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RE: Oppo BDP-93 - HOLY COW!

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In Reply to: RE: Oppo BDP-93 - HOLY COW! posted by HighEndWire on March 02, 2011 at 16:27:12

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.

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RE: Oppo BDP-93 - HOLY COW! - cfraser 10:15:12 03/03/11 (2)
'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.
- RE: Oppo BDP-93 - HOLY COW! - dbphd 10:08:12 03/04/11 (1)
  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.
  
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  - RE: Oppo BDP-93 - HOLY COW! - cfraser 11:07:39 03/04/11 (0)
    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.

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