hack for default screen on set-top player?

[housepig]

just curious, and not sure where to post...

I'm trying to find out if there's any player that are hackable so that you could have a custom text or logo displayed while the player is idle.

for example, the Apex 1010 I have, after waiting on a menu or a paused video for a while, goes to a screensaver of the Apex logo bouncing around the screen.

are there any players that can be hacked to insert a custom text to bounce around? prefereably cheap ones?

any info / links appreciated.

[tekkieman]

I just saw a post about this in the last week or so. I'll do some digging.

Edit: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=245896

[offline]

The screen dump is in the firmware. In many
cases the firmware is flashable so the answer
is yes but

1) You may need to befriend someone with a eprom burner
(if you don't have a unit that has a Flash Rom)

2) You will need the orig. code

The early Apex's were so popular, some ppl wrote
screen dumping software for them. The AD100A comes to mind

[tekkieman]

offline - aren't some of them reflashable by copying the new firmware to CD, then starting the unit with the CD in place? I know I have seen a procedure for this somewhere. I don't think all units are that way, but some are.

Yep. I have two just like that. Not all players have FlashRoms however.
I had a type of Apex that had a eprom.
I got the code from china, stole a background I wanted and
had a mate combine and burn it for me. Some firmware is just
cheaply stored on a rom chip - you have to replace those (approx $40).
Depends on the player as you said.

Here is an example of what you are looking for I think:

http://www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/Backgrounds/Background.htm