15 Dec
2009
15 Dec
'09
6:47 p.m.
I suspect such players are too expenice _new_ for
me even to consider
buying, and contain suffieicently complex custom ICs that it's a bad idea
to buy one for which manufacuters spares are no longer available.
They **were** expensive. Now they are almost free. No one wants
something that only plays DVDs.
Want something hackable? Look for an AP660 from Apex. No service manual
but full listing of the ROM :oD
No, I wouldn't really expect that. But some data on the ICs (proper
pinout diagrams, detailed block diagrams, etc) would be useful.
And how detailed are these service manuals? Any
real details on the
internals of the chips (at least one of my old VCR service manuals
includes transisotr-level schematics of all the ICs).
Now you are a bit on the heavy side... :) No, you don't have the layouts
of the ICs. And there are some even more excellent books
about said subjects. Books
don't crash, don't have undocuemtned interfaces, don't needme to produce
service mnauls for them, and so on. And I can read a book anywhere,
including at my workbench.
But don't have video :)