Question Question on the interchangeability of disc drives

[ModderWizard]

Hello. I recently picked up a GameCube compatible black Wii to use with my new CRT. I wanted to play some DVDs on it as I have nothing else to use that has component hookups (using homebrew software, obviously). But, apparently, my Wii has a newer revision of the disc drive that doesn't support playing DVDs and burned games. So my two questions are:

1.) Can I buy a replacement disc drive of an earlier revision and just stick it in my Wii? Or will there be some sort of incompatibility?

2.) If I can do the above, what should I be looking for (chip number, etc.) to find a drive that can play DVDs?

Thanks.

(And yeah I know I could just go buy a DVD player that has component hookups, but that's lame and boring.)

 

[cheese]

Any drive will work with any wii. No clue about the drive model though, you may be better off buying a 20-30$ DVD player from somewhere that has component out...

 

[Stitches]

Also, the Wii isn't very good at processing video like that, always ends up full of artefacts. A PS2 outperforms the Wii by a long mile.

 

[ModderWizard]

Also, the Wii isn't very good at processing video like that, always ends up full of artefacts. A PS2 outperforms the Wii by a long mile.

Well that's a little disappointing to hear. Perhaps I'll just pick up a used PS2 somewhere and use that for DVDs then.

Either way, thanks to both of you for the info.