Apex AD-1600 DVD Player
Questionable reliability
The company that sells the Apex brand of electronics is based in South Korea and designs its products in South Korea and manufactures them in other Asian countries with low labor costs.  The DVD players are mostly manufactured in China, and they tend to promise a lot of features but have questionable design and build quality.  The AD1600 out of the box seems a decent DVD player, if a bit flimsy looking, but after about 3 months it would give occasional, but annoying, \\"no disc\\" errors.  I also can't get VCDs I bought in Asian shops to work in this model.  Anyone else having similar problems?<br />In the future I think I'll stick with Japanese brand names like Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Pioneer, and also European names like RCA (French) and Philips (Dutch), for better quality, which ultimately gives a better value.