It distributed high definition and LCD panel televisions, DVD recorders and players, and other digital items including photo frames and bookshelf audio systems.
Apex Digital, Inc. was co-founded in 1997 by David Ji (President), Wasim (CEO), and Ancle Hsu (Chief Operating Officer).
[3] Changhong was China's largest television manufacturer, a supplier majority-owned by the company-town city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
[3] 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.
[7] In January 2004, Apex introduced the "ApeXtreme" console for playing PC video games on a television screen.
[3] On December 14, 2004, Changhong sued Apex in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging breach of contract and citing the documents Ji had signed.
[3] Apex then complained that Cadwalader lawyer Charlie Wang had acted improperly and unethically by being a party to Ji' detention.
[3][10] On May 28, 2005, seven months after Ji was first detained, he was handed over to the Mianyang police for formal arrest on charges of "financial instrument fraud.
[14] In 2019, Apex Digital entered a partnership with Bluestar Alliance, a private equity firm, to purchase Brookstone's online and wholesale businesses.
[5] Apex agreed to pay Philips, Sony and Pioneer a $7 patent royalty fee for every DVD player it produced, following a copyright infringement suit in 2002.