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Author Topic: Buying Cheap DVD Players Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 12-29-2003 09:30 PM                     Good point, Nick! I got my first remote controlled TV in 1993. Then my stomach grew. Can you guys imagine a turn-knob TV tuner in the modern design of TV? I gave my parents the stereo TV that they got, too. The Apex replacement runs OK now. Plus, I got my Panasonic back! Now, I have 3...  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-30-2003 11:26 AM                        i got an Apex DVD 300 i think, for christmas from a friend, i took out of the box and haven't messed with yet, after hearing the tales of Burning Apex, not sure if i want to get to excited.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 12-30-2003 11:52 AM                    quote: I think the 5 disk DVD units are sort of dumb. Who could sit for 10 hours without getting up once? Also, it's another thing to break down. Now disc changers on a cd player, yes. I use that feature all the time. I Have a Toshiba five disc changer DVD player. For DVD's I load the multiple discs of a purticular movie Like the box set of lord of the rings. I use the five disc trays for CD changes also.  |  IP: Logged Juan Urias Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Chicago, IL Registered: Oct 2003 posted 12-30-2003 02:28 PM                     i bought an apex dvd player two years ago in the very first year it was used it was taking forever to spin the dvd and then it took for ever for the movie begin to play.so i returned it and walla the same thing all over again a year into the second unit.two weeks ago i bought a cyberhome dvd player for my kids room and it didn't even turned on when i plugged it in oh well like the saying goes "you get what you pay for"im definitley purchasing a better model next time..  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-30-2003 03:40 PM                     I have a Sony 5-disc player that is programmable, meaning that I can select a sequence of discs/titles/chapters. I use it to program a complete evening: a short, a trailer, a serial then the feature. The people seem to like it, and it is fun to do. I don't think all of the changers are programmable, though. [ 12-30-2003, 08:19 PM: Message edited by: Mark Lensenmayer ]  |  IP: Logged

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