Apex DRX-9200 DVD Recorder/Player
Junk....Avoid for you will be frustrated
First all I wish I would have read some of these reviews after receiving the DRX9200 as a gift. Anyway from the start the machine displayed issues, for instance...it is always freaking hot; I mean burn your hand hot. After it is plugged in for a week or so it fails to turn on. It does seem to work once it cools off, but after a week, forget it. Playback of DVDs at first was fine, but soon after a month or so some disks were not recognized and it started making loud fan noises. I did not use the recording feature for the first few months, and then when I tried it skipped often and only recorded about half the show I was trying to record. I decided to call customer service and was told of the reset procedure and to clean the lens. Once powered down it seemed to recover though it's very temporary. Another call to customer service led me to where I am today. I have to spend 80.00 to have it repaired under the parts only portion of the warranty. I would NOTTTTT recommend this unit to anyone. If I could have rated it in negative stars I would have. There is nothing good about this unit except for maybe a paper weight or maybe a tray to hold up my dog's bowl...if it would work as a boat anchor I would gladly throw it into the water, but with the quality Apex has I would probably be putting my boat into jeopardy.