.
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Summary: Worthless
Review: I purchased this item off of another website and sent it back the day after it arrived. (At least the Philips model will work for a couple of weeks.) This unit will only record programs off the air. You CANNOT record anything from your VCR, and this has nothing to do with copy protection. This unit will not allow you to convert your VHS tapes to DVD. There is even a flyer inside the box proudly touting this little defect. So in other words, I quickly found that the DRX9000 only does half of what a DVD recorder should do. If you're assuming that it must at least do that much well, you're wrong. It has an intolerable synchronization problem. For example, when you play back a disc, you see an actor's lips moving and hear what he says about 2 seconds later. Garbage.
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Summary: Waste my time and DVD disk
Review: I spent about two hours to tranfer 2 hours long Hi8 Tape to a DVD disk. The DVD disk does not play on any DVD players( A SONY VHS/DVD Combo and SONY 5 DVD changer and a old Pioneer DVD aply), except on it self. what a waste of my time and DVD disk!
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Summary: One of the worst electronics products I have encountered
Review: I usually am more subtle in my reviews, but I want to say upfront: do *not* buy this DVD recorder. The user interface is extremely unintuitive and confusing. Even when you do figure it out, you'll still find yourself wanting to scream - and I mean scream - when the machine starts flashing the word "invalid" in the middle of everything you try to do. Even after you learn to suffer through, you'll find that the machine frequently forgets all of your settings anyway. How can you schedule your recordings if the machine forgets the settings? You can't. We heard that due to a glitch if you want to keep your settings you cannot actually turn off the machine. So we tried that, too. It still forgot our settings anyway. After returning the first unit, we tried another. We encountered the same issues which make the unit completely unusable.
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Summary: I was so excited to get this and then so disappointed!
Review: I was greatly looking forward to getting this DVD recorder. I thoroughly researched the category and thought Apex had an outstanding price. Only one problem. This DVD recorder is awful. It has a terrible menu system and remote control. The recorder had a lot of problems and I could never get Apex on the phone. I returned it. There was one positive, though. When the machine did actually record a DVD properly, the picture quality was excellent.
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Summary: Totally disappointed
Review: I wrote a good review of this machine for another site. I have had one for just three weeks, and it replaced a Magnavox which was so unreliable I took it back. I was impressed with the Apex although I agree with previous posters that it is more complicated to use than it should be. I put up with the fan, the lousy remote control and the clock dying with every little power blip, because the picture is really good and the ability to record DVD+RW is fantastic. Or it would be if the thing worked. Yesterday I pressed the power button (the machine was on standby) and the display vanished. The machine died, totally. Nothing. Nada. No power, no lights, no sound at all. I called Apex who told me they'd had a lot of trouble with this model (at least they are honest) and that they were soon releasing a better version. I took it back to the store and got a full refund. My advice - don't buy one. Another reviewer on this page had the same dead unit problem, and Apex confess it's not unusual. At least mine didn't have a disc inside when it fell over. I agree with the previous reviewer, the technology is still in its infancy and it would be better to wait a few months to buy something which is more reliable and probably cheaper. Seems other DVD Recorders are not much better, my Magnavox died and so did another reviewer's Philips. I have more sense than to go with the dying DVD-Ram or -R formats, Panasonic take note. People who buy those are going to end up like the Beta users - great system, no support. Felicia
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Summary: Dead Machine
Review: I wrote a previous rating on this giving it a medium rating. Not this time. Woke up to a totally dead machine. No indication, no power on, no eject, nothing. What really bums me is that it has one of my dvds hostage and I can't get it to give it up. In contact with APEX but don't see anyway to get it out. Tried unplugging and then plugging back in about an hour later. No good. Fortunately still under warrenty. Only had it a month.
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