Whatever happened to Apex, the cheap DVD player people?

[Aztech]

Must be, because I stopped seeing that brand in stores a WHILE back and they were all over for a while...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Aztech
Must be, because I stopped seeing that brand in stores a WHILE back and they were all over for a while...

I have one I bought to take with us to Palm Springs because my Father-In-Law is too cheap to buy one for his house out there. I think I've used it half a dozen times.

 

[Kaieye]

http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/11/apex_digital_da.html

 

[iamwiz82]

We still have an AD-800 that works like a champ. We use it all the time.

 

[Leros]

Wasn't there some kind of copyright issue with it. Like they stole part of their design from a major company. Or was that cyberlink?

 

[Jmman]

Well, I will have to say good riddance. Office depot was giving those out if you placed an order over $50 and out of the 5 or so I received, exactly one worked. They give a new meaning to the word crap.....:disgust:

 

[Skunkwourk]

is that guy still being held prisoner in China?

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Kaieye
http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/11/apex_digital_da.html

Well, that's not good.

 

[FoBoT]

i have a couple of those

 

[doze]

Originally posted by: Leros
Wasn't there some kind of copyright issue with it. Like they stole part of their design from a major company. Or was that cyberlink?

your thinking of cyberhome, they had knockoff philips stuff

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Its too bad, that company really made DVD become popular. They sold millions of those super cheap DVD players. And I'd say they are fairly rugged. We have 2 of them. We do homeschooling with it. Thats 7 hours a day of playing DVDs 5 or sometimes 6 days a week. Its been going around 4 years now i believe and aside from a VERY loud rattling noise it sometimes makes when spinning up, it still plays fine. It really got DVD players into people home and helped put the final stake in VHS.

 

[sandorski]

There are so many cheap DVD players now, but from what I understand the maker of Apex now manufactures DVD Players(and other Consumer Electronic Goods) for other Popular Name Brands now.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: sandorski
There are so many cheap DVD players now, but from what I understand the maker of Apex now manufactures DVD Players(and other Consumer Electronic Goods) for other Popular Name Brands now.

Fascinating read!

Apparently, Apex never manufactured anything itself.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: sandorski
There are so many cheap DVD players now, but from what I understand the maker of Apex now manufactures DVD Players(and other Consumer Electronic Goods) for other Popular Name Brands now.

Fascinating read!

Apparently, Apex never manufactured anything itself.

Interesting story. Seems I mixed Apex up with its' supplier.