Major diffs b/w Apex 1201 and 1500?

[Dougmeister]

Finally broke down and bought one at Circuit City today. Wanted a hackable 1500, but can't find any for a decent price. The 1200 (1201, actually on the box?) was $50 w/ tax. Main diffs seem to be:

AD-1200
No Subs or CVD (what is CVD?)
XVCD 4600kbit/s
XSVCD 4500kbit/s
MP3 VBR 320kbit/s

AD-1500
Subs & CVD
XVCD 9000kbit/s
XSVCD 9000kbit/s
MP3 384kbit/s

The 1500 is more popular, has a little better of a rating, and has a reputation for being able to "handle anything you throw at it" format-wise. My real question is: if I can't find a hackable 1500, will this 1200 do?

The "kbit/s" numbers don't mean that much to me. What are their significance? It's not like the 1200 won't play XVCD formats, right?

Thanks.

(Edit: I actually have a 1201... can't figure out from the reviews here whether or not it will actually play VCDs... anyone?)

[johneboy]

(Edit: I actually have a 1201... can't figure out from the reviews here whether or not it will actually play VCDs... anyone?)

APEX has dropped VCD support from there new DVD players, cause they didnt want to pay for the license. No NEW APEX models play VCD..

(i did, however, see a post that the new 1201, will play VCDs that are burned as a data disc with mp3's, tho i wouldnt know.)