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((more citations needed|date=September 2018))
((Infobox company
| name = Apex Digital, Inc.
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = ((Start date and age|1997))
| key_people = [[David Ji]],
| industry = [[Consumer electronics]]
| num_employees = 50
| revenue = 
| location = [[Chino, CA]]
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'''Apex Digital, Inc.''' is an American [[electronics manufacturing|electronics manufacturer]] based in [[Walnut, California|Walnut]], [[California]] founded in 1997. It manufactures and distributes high definition and LCD panel televisions, DVD recorders and players, and other digital items including photo frames and bookshelf audio systems. It also has an office in [[Ontario, California]].<ref name="bloomberg">((cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=4373750 |title=Company Overview of Apex Digital, Inc. |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

== History ==
Apex Digital, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Wasim (CEO) and Ancle Hsu (Chief Operating Officer). In 2000, it introduced its first DVD players – the AD-600A – to the US market, which became successful due to their ability to play MP3 files; used to download music files off the internet during the height of the [[Napster]] controversy. By the end of 2001, Apex was the second leading marketer of DVD players in the US after [[Sony]].<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

In 2001, Apex became the first company certified to produce DVD players compatible with [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak]]’s picture CDs and its ViDVD player enabled users to connect to the internet.<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

Apex introduced new products in 2002, including a DVD player with a built-in hard drive for downloading TV programs and a range of television sets. In 2003, the company held 17% of the US DVD player market and began selling 42-inch HD plasma screen TVs and LCD monitors. Stephen Brothers, who originally led sales and marketing efforts, was named president in September of that year.<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

In January 2004, Apex introduced the "[[ApeXtreme]]" console for playing PC video games on a television screen.<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref> The system was cancelled in December that year;<ref>((cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Leo |title=ApeXtreme PC Console On Hold |url=https://www.neoseeker.com/news/4185-apextreme-pc-console-on-hold/ |access-date=2021-01-04 |date=2004-12-31))</ref> during this period, Ji was arrested in China on fraud charges against a supplier.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/asia/01kidnap.ready.html|title=Dispute Leaves U.S. Executive in Chinese Legal Netherworld|first=Joseph|last=Kahn|work=The New York Times |date=1 November 2005|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com))</ref>

In 2019, Apex Digital entered a partnership with Bluestar Alliance, a private equity firm, to purchase [[Brookstone]]'s online and wholesale businesses. Brookstone is a retail chain that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018.<ref>((Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Marianne|url=https://chainstoreage.com/finance-0/brookstone-emerges-from-bankruptcy|title=Brookstone emerges from bankruptcy|date=2019-03-21|work=Chain Store Age|access-date=2020-03-31))</ref>

== Controversies ==
A programming loophole in Apex’s first DVD player model meant that users could circumvent regional lockout and Macrovision’s copyright protection, meaning they could play DVDs from any region globally and record them onto videocassettes. Apex quickly discontinued the model, and this problem was resolved in subsequent manufacturing.<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

Apex agreed to pay [[Philips]], Sony and [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]] a $7 patent royalty fee for every DVD player it produced, following a copyright infringement suit in 2002.<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

== Acquisitions and partnerships ==
From 2002 Apex developed its range of televisions in partnership with Sichuan Changhong Electric Co. Ltd, China’s largest manufacturer of colour televisions.<ref name="Funding Universe">((cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/apex-digital-inc-history/ |title=Apex Digital, Inc. History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Funding Universe |access-date=11 October 2017))</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Electronics companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in the City of Industry, California]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1997]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1997]]


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