downsouth's Review of Apex AD-660
22nd Sep 2004
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Image Quality
- Features
- Time DVD Player OwnedOver 1 Year
- Sound Quality
- Ease of Use
Great playback. Cheap for its time ($100 when the average player was about $250!). Can play back almost anything. Versatility like you won't believe!
Bad Points
LCD display burnt out rather quickly. You need to burn MP3s as specifically as possible for playback.
General Comments
Back in the day, I bought this beauty as my first DVD player. First off, my brother had an Apex 600, and it was a great player with many secrets to allow the bypass of certain limitations of DVD players. (OK. You can outright disable Macrovision which lets you make video copies of DVDs. This was before DVD recorders started to make an appearance.)
I had used this as a DVD player for a while. Unfortunately, whenever I would try to play MP3s burnt onto CD, what I got was bizarre noises. I then found out that I had to burn the mp3s in a very specific way to get it to work. Oh well. Then, in about a mere month, the LCD display burnt out. While it didn't stop playback, I would sometimes go nuts trying to figure out if it was on or on standby.
Then, I found out that I could disable Macrovision and do all kinds of cool stuff. And I then downloaded and installed the infamous Sampo firmware, which let me not only playback MP3s a lot better, but I could look at JPG pictures and watch MPG videos burnt onto CD! And a couple of months ago, I found out that the hardware is ripped from PC hardware. This means that I could install a bios chip from a PC and solder in IDE slots and connect harddrives to my DVD player! This will let me watch files saved onto harddrives. Hell. I'm sure you could do anything with this thing.
Basically, if you find one of these, get it. The sheer power of this thing blows away everything else on the market. And its a pretty good DVD player while its at it.
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Web Links
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APEX AD-660
Unlike most players discussed on this site, there are TWO primary reasons to upgrade the firmware on an Apex AD-660:
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Apex/Hiteker DVD Hacking Pages
; The APEX AD-500W ... APEX AD-1100W; MexicoAD-1100WX, and Australian DIGITREX GK-1100 look here too. ... Hiteker AD-660
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RC Forums: Apex AD-660 code
I bought URC-8811 universal But could not work on Apex DVD AD-660 . There is only one Apex DVD code in the manual (0672);
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Apex AD-660
My APEX AD-660 machine is still working after 3+ years of frequent use, which deserves extra credit!
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Apex AD-660 Multiple Firmware EEPROM
Apex AD-660 Firmware Switch for multiple EEproms ... I like very much the different releases of firmware that I found on the internet for my AD-660.
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Apex Digital manuals, user manuals, owners manuals how-to
Apex Digital manuals, user manuals, owners manuals how-to instructions, help and tips Apex Digital manuals include apex adv-3800 GT 2715DV DSC3000 Apex AD-1201 Apex AD-1118 AD1115 apex digital LT 3205 ...
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Optimizing the Apex AD-600 DVD Player
Optimizing the Apex AD-660 DVD Player ... Some of these are easier to adapt than others and after a lot of research I finally settled on the Apex AD-660 DVD player.
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Apex AD-600A DVD Player Easter Egg - Hidden Secrets Menu
In the DVD Player "Apex Ad-660" You get a version page. There is no editable information but you do get a semi-usefull software id number and serial number.
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DVD+RW Alliance - Compatibility Overview
DVD+RW and DVD+R disc compatibility means: ... For DVD-ROM drives, compatible means DVD+RW / DVD+R discs are recognized by the drive and successfully read. ... Apex AD-1200
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DVD-R Compatibility
Apex 3201 Yes ... Apex AD-500A No ... Apex AD-660 Yes
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