Apex AD2600 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Has problems reading some DVDs
GOOD: Progressive scan player for a relatively low price (although the better known manufacturers like Toshiba, Pioneer, and Panasonic are now offering lower-priced progressive scan players as well).  Seems to read most DVDs fine, and reads quietly (I had a Pioneer player that had fairly loud disc spin noise).  Also, I have not had trouble reading SVCDs that I created and VBR MP3 CDs (my old Apex AD-1200 had trouble with these).  Output through component connections looks very good, on my non-HD TV.<br />BAD: I've had this player for several months and it reads most discs, but it would not recognize several discs that were clean and read on other players (from Friends Season 2).  It would just spin up and stop, and display &quot;no disc&quot;.  My other gripe is the incredibly crappy remote, which is worse than other, cheaper Apex units.  For some reason they made the navigation buttons all one button, a ring around the enter/play button.  You have to press the buttons hard and frequently I end up pressing enter when I meant to scroll.  Also, for some reason the picture looks washed out on S-Video, with lots of color bleeding, compared to a component connection (should not be much of a perceptible difference on a 27&quot; TV).