In all honosty if the problem is ONLY with the HD-DVD players Adywan,I would not tamper with a thing,that equipment is now going to be absolete,so no use in trying to remedy that at the expense of all the players that will be around for years and years,I never bought into the hd dvd, I am with Bluray, so I cannot test that equipment myself,so if it were up to me,I would just keep doing what you are doing,those guys will have to get a new better player sooner or later,or go back to the old DVD player.
don't think there is anything you could do on the author part of it anyways.