Apex AD500 DVD Player
Great Value, Great Performance
As the proud owner of an Apex AD-500W, I must say that I have been very impressed with the player's performance. It plays DVD's and CD's flawlessly (although occasionally, discs tend to get jammed; when that happens, I just eject the disc and re-insert it, and plays just fine). The player does just about everything I expected it to, despite what I've been told by salesmen who wanted to sell me more expensive brands, most of which don't have MP3 play capability. <br />Speaking of which, the MP3 component of this player plays MP3 files fairly well, although it has trouble playing files that has a lot of bass, emitting static in the process. Also, the remote control could have been better designed. For starters, they can make the &quot;play&quot; button bigger and more accessible and put the &quot;menu&quot; button in a more prominent place. <br />Still, at a hundred dollars (not including sales tax), this DVD/CD/MP3 player is a bargain, especially if you're a person who is not into movies that have either a lot of special effects or multi-layering (which, according to other reviews that I've read, also isn't a problem). Can't ask for more than that.