Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 11/16/59 11:41

Biz -

You know, given the realities of the situation, I would say that you
are being way too optimistic :-)

I absolutely agree with you - the best (only!) way to replace the
chipset is to buy it already set up on a new machine.

Gino

On 3/03/2006, Biz managed to type:
> For this to even be possible, you would need a firmware update/hack to
> recognize the new chips, and all associated chips would also need to be
> replaced...the chips would have to be identical in pinout configuration,
> etc....the chances of all that coming together, AND you or just about anyone
> else having the ability to do it successfully are slim to none...
>
> From just about all points of view, it would not be doable, and would be
> much smarter to just get one of the players that supports all the formats
> you want, ie, BUYING one of the players you mentioned....
>
> <makbertodelete@anothermessage.com> wrote in message
> news:1141387300.456712.246440@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
>> 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?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Carlos Albert Lacaye
>> makberto(at)anothermessage(dot)com


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