Apex AD-800 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Will NOT Play SVCD!!!
I bought it assuming that it would play SVCD but it does not! It will not play any SVCD's that are burned by NERO or Direct CD software...it keeps getting me a \\"Not Valid Disk\\" error message. Somehow it can't read the SVCD, don't know why.  Other people who bought this said that it's the same error message that they get.  APEX's description of this DVD player is misleading though. The manual doesn't say that it supports SVCD.Which is true?  It will play burned VCD's but sometimes it will make a loud squeal noise and no sound will come out. Tested the progressive scan on my 65\\" HDTV and the picture quality was good but there were't any significant changes from my regular RCA DVD player. Yes, I used the component video output and you still can't see the difference.  The menu selections are kind of hard to read & get used to...just poor outdated menu setups.  Don't know how long this DVD player will last cuz this is my first APEX. This is going back to Amazon.  instead. It's a good bargain for the price but if you're looking for a DVD player that will play anything you put in then look some where else. Maybe looking to buy JVC or Pioneer brands.