APEX Digital AD-2100 DVD Player

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006I51J
• Item model number: AD2100
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #150,928 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 22, 2002

Product Description

Product Description

The AD-2100 is designed for you to enjoy several different forms of disk media. This player will allow you to enjoy full-length motion pictures with "at-the-movies" picture and cinema quality sound. It also supports CD, MP3 and WMA. AD-2100 also has several unique features, including AFF, APEX Full Screen Function that allows you to view widescreen movie presentations in full screen mode via remote control, S-video and component video output for greater picture clarity, Parental Control (to prevent children from viewing inappropriate content) and Kodak Picture CD compatibility (so you can show photos on your TV). This is a true multimedia machine designed for the multimedia world to enjoy. The digital age has never been easier to enjoy than with APEX Digital.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best DVD player for the price, November 19, 2002

By	Brian Shields "Ramza" (Iowa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For the price, this is the best DVD player on the market. It will play just about any format you want to play. MP3 CD, Kodak Picture CD, SVCDs, VCDs, CD-R/W, DVD-R/W...everything.

As for the player not having progressive scan, it is a total non-issue. Most people on this planet don't have $5000 to waste on an HDTV. And with the new digital standards coming out in a few years, you'll have to buy all new TVs and DVD players anyways. So again, if you have an HDTV, you need progressive scan. If you have a regular TV, you don't need progressive scan.

As for just the basic controls on the player, again, that is a non-issue. You'd be hard pressed to find any DVD player that has more than the basic controls on the face. I work with DVD players at work and home and I can only think of a few models that have more than the basic controls. Also, your controller is designed to be dropped a lot and still work. I have a DVD player that is 3.5 years old and I've dropped the controller more times than I can count and it works. My Apex player is 5 months old and the controller still works after being dropped a lot. If your controller stops working, you may want to put in fresh batteries.

As for the player supposedly having bad sound, that is a load of hooey. I'm a trained sound engineer and record songs for many local bands. I know about sound. The Apex player sounds great. Most people blame the sound on the DVD player when it is their ancient stereo receiver most of hte time. I have a new Yamaha Dolby 5.1/DTS receiver and the sound is great.

Also, no optical outs? WHO CARES? Gods...get a life will you? It comes with digital coax out, and that sounds better than optical out.

Bottom line:
For [price], this is a really good player. You can't go wrong with it. It may not be the 100% perfect player on the market, but if you want perfection, you will need to pay a lot more money.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 1 Very Important Flaw!, October 23, 2002

By	A. Scantlebury (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

PROS:
-Plays all DVD formats including: Kodak Picture CDs, Picture CDs, Windows Media Audio, and HDCD (for all those enhanced CDs that are not able to play in most DVD players).
-Has 2 Sets of L/R Analog Audio outputs, which allows you to plug a set into your TV (or VCR) and additional subwoofer speakers.
-Full Function Remote Control.
-Digital Audio-Coaxial Input and S-Video Output.
-AFF Function - Allows you to fill the television screen veiwing area when using a widescreen formatted DVD.
-Advance Playback - 2x to 8X Fast Forward, 2X to 8X Rewind, Frame by Frame, Slow Motion, and Last Play.
-Automatic Slideshow of Picture CDs.
-Allows you to zoom into a picture as well as shift the zoom point.
-Allows you to select form several different angles and languages.
-You can combine your favorite titles, chapters, or tracks and play them back in any order (You can program up to 99 items).
-Allows you to display the subtitles from thse included on the disc, on to your TV Screen.

-On-Screen Display including, current title, track number, and total playing time.
-Parental Lock feature (only with DVD video discs equipped with the parental lock feature).
-Customizable Function Settings including, general setup, speaker setup, audio setup, and preferences.

CONS:
-Poor Audio Quality
-No Progressive Scan
-No Optical Out
-Only Basic Buttons on Front Panel (Thinking of if the remote stops working).

This DVD player has all the features of the high price players, and much more. But, it lacks the most important factor, audio. The audio quality is very poor, sounds very spacey compared to another dvd player that I had. Even with high priced subwoofer speakers plugged into them (yes, the speakers works great on other player, so, it's not the speakers!!). If you're a trained sound engineer and think this system has good sound, you're in the wrong field!!

If sound is important to you when playing your DVDs and music CDs then I wouldn't recommend this DVD player.