Apex DRX9000 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
MMM - Quirky or what!
I guess you pay for what you get is the thing here.<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br />I said this was really strange and they guy said \\"yes it's really out of order isnt it\\".<br />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.<br />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.<br />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!!!<br />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