Apex Digital AD-2500 DVD Player Recommendations

If it asks to do the dishes, don't be surprised. The affordable AD-2500 from Apex has high-end progressive-scan component-video outputs, built-in MP3, WMA (Windows Media Audio), HDCD decoding, and a dual-laser pickup for compatibility with not only DVD, VCD, SVCD and CD, but also CD-R and CD-RW. What's more, it plays JPEG-encoded picture discs and does double duty as a karaoke machine.Whether you already have an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the AD-2500 stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Top-of-the-line component-video outputs help minimize line scan and digital artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any TV set.