"luminos" wrote:

I do not understand why one would do this since you can find these for $50.

By "these" you might mean a cheap DVD player...
Ans.: Certain Apex players can "turn off" Macrovision & Region checking.

By "these" you might mean a used Apex player...
Ans.: The above mentioned models are usual kept when working...
The problem ones are sold on eBay...buy one of these & I'm back
where I started.

Stan.