Apex AD-5131 3-Disc DVD Player

by Apex

Product Details

Product Manual [1.12mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005T3Y4
• Item model number: AD5131
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,532 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Play virtually any format - from DVDs to CDs with MP3 files and more - with this super-versatile DVD player! The AD5131 from Apex offers premier sound production with 3D Virtual Surround Sound, Digital Equalizer, and Dolby Digital/DTS pass-through. Fast and slow motion features let you zero in on your favorite moments and watch them time and again. Do you have scanned pictures, or images from your digital camera? Burn them on a CD and you can view these and any other JPEG files with this player.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Results for the Price, January 5, 2002

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IlPrimitivo (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apex AD-5131 3-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

I got this unit after buying a Daewoo DVG-5000 and finding it dead on arrival and having no success with Daewoo's pathetic customer service.

At first I didn't expect much out of this APEX machine but after getting it home I connected it to my older TV and VCR, powered the unit on, figured out which combo of buttons to punch on my myriad of remote controls and there it was ... a nice DVD movie playing on my TV and great sound coming from my stereo speakers.

The unit is able to play my DVDs, audio CDs, and CD-R/RW without a problem and the 3-disc changer is a pleasure to have for us couch potatoes. The remote has too many buttons for my taste but they all work as they're supposed to so I can't complain.

Have yet to try the MP3 and jpeg reader but I expect these functions to work as advertised and after my recent electronic experiences, it'll just be icing on the cake.

Having this kind of functionality available in such a low-cost unit is terrific!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Price/Performance - more features and functionality, August 3, 2002

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D. Dooley "dougefresh" (Belmont, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apex AD-5131 3-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

I was stunned on how well this DVD Changer works. I bought mine at Circuit City and was prepared to return it if anything went wrong. The reason I purchased this APEX product to begin with was because of some research I did on-line about the best DVD changers. I own a Sony DVD player which has all kinds of problems playing CD-Rs and just forget about DVD-Rs.

This APEX AD5131 supports every type of CD-R I've tried: SVCD, VCD, MP3, DVD+R, Kodak Photo CD, etc. The Karaoke feature is kinda cool too.

My only complaint is that you have to point the remote control on the exact same level as the front of the DVD player. Besides that I'm very pleased.

The price is awesome - almost $100 cheaper than a Sony 3-disc changer that has less features and less Media type support.

Overall, I'm very happy about this purchase.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Apex AD-5131 ..., February 15, 2003

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Josh Daniel S. Davis "xaminmo" (Highland Village, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apex AD-5131 3-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

We bought one of these in late 2001 or early 2002. For the price, it couldn't be beat. It supported just about everything, and it's 3-disc. Here are the drawbacks
Complex remote - you have to look at it most of the time to use it.
Power button unit is a hard power off only, so if you power it off from the unit, you can't use the remote to power it on.
Will not automatically recurse subdirectories in MP3 play mode.
MP3s are displayed 13 characters max.
The tray jerks rather quickly. Early on, the 3" cd's would skip out of the tray and get jammed/scored on top. After a few months, full-sized CDs and DVDs skip out of the tray. Not always, but enough to be annoying.
If the player is on, the spindle is running. Always. There is no power-save mode, so if you are prone to leaving things on, expect the spindle to wear faster, and the whole unit to stay warm.
Now, at 1-1.5 years, we find that the unit locks up periodically, requiring a power reset to use. It won't play through an entire dvd before crashing.
This unit is no longer listed on apexdigitalinc 's website.
The firmware available for update is ONLY hacked / unofficial firmware.
That being said, there's alot of good support out there for these units...Just be sure to get extended warranty.