check out www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/ for options on removing "UOP" or "User Operations Prohibited" from various DVD players (usually via a patched FW that can in many cases be flashed by burning it onto a standard CDR with a specific filename).
I've done this on my DVD player (an Apex AD-600A), and it lets you skip whatever you want and jump back to the title screen whenever you want.
Actually, by default (without any patching) you can make the Apex AD-600A disable all menus and just let you choose which tracks you want. You can just turn them off with a button on the remote. I don't think features like this are usually available on the like of Sony and Pioneer players...
If your looking for a fun (in the hacker sense) DVD player, get a cheap-o one with an ESS chipset and a standard IDE interface. You can make them play MP3s, MPGs, view JPGs off a standard CD, or you can add a 80gig hard-drive, or compact-flash reader and use it like a jukebox for under $200US...
heh... taken from somewhere in the google archives... take note of the date and the last line... in particular
Date: 21 November 1982 05:51-EST
From: "James Lewis Bean, Jr."
Subject: The Corvus Concept
Does anyone have anything good to say about one of these machines?
I went to see one at a "Computer Store" and seemed to know moreabout the machine than the sales people did, oh well. It looks great! The price is great. The problem seems to be there is no documentation on the software that exists. And there doesn't appear to be much software for it.
For those of you who do not know what a corvus concept is...
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check out www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/ for options on removing "UOP" or "User Operations Prohibited" from various DVD players (usually via a patched FW that can in many cases be flashed by burning it onto a standard CDR with a specific filename). I've done this on my DVD player (an Apex AD-600A), and it lets you skip whatever you want and jump back to the title screen whenever you want. Actually, by default (without any patching) you can make the Apex AD-600A disable all menus and just let you choose which tracks you want. You can just turn them off with a button on the remote. I don't think features like this are usually available on the like of Sony and Pioneer players... If your looking for a fun (in the hacker sense) DVD player, get a cheap-o one with an ESS chipset and a standard IDE interface. You can make them play MP3s, MPGs, view JPGs off a standard CD, or you can add a 80gig hard-drive, or compact-flash reader and use it like a jukebox for under $200US...
Date: 21 November 1982 05:51-EST
From: "James Lewis Bean, Jr."
Subject: The Corvus Concept
Does anyone have anything good to say about one of these machines?
I went to see one at a "Computer Store" and seemed to know moreabout the machine than the sales people did, oh well. It looks great! The price is great. The problem seems to be there is no documentation on the software that exists. And there doesn't appear to be much software for it.
For those of you who do not know what a corvus concept is...
The concept is an under $5K workstation.
68000 based with 256K standard.
15 inch 35mhz video
Bit mapped 720x560 display.
120x56 in landscape mode
90x72 in portrait mode
Two serial ports.
One omninet interface (1mbps serial rs422)
Detached Keyboard with lots of extra keys.
Anyone know where I can get unix for it?