I bought an Apex 3 yrs ago. Sadly it pooped out right at Christmas. There are very few people who can service these TV's. I paid 700 bucks for it. The repairman charged me 160.00 to come out to tell me that it would need a new motherboard at the cost of 400.00 + labor to repair it. That was the bad news. The good news was there were no parts to be found. He recommended that I look at Sony or Samsung. Both have good quality and cheap and easy parts to repair them with. I went with the Samsung DLP and I also bought a warranty to go with it. To you recent purchasers of Apex I would buy a warranty plan or just return it.