LiteOn LVW-5115GHC+ and ILO / LiteOn SMART Firmware Hacker

[vonnieglen]

Today (11-7-05) I purchased a LiteOn LVW-5115GHC+ at Costco for $130. I downloaded the latest firmware listed for it from LiteOn's website (LNMPU018.DA3). I ran Mr. Wizard's Ilohacker 1.5b on it. http://ilohacker.tripod.com/index.htm It found the macrovision and region code sections and modified the file. I am nervous about installing it. I've emailed Mr. Wizard for his opinion. Has anyone else installed the modified firmware yet? If I get to feeling courageous I will go ahead and install it and report back.

So far it has played just about every file I have thrown at it. (WMAs, MP3s, MPG2s, and different flavors of MPG4s. Some of my SVCDs have had a bit of trouble when they have gone past 45 minutes. It also played a mini DVD, but the menus didn't work.

It doesn't have SVCD input; I will compare it's recording quality to recordings made on my 5005. I will report my findings after a few more days of experimenting.

I also appreciate that the full file name is displayed during MP3 file playback. I try to keep them short so I'm not sure if a really long name would be displayed. It also will play wma's and mp3s off of DVDs.

[newuser01]

Did this player display sub files like Philip 642 ?

Did it read srt or other formats?

Regards.
V

[SuperTech]

This model will have a $40 off coupon on NOV 25-27th @ Costco. Costco will honour the coupon if you go back on those days and give you $40 back if you bought it within 30 days. At $90 this unit might not be a bad deal . ;-}

[ghengis1234]

Has anyone applied the Macrovision hack on this machine (Liteon LVW-5115GHC+). If so, what are the results? And how does this machine stack up against the Lite-on LVW-5105 and LVW-1101? The $90 price at Costco is tempting -- unless the machine is a piece of crap.

[manco]

I'm also wondering if anyone has had success with the MV hack on this model.

I saw this on another forum:

Has anybody had any luck hacking the macrovision on the firmware of the Liteon LVW-5115GHC+? I tried using ILO Liteon Smart Firmware Hacker, but when I try to copy certain tapes I still get a "content protected" message.

http://www.techolio.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1798

[ghengis1234]

I went ahead and picked this machine up at Costco for $90, but I haven't tried hacking the firmware. I did use the remote hack to make the unit region free -- although not advertised, the machine has a PAL-tuner built in, so you can PLAY discs from around the world with the remote hack.

[victor9000]

I haven't had great luck with DIVX/MPEG4 - not all of them play and after a week, it quit reading its own DVD recordings. I just exchanged it and will try again. I have generally liked their products.


Does anyone know if there is a way to go back and forth between this machine and a 5005 (record one session on one and then another session on the other)? It seems to work sometimes but not reliably. The last firmware update I did on the 5005 was last summer.

[kokos]

Has anybody been succesful playing PAL DVDs and/or recording PAL signals with this machine?If so what is the hack to do that?
I know about the region-free hack, but I assume the PAL signal is a different issue.