Manus says:

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Would M ever consider outsourcing software/chips for their players ?
They already do outsource chips. The DSP engine, the MPEG engine, DACs etc are all outsourced.

Its the software that they write in house.

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While 800 owners seldom appear on here with navigation issues , 598 and G Series player owners seem to have a fairly miserable time with Dvd-a material in particular , some but not all of which can be attributed to poor authoring.
I think that all of the DVD-A capable players come from a common code base but I could be wrong.

Regards,

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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