Esoteric transport mechanisms

Is there anyone out there who knows the differance between the VRDS-Neo VMK-5 transport Esoteric uses in some of its own products and the VRDS-Neo UMK-5 transport used in products by other suppliers like dCS, Soulution, Audio Aero etc?

Will the UMK-5 read DVD-A and output it in 24/192? I know that most products using this mechanism does not support DVD-A playback but doesn't mean that the mechanism can't read those discs. It could be a lisencing issue. My hope would be that the UMK-5 does read DVD-A because then it should be pretty easy to find the unused contact on the board and attatch it to an output.

Thanks,
Roysen