The MP3 and CD features are incredible. It never skips a beat.

I highly recommend this DVD/MP3 player to anyone on a budget who doesn't have to have the ultimate system. The differences between this player and those costing [more] are minor.


APEX provides an amazing value   January 20, 2002
 35 out of 36 found this review helpful

I just purchased my third DVD player, and the decision to buy the APEX AD-1500 was one of the easiest choices I've ever had to make. I'm a very picky shopper, and I compared no less than 50 different models before I discovered the AD-1500. I was looking for a model that would reliably play VCD's and MP3 CD's burned on my home computer. I have 3 small children that love music, but I'm very uncomfortable allowing them to watch music videos on TV... since you never know when something too violent, or mature is going to play next. Instead, I've been downloading and/or saving my own video files for the songs that they like... then burning them to CD. With my 2 previous DVD players, a Sony and a Toshiba, neither of them could play VCD's very well. Most of the time, they skipped around and played songs too fast, too slow, or not at all. The Toshiba could play MP3's, as long as you met a long list of recording criteria... and then it could only play the songs in sequential order. When I first heard about the APEX 1500, I ordered one right away and as soon as it arrived, I returned my 2 week old Toshiba for a refund. The APEX has Zoom, plays MP3's in shuffle mode, plays every CDR and CDRW I've tried, has a decent remote control, and has performed flawlessly since I got it 2 weeks ago. For someone that wants to play MP3's and VCD's, you can't find a better deal under $200 anywhere... so don't waste any more time shopping and order the APEX 1500 before they are all gone!


Poor Quality   December 4, 2001
 33 out of 38 found this review helpful

I would like to say that I'm happy that the people that ordered this DVD player are happy with their purchase. However, I'm not. When playing my DVDs it pauses at 30 second intervals every so often. I believe that you really get what you pay for so I'm taking it back for another DVD player that is a bit more expensive with a little better quality. Buy at your own risk!


Excellent price to feature ratio!   December 14, 2001
 33 out of 33 found this review helpful

You would have to triple your cost to get all of the features packed into this bad-boy. It plays DVD's, VCD's, MP3's, CD's, CD-R & CD-RW's, just about anything you stick in. It even has the zoom feature.

I'll admit that when I purchased this player with a (low) price tag I was a little worried. But after getting it home and setting it up, (really easy by the way) I was impressed with the crisp picture and overall quality of it performance. My sound system leaves much to be desired, so I can't really tell you too much about the audio quality. But if your looking for a cheap fully functional DVD player, this is the one.

This model does have its limitations in regards to outputs, so be certain you check those out before you purchase it. It had everything I needed though!


A steal at the price   December 7, 2001
 25 out of 26 found this review helpful

It's downright difficult to find a DVD player that will do all this one does for [the price]. My other DVD player died and I had spent $250 on it -- I bought this Apex as a replacement and it's just as good (if not better) than the more expensive DVD player I replaced.

In reference to the bright to dark to bright problem some folks reported - this will happen on *any* DVD player if you plug it into your VCR to go through the TV because of copy protection. If you are able to plug it directly into your TV, you will not have this problem.