Apex ADV-3800 DVD Player

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DVD Player	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW	DVD+R DVD+RW	BD-R BD-RE	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	Price	Rating Info	Reports Comments
Apex ADV-3800	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	$80	7.7/10 12 votes	View 18 reports (21490 views) Post report
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	Video formats: VCD SVCD DivX XviD JPG, MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Audio formats: MP3 max 320kbit/s MP3 long filename WMA DVD-WMA max 196kbit/s				Other features: Progressive Scanning Visit manufacturer's site Region code free hack here Google this player.
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	1 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Dynex 8xDVD+R (RITEK...R03) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Laser 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Liquid Video 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 RiData 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Ritek 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Supermedia 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. Post your DVD Media comments here
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	eascoaster from United States reported January 17, 2005: 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 over 1 year 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: I've had this player for about 2 years. Great for DVD playback. This is my third unit for this model and the VCR still does not work. The good situation about this is that I bought it from Sears and originally got it for $120 then return it the first time and it went down to $100. The second unit was returned and it went down to $80 and I still have a 2 yr. warranty. So i'm still waiting for Apex to come out with a newer model so I can exchange it because the VCR doesn't work!
	Ray C from United States reported December 10, 2004: 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 2 days 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-WMA MP3 long filename Comments: Bought this to play DVD's loaded with WMA songs it played all KPBS 64,128,192 that I copied to a DVD+RW. Played all dvd and cd videos made over last 2 years. Used the cheapest disk, all bought using zero cost rebates. Coping from the dvd to the vcr was easy and excellent picture on TV. install hookup took 10 minutes. this Apex model is a ADV-3850
	Nguyen from United States reported November 30, 2004: 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? $100 240 days 6 of 10 Comments: This is my second Apex ADV-3800 and the VCR still does not work !
	doug from United States reported July 07, 2004: 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 30 days 10 of 10 Comments: has played everything i have put in it except for 2 different burns of the same file that were both on memorex cd-r 700meg 80 min 52x discs...
	Paul D from United States reported April 01, 2004: 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 had quite a few movies burnt with cheap comp usa 1X -R disks that would NOT play in contrast to comments made earlier. All of the movies I have burned with memorex 4X disks purchased at bestbuy have worked great.
	Don Soehren from United States reported March 13, 2004: 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 3 of 10 Comments: Had good luck with Apex W1100 DVD player, played anything. Seems this one does too, albeit at a VERY low quality. It is progressive scan, but only supports 480p, not true 1080. Video from dvd is "buzzy" and blurred, poor sharpness and sometimes wavy on my Hitachi 43"HD. Looks way better from my W1100 when using just S-video cable. The VCR side is terrible. Top portion of screen is bent to the right, and tracking doesnt solve. Tested only a few SVCD and DVDs all played. I have experienced Apex's cust service, VERY poor. Busy signals, disconnects after being on hold for 30 minutes and emails not returned. Still waiting over a year for a refund on my 51" TV, court date set. Better off keeping away from this unit and Apex all together, spend a few extra bucks on the Toshiba or build a small media PC. This player goes back to the store in the morning.
	johncall from United States reported March 04, 2004: 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 miniDVD/cDVD JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-WMA DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: When I saw the price of an APED ADV-3800 in Sears I couldn't resist. I have owned an APEX ad-1500 for a couple years and had great luck. So when I get hope and look on dvdrhelp.com and read some not-so glowing reports on its compayability I got nervous as I burn a lot of DVD's and SVCD's. But before I returned the player unopened I thought I would give it a try... My comprehensive test results: For DVD-R: The player was able to play TDK, Princo, Memorex and unknown DVD-R and an unknown brand DVD-RW. *This is in stark contrast to most comments/reviews I read. Successfully played DVD, DVD-SVCD(per sample from dvdrhelp), JPEG (has a great menu for photos with a preview window in the file system), cDVD/MiniDVD, and DVD-MPEGISO. On the DVD+R and DVD+RW side the player has managed to play TDK, Optimum and Memorex DVD+R without issue, it also played DVD+RW MEMOREX and unknown brand with no problems. Worked fine testing: DVD, DVD-SVCD(per sample from dvdrhelp), JPEG (has a great menu for photos with a preview window in the file system), cDVD/MiniDVD, and DVD-MPEGISO CD-R and CD-RW were found to play flawlessly also. I had no trouble playing VCD, SVCD, MP3, JPG images, MPEG-ISO, cDVD/MiniDVD, XSVCD (gets a tad twitchy after 4000kbps, by 5000kbps the vid is clipping and jumping and studdering). Another thing I really liked was the conversion of PAL to NTSC. It was perfect and the aspect wasn't off kilter as seen with some DVD players. All in all I am very pleased with the performance of this DVD player. It plays everything I need without incident. Despite other claims, this player seems to be consistent with other APEX products as far as compatability. A previous complaint said that a time lapse was displayed while watching MPEGISO's -this is true, but pressing the "display" button will remove the counter. I am just really surprised with some negative reviews so far with this player, I just can't replicate the problems expressed so far. Actually my one complaint is the remote is a bit small for my tastes. DVD authoring software tested/used: Sonic myDVD, NERO (ISO levels 1 and 2) - TMPEGenc for xsvcd kbps test. CD and DVD ISO disks burned with NERO DVD brands tested: Optimum, TDK, Memorex, Princo, generic
	Mike from United States reported February 20, 2004: 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: Played DVD-R fine.
	Danny from United States reported February 06, 2004: 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: Be aware, their warranty is 90 days labor, my player stop working after 4 months and when I finally got connected to the customer support phone number (1-866-427-3946 and it’s always busy), the lady told me it’s a defect on the Laser Pickup and I need to send it in and pay $40 labor to fix it.
	Shaun from Other reported December 07, 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 No rating JPG/JPEG DivX Comments: Fugi DVD-R will not play, Also DIVX and XVID will not play
	David Chin from Other reported November 14, 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? $100 N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG DivX MPEGISO Comments: Very Sensitive as to what DVD-R media it will accept. Tried various other cheap DVD-R's without success, but found it plays consistently movies burnt on COMPUSA's DVD-R 1x 4.7GB DVDs. *-> Not pushing COMPUSA, just reporting what works. Converts PAL to NTSC ok. Also found that DivX encoded files saved on DVD-R media plays ok.
	Mike Meyer from Other reported September 19, 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 5 of 10 Comments: To all potential buyer and existing owner of this unit: The DVD player side is fine. There are two problems with the VCR side with this model, the autopower off feature does not work, not a big deal. However, the VCR timer recording feature does not work either, it just records noise. Manual recording works fine. I've tried two separate unit, same problems. Contacted APEX tech support, they are aware of the autopower off not working, but they are still researching on the timer record function.
	Kosta from Other reported September 11, 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 No rating MPEGISO Comments: Played DVD made on DVD+RW with no problem. Played MPEG-2 file from DVD+RW disk with no problem, but has timer in upper left corner when plays such a file. I have no idea how to get rid of it (this timer is not visible when regular DVD/VCD is played). Played VCD made by my friend with no problem, but VCD that I created was kind of choppy. Don't know difference yet, althou VCD that played with no problem was written on CD-R and choppy one was written on CD-RW. But it could be that I did something wrong. Allows to jump to specific time when disc is in DVD format. Does not allow jump form MPEG files - REW or FF only.
	Tom from Other reported September 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 No rating JPG/JPEG Comments: Would not play DVD-R... It would see the DVD but you could not press play...
	Ron from Other reported August 13, 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 VBR 320kbit/s WMA VBR 196kbit/s CVD $125 N/A 7 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename Comments: WMA worked up to about 160 kbps without stuttering. Only tested MP3 up to 320kbps, it may go higher. No SVCD/CVD subs or menu, but it was able to switch audio streams. It converted a PAL DVD into NTSC output. Unfortunately, the VHS only comes out the composite jack, DVD could come out the composite, svideo or component jacks.
	photoenthu from Other reported August 04, 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 10 of 10 JPG/JPEG DivX MPEGISO Comments: Great player. Plays almost everything with superb picture quality.
	Lew from Other reported July 30, 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 No rating Comments: No comments
	Jason Turachak from Other reported July 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? $? N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG MPEGISO Comments: Will not read MPEG-1/2 ISO from a CD-RW
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