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A buddy of mine and I just each ordered the new $500 Oppo blu-ray player. I hooked it up last night, I cannot believe the PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITY ON THIS THING!!!!!!
Best five hundred bucks I've ever spent.
I'm running analog out into the dvd-audio inputs of my Arcam receiver.
I watched a dvd of 'Friday Night Lights' - it looked like blu-ray the upsampling was so good.
This is really a bargain for the money.
My old player was a BDP-80. Yes, this is better. A LOT.
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Greg House
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I have had mine for a few months and it is a quality pc of gear. The DLNA functionality rocks and allows srteaming from PCs to network storage and USB stick.
There is a great thread over at AVS Forums which should be able to address all questions.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1291855&page=1
Page 1 also has several links for FAQs
http://watershade.net/wmcclain/BDP-93-faq.html
OPPO tech support is the best I have ever had. For those with handshake issues with certain AVRs they are supplying firmware updates within hours, even on Easter for some. They respond quickly with the correct answers.
If anyone is going to use the Analog outs mixed down to stereo for music playback, you may want to consider the 95 or Nu Force editions. I did a little shootout between the OPPO 93 and my Rotel 1072. The 93 lacks life and dynamics but overall is not a bad single player solution for some. Mine will perform double duty as Blu-DVD in HT as well as CD playback to a secondary system while the Rotel remains the main player in my 2 channel system.
Does anyone have an idea how the Oppo 93 compairs to Sony's PS3 ? I'm thinking of an upgrade if this would send me in that direction.
Paul
Not to highjack the thread but Audio Video Science is blowing these out right now for $349.00 and that price just seems too good to pass up. The only prob with the Sony(for some)is it doesn't support SACD. I'm still scratching my head on why it does not, but anyone with some insight on the video/audio quality please post. Here is the link for anyone interested.Gary
...which model(s) don't?
Doug
But it is one hell of a Blu-ray player. I almost cancelled my order when I found out it didn't support SACD but I'm glad I didn't, it's fantastic. FYI, I don't think AVScience will be able to get anymore units after this final batch and I think all of the units are spoken for.
$349 for this unit was literally a steal and the best money I've ever invested in a piece of electronic equipment, Gary.
I don't have them in the same system. I currently have the BDP-93 in the bedroom system and the PS3 in the basement system. I had the BDP-93 hooked up in the main system for a few weeks (along with a modded BDP-83 - for audio). I'd have to think the BDP-93 would be noticeably better upscaling DVDs. Since I have the generation of PS3 that has the chip which won't let it bitstream to the receiver, I moved my old bedroom player, a Samsung 2500 to the basement system. I also had the Samsung in the main system for a few months before the BDP-83 came out. The Samsung is an excellent DVD upscaler. I thought the BDP-83 was a bit bitter and the BDP-93 was still a bit better than that. I'm not sure video wise for Blu-Rays whether you would notice tons of difference. I can tell you the basement system sounds better with the Samsung 2500 sending the hi-rez audio to the receiver for decoding on Blu-Rays vs. the PS3. My PS3 doesn't see much use of late. I probably will put music on its hard drive at some point and plug it into the Emotiva DAC I got for the secondary basement system
Thanks HEW,
I probably should contact Oppo and/or DVDO to assure that bitstream can be sent to the Cinema 11a through that connection. I use a Sony XA5400ES for CDs and SACDs, and the Cary display shows its receiving DSD when available, but that doesn't go through the DVDO Edge. OTOH, the Cary display shows it's receiving Dolby Digital from the DirecTV HD-DVR, and that does go through the Edge.
I think Oppo and DVDO communicate about such matters. If all is well, I'm a buyer.
db
'Most' people who use a DVDO Edge probably won't need it when using an Oppo BDP-83 or better (i.e. all except the 80) as their source. That's what I've seen, some people have had their DVDO for quite a while and things changed...
My observation is the Oppo performs much better in all ways A/V where their function overlaps, except for 1080p/24 BD where they're very close. The Oppo even streams way better than the PS3 (when the Oppo is equipped with some external storage), which really surprised me. If you have a super-fast net connection then this might not be so observable (?). I have never heard good quality 44.1kHz-based audio coming from the PS3 by HDMI (CD, USB stick, or ext. drive), though 48kHz-based is decent.
Usually, more than a single source goes into the Edge. In my application, both the PS3 (soon to be Oppo 93) and DirecTV HD-DVR go via HDMI to the Edge. Video is stripped off and goes via HDMI directly to a projector; audio goes via HDMI to an audio-only processor. (Oppo sent me an email assuring that bitstream from the Oppo 93 can be passed by the Edge and sent to downstream components.)
I like to watch old movies on DirecTV, and they appear as if remastered after passing through the Edge to the projector compared what I see on our 46XBR8 without an Edge. Of course, if the picture source is high quality, the picture quality on both the projector and XBR are similarly spectacular.
db
Oh yeah, sorry about that, I kind of overlooked the SD video upscaling you require when it wouldn't be coming from a disc (like in your future -93). The only TV I watch is OTA 1080i and is of high quality to start with. I 'accidentally' watched some SD TV a couple times and it looks absolutely horrendous on my Pio Elite TV, its built-in upscaling is pretty lousy compared to what I'm used to from the Oppos, or even what I've seen on other HD TVs.
Paul,
I have exactly the same question. Hope you get replies. My older PS3 sends only PCM through the DVDO Edge to the Cary Cinema 11a. As I understand it, earlier PS3s do the processing internally. WIFI is important for me, because it would eliminate the cable from the disc player to the AirPort Extreme. I'd be using HDMI out.
db
"use" our one year old DBP-83 every day and that speaks very well for the build quality of Oppo products.
Particularly, how does it do with DVDs? Is it hackable yet?
Odds are, I'll have to get one once Oppo abandons the 83. :-(
Jack
I have a modded BDP-83 (for audio) and a BDP-93 which I have put in the secondary basement system. I thought the 93 was a hair better with upscaling DVDs when I had it briefly in the main system.
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...Here in Oz
The preliminary goss is it is a good one.
Add you to the growing number of fans.
Smile
Sox
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