Other DVD units (Score 1)

I've also heard that the Apex units can produce grainy video. I've had good luck with two hackable DVDs: The Lenoxx (was on sale at CompUSA for about $79, minus $20 rebate for total of only $59) and a Daewoo for $100 or so on eBay. Easy to defeat the region controls... remotes are laid out well, and reproduction is superb. I originally had bought an expensive Technics DVD, complete with optical digital outputs, DTS, etc. But the sucker won't play VCDs. The cheapie units overcome that limitation. On the other hand, the original message asked about being able to speed thru the copyright and FBI screens. I don't think any unit does that.