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just purchased a Panasonic 58" plasma. next purchase will be an Oppo blue-ray player, then a receiver. I plan on purchsing a Harman Kardon receiver which seems to have pretty decent video processing. Oppo just came out with a new model, the BD-80, which is recommended as a transport for a receiver with good video processing.
which way am I better off- purchasing the BD-80 and using the receiver for video processing or purchaasing the BD-83 and doing a video pass-thru on the reciever?
would I even be able to tell the difference?
thanks, Chip
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What kind of video processing? I bought the BDP 83 to go with my Panasonic 58" V10. My receiver is a Pioneer Elite SC 27.
If you read the info on Oppo's website, the 83 is better at upscaling your old DVDs. The word on AVS forum is that the BDP 80 upscales better than the 980H. Oppo says that the 83 is best for larger screens, but gives no screen sizes. Blue ray is the same out of both Oppos.
nt
I am very happy with my Panny 58V10. I purchased it from Cleveland Plasma. They broke it in, then Chad B ISF calibrated it with two settings(dark and light rooms), then Cleveland shipped it to me end of January.
I refurbished my old HT with the 58 Panny, a Pioneer Elite SC-27 and am Oppo BDP 83.
So, I'll try again. Blu-ray player and cable box will be run hdmi 1.3a to the receiver and hdmi 1.3a to the tv. Cables are Supra and Better Cables. The real question is:
Am I better off buying the OPPO BD-80 and letting an HK3600 receiver (with Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing) do the processing or purchasing the OPPO BD-83
(for $200 more)and processing the video through the OPPO BD-83 and just pass it through the receiver?
Chip
Although now with everything being HDMI it's less of an issue. I would try HDMI out from player to receiver then another hdmi out to TV. If there are no 'handshake' issues between the three devices than you should be good to go.
Baba-Booey to you all!
Running the only HDMI out to the TV will severely compromise HD audio. Better, IMHO, to compare the receiver's video processing with bypass and choose between those options.
Kal
Hello Kal,
I just bought an Oppo BDP-83 SE and hooked it up to my older surround sound processor (Anthem AVM 20) via the former's 5.1 analog outputs. I do not yet have an HDTV, but will be buying one tomorrow, and intend to connect the Oppo's only HDMI out directly to the TV, as the Anthem does not have HDMI capability.
Are you suggesting that doing this will somehow compromise the HD audio?
Thanks,
Ken J.
You will certainly get high quality analog output from the 83SE but you have to see what other processing features you need, such as options for bass management, speaker distance, speaker levels, etc. You can do this in the Oppo but its options are somewhat limited. I doubt if the AVM20 can do this without redigitizing the signals and I do not even know if it can do the latter. I know the D2 can.
So, what are your needs?
Kal
Hi Kal,
Thanks for your response. My needs for bass management, speaker distance, speaker levels, etc. are pretty simple, and seem to be easily handled by the Oppo. I only have front speakers and surround speakers, all large enough to handle full range signals--especially the front speakers (B&W 801 Matrix with North Creek crossovers), which actually go lower than the subwoofer I used to own.
Thus, I have used the Oppo's setup menu to set fronts and surrounds to large, sub to none, center to none, and rear surrounds (for 7.1 setups) to none, and have set speaker distance to 10 ft for the fronts and 6 ft for the surrounds. Levels were surprisingly close without adjustment, as measured with my Radio Shack SPL meter, but the Oppo allows for level adjustments in 0.5 dB steps if needed.
As far as I'm concerned, this sounds great through the Anthem AVM 20's 5.1-channel inputs, which I have currently configured to "Anlg-Dir" (or analog direct pass-through). I also have the option of re-digitizing the signals if I want to use the Anthem's DSP capabilities, but I haven't tried that yet, reasoning that the extra A-to-D and D-to-A conversion isn't likely to make the signal sound any better.
However, if I run into any issues with the video lagging behind the audio, I may have to use the Anthem's "Anlg-DSP" setting, which would redigitize the signal and allow me to apply the Audio Group Delay feature. With any luck, though, that won't be necessary.
So, assuming I'll be able to use the Oppo/Anthem as currently configured, do you think there would be any compromise to the audio by using the Oppo's only HDMI out to the TV (for video only)?
Thanks again,
Ken
My AVR is a few years old and doesn't have HDMI, so I have to go to the TV and use digital out for audio. I know I'm not getting the full benefit of Bluray audio but not much choice at this point.
Baba-Booey to you all!
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