Posted by AZ Nomad on 11/16/84 11:41

On 3 Mar 2006 04:01:40 -0800, makbertodelete@anothermessage.com <makbertodelete@anothermessage.com> wrote:


>Hello, readers!

>I have a question: is it possible to replace the chipset of a DVD
>player with a different chipset that a different DVD player has? I am
>thinking about replacing the default chipset of a Norcent DVD player
>with the chipset of the Kiss DVD players or Sigma 85XX. Why am I
>interested in doing this? Because the Sigma chipsets have more support
>for different files, like Ogg Vorbis, Wav files, etc. So, if this is
>possible to do, could you please advice me of a place where I can take
>the DVD player to?

How are you at soldering SMT components at 40 pins/inch? Do you have
schematics for both players? Are you OK with rewiring a couple of hundred
connections and designing custom interface circuitry?

If your time is worth more than about a ten cents an hour, sell your old
unit and buy the unit you want.

>Please, I am not discussing here whether this is "logical" to do from
>an economical standpoint. I am just analyzing the technical
>possibilities here, and that's all.

Of course it isn't.


>All the best,

>Carlos Albert Lacaye
>makberto(at)anothermessage(dot)com

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