Apex AD-1500 DVD Player
Patience makes perfect
Having had good luck with Apex 500A dvd players I picked up one of these before Christmas for our main tv, a Sony Trinitron with S-video connector. I was especially attracted by its ability to play MP3s. Happily, it played perfectly throughout the holidays. CD's, many dvd's, MP3s burned on several different disk types at differing bitrates. One or two quirks. MP3s play within their directories only, so if you want ten hours worth of music burn them into a single directory. Hook your audio outs to a separate amplifier if possible so you can turn off your tv screen while MP3s are playing.  The documentation isn't great and the remote is small and a bit quirky. And be sure to properly shut down and eject MP3 disks lest you find that a new disk will not be recognized (rectified by turning off player, letting it sit a few seconds and turning it on). The player is also very small and light and so probably needs to be treated with some respect. I'm generally of the philosophy that when a technology set is relatively new it is best to buy low until all standardized. With that in mind this is a very good deal.