Anybody own/seen the Apex ad-800 dvd player?

[KaBudokan]

I'm looking around for an inexpensive dvd player, and I came across this one at Amazon's site. I was looking at the Pioneer dv343 on sale for about the same price ($140), when I checked out this model.

It is a progressive scan model, which isn't a huge deal to me, but it does have a built in dolby digital decoder, which actually makes a difference, since my receiver is DD ready (no decoder built in, but has the rca inputs). This would enhance the dvd experience quite a bit over the 2 channel Dolby Surround I can assume.

I was figuring I would maybe do the Pioneer, since it's at the high end of my (cheap) price range, but the Apex is there with better features.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[KaBudokan]

Anyone own one of these?

 

[Servnya]

See if you can find it here - Audioreview

 

[IndyJaws]

I'm sure others have had different experiences, but I've gone through 3 Apex DVD players in the last year. I realize they're cheap, and even though common sense told me not to buy it in the first place, I did anyway, and have regretted it. IMHO, Apex sucks. :|

 

[t3chvest]

I love my Apex, never had any problems with it, works fine (unless I leave it paused for about 12 hours, then it skips, in which case I have to let it cool for like 5 mins). I have an AD-660, and it's played everything I've thrown at it.