Editorial Review:Product Description:Apex Digital provides you with home entertainment solutions at a reasonable price. Technology, efficient processes, strategic partnering, and a focus on providing the consumer with the best value hallmark the success of Apex Digital.PRODUCT FEATURES:DVD recording capability - DVD+R/RW recording allows you to record all of your precious video tapes, on a digital DVD+R/RW disc for a lifetime of enjoymentIEEE 1394 digital connection - the DRX-9200 uses the latest in digital connections, IEEE 1394. This port (found on the front panel) allows for easy and fast transfer of video material from your digital camcorder or other device;MP3 & Windows Media Audio music.
Amazon.com Product Description:The Apex DRX-9200 DVD player/recorder offers digital recording, a progressive-scan DVD player, and a lot more. In addition to recording television programs onto DVDs, the DRX-9200 will also let you digitize old videotapes when connected to a VCR as well as make permanent digital copies of home movies from your camcorder.
The DRX-9200's recorders allow you to record onto DVD+R discs or rerecordable DVD+RW discs. Setting up a recording is simple. The DRX-9200 has an onscreen timer recording menu, similar to a VCR, and a built-in TV tuner so you can set up a recording entirely through the DRX-9200's menu. DVD+R copies of recordings made by the DRX-9200 will play on almost all DVD players and DVD-compatible computers.
In addition to high-quality recordings, you'll get the most out of your DVD library as well. The DRX-9200 utilizes progressive-scan video technology to yield vivid colors, clean resolution, and reduced onscreen distortion, when linked to a high-definition-compatible television. The DRX-9200 plays DVDs and CDs, so you can enjoy all your favorite videos and music. You can also play MP3s and view digital JPEG photos from CD-Rs and Kodak picture CDs.
The DRX-9200 features front-panel composite inputs to connect your camcorder for dubbing onto DVD. An additional digital IEEE1394 FireWire jack is included on the front panel for an instant and pure digital connection with digital camcorders. You can connect the DRX-9200 to your TV or home theater receiver with a full range of A/V outputs, including component-, composite-, and S-video outputs. The DRX-9200 also features coaxial and optical digital audio outs for Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound output.
What's in the Box DVD player/recorder unit, remote control, 2 AAA batteries, composite A/V cables, owner's manual.
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drx 9200
You may be attracted to the price of Apex's DRX 9200, but you should pass it up. I bought one of these a couple months ago, because of the price. When I opened the box to hook it up, I found at the DRX 9200 does not have a turner, so I had to spend another twenty or so dollars to purchase an RF connector. What a rip! The picture quality is not that great. The sound quality is extremely weak, and the thing pooped out on after about two months of use. The sound and picture quality of my vcr is much better than is. For now I'm just gonna stick with the vcr for recording from television, by ditching your vcr for a DRX 9200 you would be downgrading quality wise. Also, I experienced the same problem with the clock as many other people have, were it gains time.
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Just pray you never need customer service...
* I bought a similar \"value\" Apex DVD players from Amazon a while back. The thing had an annoying hum at times, but worked... at first. After two months it wouldn't play DVDs longer than maybe 90 minutes. I tried calling their service line - no one answered the phone. I went to their Website and wrote to their service e-mail address - I received no response, ever.
My guess is they figure (rightly) that no one is going to go to a lot of legal trouble over a device that costs less than $100. There are other companies that make low-end DVD players and other equipment - patronize one of them instead of Apex. ...
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Less hassle just throwing your money away....
This is a another in a saga of fried power supply stories that pervade these reviews. I can't believe that a product like this could be put on the market. I have to go back and check if the unit itself got a UL sticker. If it did, I can't see how that happened. Luckily, I believe, nothing flammable was near the unit when it died, and I was in the room to smell the problem. Even before this, the thing would periodically lose its mind need a power-on reset (pull the plug), and as mentioned in other reviews the clock couldn't keep accurate time (gain 4-6 minutes a week). I didn't know 555's were that high tech.
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Buyer Beware
* The product did not work when I tried to use it. Beware of their return policy, unlike Amazon YOU pay for the return shipping, YOU pay a res-stocking fee - even if the product doesn't work. This vendor was also slow in answering emails when I wanted a refund. I learned my lesson - buy from Amazon directly, not from places like this. ...
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Lots of problems... AND A FIRE HAZARD.
Trust me, you're better off just saving an extra $40 to buy the next one up. It's no surprise this player's been marked down to the price it's at. It's temperamental, doesn't do what it's told, and it has pretty much no editing features. Did I mention that it can't be tuned into channels 3 and 4 for an exclusively coaxial tv? As if that wasn't the worse thing...
The night before I returned it, I was about to unplug it from my entertainment center armoire in my bedroom after the doors had been closed for about 5 hours with the power off to the player. I opened the doors, and the player had heated the compartment up like an oven!! I could barely touch THE SIDES of the player, and when I lifted it off, it'd left a melt mark on my tv. Thank god I returned it before something worse happened.
I'm someone who has a lot of patience for sub-par technology because I can still make it do stuff most often. But please, for the sake of your home and your family, I would advise you NOT to buy this product. I'm thinking about calling somebody at APEX, but with the bad reviews customer service's gotten here, I think it would be more effective to tell you, the consumers, so that you're informed before you decide to buy a DVD recorder.
