Apex AD-500a DVD Player

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Apex AD-500a	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL?	DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL?	BD-R BD-RE BD-R DL	DivX JPG?	MP3 WMA	$70	8.1/10 9 votes	View 23 reports (8162 views) Post report
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	1 Accu 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 BeAll 1xDVD-R (BeAll G00001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 BeAll 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...R01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 2 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 plays 1 dont play. 1 Fujifilm 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Laser 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 2 Matrix 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 plays 2 dont play. 1 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 PowerDisc 1xDVD-R (GSC001) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Prime 4xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Prime 4xDVD-R (GSC002......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 SmartBuy 8xDVD+R (PRODISC.R03) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Supermedia 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 TDK 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Universal 1xDVD-R (GSC001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. Post your DVD Media comments here
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	gene from Other reported December 05, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 196kbit/s WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Seems to be a decent player, im usting a lite on dual format burner and the dvd-r(elcheapo compusa purple) discs seems to work fine.
	Torque from Other reported October 05, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $90 N/A 9 of 10 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX MPEGISO Comments: Hey Guys, It's me again! (see rating below) I just found out (the hard way) that this unit does not play DVD+R which are marked as PAL! Yes, I live in PAL-Land and just wasted 4 DVD's to find out about it. :(! Ohhh my .... I seriously doubt that anybody else in PAL-Land has this device ... so it's no real thread to you NTSC folks! Cheers!
	Torque from Other reported September 23, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $90 N/A No rating miniDVD/cDVD MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG MPEGISO Comments: Okay folks if any of you has this player with the patched Apex703 firmware this is for you: (Firmware Link --> http://shincodvd.emuunlim.com/firmware.html) I tested the unit with my newly bought DVD-Burner (NEC13001.06) DVD+RW = NOPE DVD-RW = NOPE DVD-R = NOPE DVD+R = :) YES YES! I used RITEC R01 DVDs! Here's the dump -> 00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.? 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 52 49 54 45 4B 00 00 00 52 .......RITEK...R 00000020 30 31 01 38 23 54 37 09 00 5A 65 00 AC 5F 14 14 01.8#T7..Ze.._.. 00000030 0A 0A 0A 0A 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................ As for SVCD files on DVD ... No Problem Sir! Yes, it works just fine. Haven't tried VCD on DVD yet but it will be the same outcome! I recommend DVD-LAB for (S)VCD on DVD! No demultiplexing required! If you have further questions please EMail! Hope to have saved you some trouble ....
	ben uecker from Other reported July 27, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $100 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: Was very impressed on how it played everthing I threw at it for the past 2 years. I bought it for my parents. The remote control on it has got to be one of the worst ever. Why I am writing this is that I am super pissed it doesn't play MP3's. I could have sworn it did but it won't play these latest ones I have burned.
	BIG NEWB from Other reported May 20, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? Few DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: MY APEX AD-500A plays cheep Princo(purple)DVD-R disks made with iMovie and iDVD .I used my friends External burner; Pioneer (I think). This was a home made movie also I used DVD+R disks made by TDK (purple)Burned with DVD X COPY and my new SONY DRU-500A (+/- R and RW) to make a 2 disk backup of one of the movies i have. It worked fine with some run-around. Almost all disks play made with Princo dvd's on my friends Mac (75%) So far I only made 1 backup with DVD X COPY (newest version) and it works. there is some problems with loading. It starts to make a buzzing sound when I press Play in DVD menu, and it will not play. I can fool it by skipping right to the movie by pressing next chapter button or by selectin a 2 scene and than go back to 1st scene. I have tried DVD+RW disk (SONY) to play a home made movie burned with the piece of crap bundle program MY DVD and it failed to play. I will try it again with DVD X COPY and post the results
	aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa from Other reported May 18, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? Few DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: No comments
	BIG NEWB from Other reported March 06, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $125 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: Hey people I just figured out how to play those DVD-R you thought were coasters( might work with DVD+R) When you put your burnt copy in to APEX AD-500A and you see LOADING message rappidly press (>>I) button (NEXT CHAPTER FORWARD) and the player will skip right in to some chapter ahead in the movie; simply go to begining and enjoy
	BIG NEWB from Other reported March 02, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? Few DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: MY APEX AD-500A plays cheep Princo(purple)DVD-R disks made with iMovie and iDVD .I used my friends External burner; Pioneer (I think). This was a home made movie also I used DVD+R disks made by TDK (purple)Burned with DVD X COPY and my new SONY DRU-500A (+/- R and RW) to make a 2 disk backup of one of the movies i have. It worked fine with some run-around. Almost all disks play made with Princo dvd's on my friends Mac (75%) So far I only made 1 backup with DVD X COPY (newest version) and it works. there is some problems with loading. It starts to make a buzzing sound when I press Play in DVD menu, and it will not play. I can fool it by skipping right to the movie by pressing next chapter button or by selectin a 2 scene and than go back to 1st scene. I have tried DVD+RW disk (SONY) to play a home made movie burned with the piece of crap bundle program MY DVD and it failed to play. I will try it again with DVD X COPY and post the results
	trippin_onlife from Other reported January 08, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 4 of 10 Comments: I recently burned a DVD+R movie on my computer using the $100 DVD'X'COPY software. Everything went fine until I put the movie in my Apex AD-500A and it DID NOT work! I bought a DVD+R burner because of its' writing speed and the DVDRW Alliance said that "The DVD+RW/+R discs recorded can be played in most existing DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players" (http://www.dvdrw.com/), however, the AD-500A did not recognize the DVD+R format. I've had this Apex DVD player for a couple years now and am now thinking of giving it to my in-laws. I guess it's time to go shopping for a new player with DVD+R compatibility.
	John Majewski from Other reported January 02, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 7 of 10 Comments: Finally tried a dvd-r backup on it last night and it works!
	Video Guy from Other reported November 19, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: All of you interested in Apex VCD compatability, firmware mods, hacking, etc. check out the forums at http://www.nerd-out.com Good luck Apex fans!
	Terrapin from Other reported December 10, 2001: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $80 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: This is an awesome DVD player for $80 dollars. It seems to play all forms of blank cd's. I've tested with CD-R and CD-RW [at least four different types of blanks] ALL worked fine. I do have the Apex AD500a and I'm here to contradict previous comments about it's MP3 playing ability. IT PLAYS MP3's!!!!!! I've got a disc playing right now with 158 songs on it. I burned the MP3 disc using CeQuadrat's software. I'm not sure about the DVD players max bitrate for MP3's but I believe 192kbps is the largest bitrate MP3 I've burned.
	HellFire from Other reported October 19, 2001: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A 10 of 10 Comments: I got it for free when buying a Sony big screen, and tested it with what I had, and was very pleased. Remote finally has an eject button, so i'm happy. It even plays broken cd's or cd's with plain mpeg's of mpeg-2's on them. Only problem I have encountered would have to be no FW or REW on the Svcd's, otherwise all is well. Another minus, which doesn't effect me too much wouyld have to be that there is not mp3 capability. I would recommend this player for your room, and the APX AD5131 in your living room.
	nelson37 from Other reported October 13, 2001: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $99 N/A 10 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD Comments: Plays memorex silver, also black, Verbatim blue CDR,2 brands CDRW, all OK, miniDVD skips sound, XSVCD up to approx 4500 bitrate played fine. not marked as "A" model but has menus and screen saver, $99, GREAT!
	Darryl G. from Other reported October 11, 2001: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $70 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: I have tried making VCD's and SVCD's using mostly Memorex CD-R(12x),CD-RW(4x), HP CD-R(12x) and a few others and, I know its hard to belive, but I have'nt had any problems playing them back other than skipped frames (Sometimes) or skipped sound (Sometimes). These problems occured when using several programs to encode the data into avi then mpeg then mpeg-vcd (time consuming) and then using Easy CD Creator 5 to burn onto a disk. I am now using TMPG to encode the file(s) into mpeg-vcd and burning it with Nero 5.XX onto ANY disk available to me using a lower speed of 4X. However, the problem I am having is that I can't get the disks to play in any Sony DVD player except the 700 series which plays picture but no sound. I'm beginning to believe that it's not only how you burn it onto a disk but what disk you use itself. By the way I HATE Easy Creator 5 for anything other than burning CDs. They offer no support what so ever for Video CD Creator or Take Two which I found out is not made by them but by another company entirely but used by permission.
	Peter from Other reported November 10, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: It play some CDR from Staples that lok silver on the buttom.From all copy's that i have and try on apex 600A half works on 500.$40Dollars does not worted all the hussle<BR<BR>Apex 500A I went to circuit city and tried to get them to let me test the display.. they wouldn't allow me to do anything. So I bought the 500A. I have the Apex 600, so I tried every CDR I already had burnt. It plays anything I threw at it Imation,PNY,Sony and the all popular $10 spindle. This player is awesome for the money. It doesnt play mp3s , but for $100 what do you expect? This is my an XMAS present for my sister by the way !
	Wade from Other reported November 06, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: The 500A plays CD-Rs, the 500 without the suffix seemingly does not. Great player for $99, no reason to spend a dime more for doing VCDs or the amount of DVD movies most people watch. Digital output on the unit is by Coax only. Great player, I have yet to be able to get the unit to produce the skipping symptoms some people report, that may be a difference between the 500 and 500A though.
	C. James from Other reported October 31, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: I don`t what the previous people are doing wrong,because I just bought the ad500a at circuit city for 99 dollars and it plays vcd and svcd on cdr just fine.I'm using imation and memorex discs.Picture quality is great,haven't got xvcd to work yet.
	Peter y from Other reported October 27, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: I love this Unit, but it will not play "any" CDR - regardless of Gold, Silver, Blue + Stunning Picture Quality + Quality "Soft" Loading Mechanism, instead of those cheap "hard" eject so common in this price range + I paid only $99 @ Circuit City, truely the cheapest DVD player all around + Quality, Quality, Quality - Stupid Remote Control design - Do not play CDR, so I may have to return it - No MP3 - No MiniDVD - even if burn on CDRW
	Micah from Other reported October 24, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: This dvd player is awesome considering it only cost me $120...It easily plays all burnt VCDs and SVCDs...Apparently this DVD player is different from the AD-500 because it can play all media(CDR and CDRW)...The only difference between the AD-500A and the AD-660 is MP3 playback which is not worth an extra $40 in my mind...All SVCDs were created using TMPgenc beta 12 and burnt using Nero 5.0.
	Paul from Other reported October 05, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Will not play on any CDR media (No-Disc)I have tried (HP, Maxell, No-Names) but plays fine on all CDR-W media. Built in CD player is a nice touch but will only play shop bought ones.
	Ammocyte from Other reported October 01, 2000: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Plays vcd on Imation cdrw,Memorex cdrw,Memorex Platinum cdrw,Compusa Premium80 min cdrw. Hasn't played any cdrs that i have tried which include Compusa generic no label cdr, Compusa premium cdr, memorex cdr, and Imation cdr havent got the fst forward to work yet either this player does not play mp3's like the AD600 does would appreciate anyone elses input on this player But you cant go wrong for 140.00
	Anonymous from Other reported For a long time agooo: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: The Apex AD-500 (not AD-500a) does NOT support CDR of all kinds. Do not get the AD-500. But according to posts by people, the Apex AD-500a DOES support CDRs. The AD-500 and AD-500a are two VERY different DVD players. Besides the fact one supports CDRs and the other doesn't, the physical player has a different look and feel to it. The 500 has a generic kind of look and feel, but the 500A looks promising.
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