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Apex AD2600 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

by Apex
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (159 customer reviews)

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Technical Details

  • Slim, single-disc progressive-scan DVD player renders seamless images on HD and HD-ready TVs
  • Plays MP3 and WMA CDs, JPEG and Kodak picture CDs
  • Component-, composite-, and S-video accommodate a wide range of TVs
  • Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel digital output (for immersive surround sound when used with a compatible AV receiver)
  • Includes Apex Full-screen Function for viewing widescreen movies in full-screen on 4:3 TVs
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Product Details

  • Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00008N6X4
  • Item model number: AD2600
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (159 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #42,448 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
    #75 in  Electronics > Televisions & Video > Disc Players & Recorders > DVD Players
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: February 21, 2003

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The slim Apex AD-2600 is equipped to serve as a high-end movie source and a flexible music player, delivering premium-quality progressive-scan video images (viewable on high-definition and HD-ready TVs) and decoding the popular MP3 and Windows Media Audio music formats. If you burn pictures from a digital camera to CD-Rs and CD-RWs, you can even use the player for watching slideshows right on a TV. Apex's active full screen function (AFF) helps resize widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) video images to fill 4:3 aspect-ratio sets.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the AD-2600 stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. In any case, standard composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television.

In the audio realm, a set of left/right analog-audio outputs channels audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each optical and coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

Product Description

Apex AD 2600 DVD Player features progressive scan (480p) playback, Kodak Picture CD/JPEG playback, MP3/WMA audio file playback, video fluorescent display, active full screen function (AFF), 2x and 4x zoom, frame-by-frame advance, and LED indicator. Common inputs include progressive/interlaced component video output, S-video output, composite video output, optical digital audio output, and analog stereo audio output.

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114 of 119 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Apex AD2600 Will Play DVD-R, November 8, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Apex AD2600 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)
Well, I ordered this puppy around the time of the Crimean War, but it was worth the wait. Yeah, it plays (and well) everything the literature says it will play ... and more.

Check this out: The AD2600 will play DVD-Rs of mp3s, .mpgs, and jpegs. I'm talking DVD-R *data* discs filled with mp3s, music videos, cartoons, etc. The AD2600 won't play .avi or .ape, but we can't have everything ... yet. Nowhere in the manual does it say anything about playing data disc DVD-Rs, not as far as I can tell.

So, I am one very happy customer. I bought an optical cable and run the audio into my Logitech Z-680s and even mp3s sound pretty good - and I hate MP3s.

Just to note: the catalog of any data disc I'm throwing in here will show up on screen, even if the AD2600 can't play the format of the files. So far its read every disc real fast, unlike the DVD-ROM in my computer, which goes into an annoyingly long spin cycle on many DVD movies I've backed-up on DVD-R.

I'm giving this 5/5. Let's just see if the unit has staying power.

radioman

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Have had it for 30 minutes and I LOVE it!, November 26, 2003
By dbl (Streamwood, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apex AD2600 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)
After reading the positive comments here and elsewhere, I ordered the Apex 2600 around noon on Nov 24th. I chose the Free Shipping option and was given an estimated delivery date of Dec 3-4. Well, here it is Nov 26th and the player has already arrived. 5 *'s to Amazon and UPS for that!

Had the player hooked up and working fine in a couple minutes. Instructions? We don't need no stinking instructions to figure out how to use all the features of this bad boy. Remote and menus are clear enough to find anything.

Definitely does everything mentioned in previous reviews. Reads CD and DVD data disks. Shows JPG photos and MPEG movies. Full screen images and MPEG movies are sharp and not distorted (that I've noticed so far). Can't comment on progressive scan as I do not have a HDTV.

Can't help but feel that for $39 after rebate, this is the best value I've gotten for an electronics item in a long time, if not ever.

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You will not find a more compatible DVD Player, November 6, 2003
By Don (Melbourne, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apex AD2600 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)
I own an APEX AD-2500 and recently purchased the AD-2600. The 2600 is a nice upgrade with the new slim-line appearance. Both units work very well and will play every format that I have tried on it. I took two CD's containing two of my basic requirements, JPG picture files and VCD videos to five electronic stores with the intent of verifying a DVD Player's ability to play back in an acceptable manner. I was shocked that at any price, I could not find a unit that even compared with the APEX units for compatibility. These APEX units play back easily created video files on plain CD's without going through the hassel of creating a DVD. The file and sub-file displays for JPG slide shows are very friendly and the speed of loading each picture is excellent. I am about ready to buy another one of the AD-2600 Units as It can't be beat.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for playing VCDs
My parents own and watch a lot of VCDs from Asia, I got this for them years ago specifically for this purpose. It does its job well. Read more
Published 10 months ago by P. Thamat

1.0 out of 5 stars Died and disappeared
It died after 13 mos. To their credit, the company agreed to honor the warranty, so I sent it back. To their discredit, I never heard from them again.
Published on September 4, 2008 by Kevin N. O'connor

1.0 out of 5 stars Sure to Fail
Like a cheap Rolex you get off the streets of NYC, this falls into the same category. Except those cheap Rolex once made in Hong Kong at least lasted longer that this Apex made in... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product
Bought this about 4 years ago and it still works well. plays everything. Great DVD player.
Published on May 12, 2007 by Saied Karmally

3.0 out of 5 stars It's alright... only if you're really cheap
Unlike many of the fellow reviewers, I haven't had much problem with it (most of the problems posted can be rectified through the menu). Read more
Published on July 1, 2006 by John C.

4.0 out of 5 stars the product is for the advanced users
I have a 2500 at least two years, it is not perfect, but it is still working, sometimes after view a special format disk, it may be messed up system, but with the P/N or I/P... Read more
Published on June 23, 2006 by X. zhu

1.0 out of 5 stars Works intermittently
DVDs that work on other machines won't load on this machine. Sometimes it will take 20 minutes trying to load and then will reject the disk. Read more
Published on December 27, 2005 by Rick Rice

1.0 out of 5 stars It just doesn't work
There are tons of people now who have posted reviews that say that this DVD player just stopped working on them. Read more
Published on October 28, 2005 by James Allen

1.0 out of 5 stars After few months I lost the picutre got sound only
DVD player worked fine for a short period. Suddenly it stop producing the picture. I tried S video connection etc. Nothing works. Read more
Published on July 19, 2005 by Ananda Liyanapathiranage

1.0 out of 5 stars Lasted about a year
This machine worked fairly well for about a year. It had trouble reading some DVDs and would display 'no disc' even though there was a disc in the player (in particular, I... Read more
Published on June 27, 2005 by M. Berry

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