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Apex Television Review.  
« on: July 05, 2002, 02:04:26 pm »
Ok I couldn't resist the low price so I went ahead and bought one.  The tv I'm referring to is the apex 27 inch tv at circuit city that's currently on sale for $199.  The tv lacks a comb filter and stereo, but it's svid capable and has a good resolution.  

First the pros:  

It's cheap!  Where else can you find a 27 inch svid tv for $199?

The picture quality is excellent.  In the store they had it setting next to a $320 rca television and the picture quality is the same!  After I got it home I hooked it up to my dvd player and found that it gave a better picture than my living room tv!  It also appears that it's a toshiba clone. (Don't ask how I know.)

The cons:

It's HUGE!  The thing is almost 30 inches wide due to a side speaker mount.  (On a mono tv? Why in the world did they bother?)  I'm having to hack up it's casing to get it to fit in my cab.  The good news is the casing looks like it was designed to be hacked.  there are two very heavy structurial support lines going down the case on either side.  Cut at those lines and you have a 25 inch wide tv! All you have to do is remove the speakers and cut along the line.  

It's HEAVY!  The guy that brought it out told me it weighed about 100 lbs, and after lugging it inside I believe him.  You'll definately need help installing it.


I think anyone wanting a tv for their cab should buy this one. If you can deal with the fact that it's mono sound and will probably have to be removed from it's case then this is the tv for you.  

If you don't want to hack one apart, they have the exact same tv in a 24 inch variety.  It's exactly 26 inches wide, perfect for a stock cab or a home built model.  

Ok, I need to go back and finish modding it's case, I'll update this post once it's in my cab and hooked up.    
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Re: Apex Television Review.
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2002, 10:29:44 am »
Ok It's in my cab now minus 2 inches of plastic case on either side. :D  So far so good, the picture quality is very good, it's actually good enough to navigate through windows if you crank up the font size a little.  Something I forgot to mention before..... It has a flat picture tube and a "dark glass" coating.  These both help to improve image quality and reduce glair.  Also the controls are mounted on a flip down panel and attached to the board via a cable, so If you wanted to add a bezel you could mount the tv controls externally and still have access to them.  

I have found one drawback.  When you have the tv on the auxillary channel and turn the tv off, it starts back up in regular television mode.   This is rather annoying as the svid input is input #4 and you have to switch through them all.  Other than that no complaints.  
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2002, 08:20:01 pm »
I to at one point in time bought an APEX tv from Wal-Mart. I took it back just because of it resetting the channel. Maybe will try another one at some point in time
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Re: Apex Television Review.
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2002, 05:47:11 pm »
while you are at it buy the apex ad-1200 dvd player

it's ony $69

and it plays EVERYTHING
mp3
vcd
svcd
DVDs of course
jpg that was a suprise

all for only $69 you can not beat that at all..i love it....i've burned many vcd with my cd burner and it plays perfectly
get it at circuitcity

you will not regret the $69 you paid

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Re: Apex Television Review.
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2002, 06:39:00 pm »
yeah... apex is going with a rahter unique marketing strategdy.  
In the description of thier tv's they openly admit that the sound is crap and that the tv lacks some of the more exotic features.  The tv's are intended to be used in a budget home theather setup in which the tv's audio out wouldn't be used anyway.  They use the money that would normally be spedn on a more expensive audio board and upgrade the picture tube and it's electronics.

Makes prefect sense to me... sell products that only have features the consumer actually needs.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2002, 06:59:00 pm »
$199? Wow. I just got back from the 'City with the 24" Apex for $159. The 27" was an amazing $219... which is a bit steep for my cash situation.

Havn't even opened the box yet. Maybe I'll return it if I can find one for $199.
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2002, 12:41:07 am »
um bestbuy had a svideo tv from philips for 199 a few weeks ago didn't have side mounted speakers either
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2002, 01:33:04 pm »
Heh, speak of the devil.....

Ciruit City put the 27" back on sale at $199. Now it's whether I want to return the 24" and pick up the 27" for $40 more.... hmmmm.....
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