Apex PD-500 Portable DVD Player with 5" LCD Screen

If you're looking for a compact portable DVD player at a compact price - the Apex PD-500 is a great option. Priced well under $200, this is a very good option for a second portable DVD player to keep in the car, for the kids or for yourself.

The Apex PD500 portable DVD player has a five-inch standard (4:3 aspect ratio) LCD screen. It also has an onboard active Full-Screen function, which magnifies widescreen images to utilize the full LCD. That way you can still enjoy the little details, with the smaller screen. There are built-in stereo speakers for headphones-free listening, but to get the full effect of quality DVD sound, we recommend investing in a good pair of quality headphones, at the speakers are not top end.

The Apex PD500 is compatibe with DVD-Video, VCD/SVCD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-encoded discs, and JPEG and Kodak Picture CDs.

The box contains - DVD player, remote control, battery, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.

The Apex PD500 portable DVD player Techie's list

(Please always re-check on Amazon's site before ordering).

Disc capacity: 1 disc.

Available features : Aspect ratio control, Multi-angle viewing, Frame advance, Still/freeze frame, Multilingual support (English, Spanish, French), Reverse-frame step, Slow motion, Headphone jack (.125-inch minijack), 2 video outputs (minijack .125-inch composite- and S-video), 1 video input (minijack .125-inch composite-video), Surround-sound output (Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel passthrough).

Playback formats: DVD-Video (NTSC), VCD, SVCD, red book CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 CD, JPEG CD, Kodak Picture CD

Picture zoom: 2x, 4x

Audio outputs: 1 stereo analog (.125-inch minijack, left/right, switchable with input), 1 digital (optical)

Audio inputs: 1 stereo analog (.125-inch minijack, left/right, switchable with output)

Reviewers of the Apex PD500 seemed especially impressed with its quality of performance and many features, relatively to a portable DVD plater at its price range.