OPPO Bluray

**RUSS** · **06-27-09, 02:17 PM**

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Sonnie wrote:

Thanks for the info Russell... and welcome to the Shack...

No, no...Thank you!

**Spankey** · **06-27-09, 03:54 PM**

Great info Russ. My Oppo is sitting on a truck, waiting to be delivered on Monday. Not sure if I can play with it right away. I would have to take the PS3 out of the current system. The new Plasma comes in a little less than two months. Too long to wait! Ugh!

I have a ton of SACD's but this player will make me pick up a few DVD-A's..

The HT bug is back in full swing.

**RUSS** · **06-27-09, 04:38 PM**

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Spankey wrote:

Took the slow boat delivery. It's half way across the country now.

Confused about one thing in the manual. This player will not convert PAL to NTSC or vice versa, will it?

If I use the video direct pass through, I am assuming DVD's will not be upscaled?

Not that I am an authority, but because no one else has answered, here is what I'll point out, Spankey:

Confused about one thing in the manual. This player will not convert PAL to NTSC or vice versa, will it?

The Oppo BDP-83 player will convert. The player can convert either "PAL" (576i) or "NTSC" (480i) discs, but the Oppo player must be set for one or the other, or else set to "Multi", dependent on what type of TV you use. If you select "Multi" as the option in TV System Setup then your TV will do the necessary conversion, not the Oppo player. The P/N button on the Oppo remote switches between the three settings in sequence with each press. Regardless, the Oppo player is Region A disc locked, but will still play Region Free discs too.

If I use the video direct pass through, I am assuming DVD's will not be upscaled?

Correct. Source Direct is an HDMI option and is a straight digital pass through to the AVR or TV. The latter, if capable, will then do any upscaling you adjust them to do. That would depend on which unit you think has a better scaler.

To get original aspect ratio output from the Oppo player as well as enable it to do the upscaling the TV and AVR scalers should be bypassed and the Oppo settings should be:

TV Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide/Auto
Output Resolution: Auto
1080p24 Output: On
DVD 24p Conversion: On

Input (HDMI or Component) and TV System (NTSC/PAL/MULTI) is up to your needs.

**Spankey** · **06-27-09, 10:44 PM**

Thanks Russ. Makes sense but is confusing at the same time. But I like to tweak, so playing with it will be half the fun.

**RUSS** · **06-28-09, 04:08 PM**

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Spankey wrote:

... I like to tweak, so playing with it will be half the fun.

Absolutely! Hope you can get your 83 connected up soon so you can see for yourself what all of the happy owners have been saying!

**Spankey** · **06-30-09, 12:02 PM**

Wow..Awesome player. I still have to get it connected to the processor hooked up, but right now the PQ is just superb. This is an incredibly deep player. Have HDMI set to 36bit deep color. Going to have to wait till the weekend to play some more, but that's what holiday's were made for.

**chipperman** · **07-05-09, 07:54 PM**

My Oppo is out to be modded. Changes in the power supply, clock, and stereo output ciruits. Should have it back by the middle of July. I currently have an Arcam DV 139, which does it all except blu ray, and the upscaling and color on it is superb. I play a lot of SACD and DVDA along with redbook CD, and this is a very impressive unit. However, confusing the wife with one more player to get blu ray put her over the edge. Something about six remotes, I think it was. I am hoping the mods will get us to the same level of performance in the other areas that we now have. This may be asking a lot for a less expensive unit, but I have heard what some modded CD players have done, and I believe it may be possible. Of course, the mods will cost more than the unit, but the total cost is still way below anything else, and right now in the audiophile sector there isn't anything else.Besides, I can't hear the difference in a $65,000 CD player anyway. As soon as I get it back I will A/B it against the Arcam and post some impressions.

**Sonnie** · **07-28-09, 11:13 PM**

Well I have ran into my first, albeit a minor, issue with the BD-83. It will not play the Blu-ray 12 Rounds... even after the latest firmware upgrade. It gets stuck after pressing Play. It will play in my other Blu-ray player, but not the OPPO.

Of course I will be reporting it to OPPO. I rented it for nothing. I cannot connect my other BD player to the HT system, so I did not get to view it. Heard it was a pretty good action flick though... maybe I will rent it on DVD.

**Kal Rubinson** · **07-28-09, 11:33 PM**

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Sonnie wrote:

Well I have ran into my first, albeit a minor, issue with the BD-83. It will not play the Blu-ray 12 Rounds... even after the latest firmware upgrade. It gets stuck after pressing Play. It will play in my other Blu-ray player, but not the OPPO.

Of course I will be reporting it to OPPO. I rented it for nothing. I cannot connect my other BD player to the HT system, so I did not get to view it. Heard it was a pretty good action flick though... maybe I will rent it on DVD.

Contact Oppo. I believe there is a firmware fix for that movie and one other.

**jpk** · **07-29-09, 10:16 AM**

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chipperman wrote:

My Oppo is out to be modded. Changes in the power supply, clock, and stereo output ciruits. Should have it back by the middle of July. I currently have an Arcam DV 139, which does it all except blu ray, and the upscaling and color on it is superb. I play a lot of SACD and DVDA along with redbook CD, and this is a very impressive unit. However, confusing the wife with one more player to get blu ray put her over the edge. Something about six remotes, I think it was. I am hoping the mods will get us to the same level of performance in the other areas that we now have. This may be asking a lot for a less expensive unit, but I have heard what some modded CD players have done, and I believe it may be possible. Of course, the mods will cost more than the unit, but the total cost is still way below anything else, and right now in the audiophile sector there isn't anything else.Besides, I can't hear the difference in a $65,000 CD player anyway. As soon as I get it back I will A/B it against the Arcam and post some impressions.

Mike,
Out of curiosity who is doing the mods on your player? I'm quite impressed with the stock performance too, but if it can be taken to another level... Will they mod all channels or just the stereo channels?
Thanks,
Joe

**Sonnie** · **07-29-09, 05:54 PM**

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Kal Rubinson wrote:

Contact Oppo. I believe there is a firmware fix for that movie and one other.

Yep... thank Kal. The Beta firmware release fixes this movie... and The Haunting in Connecticut.

Firmware Update Sticky Thread started.

**dmk005** · **08-09-09, 04:39 PM**

I have the OPPO and love the up conversion for my 300 plus non-bluray disks. I think the price/performance ratio is excellent. I also have the LG player and it works fine for bluray but standard disks look um...standardish.

David

**jpk** · **08-09-09, 09:54 PM**

I got a nice surprise in the mail yesterday from OPPO. It’s the AIX Records audio calibration disc and HD music sampler. Also included is the blue lens filter to compliment the Spears and Munsil Blu-ray calibration disc originally included with the player.
I didn’t expect this extra support / customer service when I bought the OPPO.
Thank You OPPO!

Again, a very nice surprise!

Joe

**Sonnie** · **08-27-09, 04:35 PM**

I got mine today...

**GregBe** · **09-06-09, 08:24 PM**

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jpk wrote:

I got a nice surprise in the mail yesterday from OPPO. It’s the AIX Records audio calibration disc and HD music sampler. Also included is the blue lens filter to compliment the Spears and Munsil Blu-ray calibration disc originally included with the player.
I didn’t expect this extra support / customer service when I bought the OPPO.
Thank You OPPO!

Again, a very nice surprise!

Joe

That is really cool. I have that sampler, and it is really nice. Is OPPO partnering with AIX?

**Jon Liu** · **09-12-09, 06:07 PM**

Wanted to post here saying that I absolutely love my Oppo BDP-83. Best overall blu-ray player on the market and the price is competitive to boot!

Though, I have had a few issues with the last couple beta firmwares, which is surprising because of all the Oppo products I've had, I've never had an issue with any of their beta firmwares. The 83's beta firmwares just hadn't played nice with particular unit, except for the last one that was released a couple days ago. Installed it, works great so far with the 3-4 movies plus a couple of other discs I've popped in.

But, I can't complain because the official firmwares always are stable for me and if I ever have any issue with a beta firmware I wanted to try, I can just resort back to the last official firmware. I love that Oppo gives you that ability as a user!

I was thoroughly surprised when I got my AIX disc a couple weeks ago, too. Goes to show Oppo's dedication to their customers! I was definitely not expecting it, but there it was. Nice to have an audio calibration disc with 7.1 as well as some really nice reference audio tracks.

**htaddikt** · **09-12-09, 06:24 PM**

Oppo seems to be right on top of things. Unfortunately, firmware updates for Blue Ray seems to be a regular routine regardless of player.

**Jon Liu** · **09-12-09, 06:40 PM**

It's true. I really appreciate how quick Oppo is to get firmware upgrades, nonetheless! I had a Pioneer BDP-51FD before and it was slow as molasses, in every aspect. The firmware updates especially were slow and there were a couple occasions where I wouldn't be able to play a new released blu-ray for months, which gave me reason to look for an upgrade. The Panasonic DMP-BD35 was a worthy stop-gap until the Oppo came along, but honestly there is no comparison. Seeing as many firmware updates as Oppo has done is comforting to know that they are really working as fast as they should to keep up with the new blu-ray releases issues.

**jpk** · **10-20-09, 10:46 AM**

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GregBe wrote:

That is really cool. I have that sampler, and it is really nice. Is OPPO partnering with AIX?

I asked Oppo and the response I received; "AIX partnered with us for the demonstration disc. We do not know what future partnerships we may have."

I asked this along with the specs for the furnished cable, for which I was curious.
"The HDMI cable is rated for the HDMI 1.3a specifications. It will pass all available bandwidth required for Deep Color, 1080p, and the high resolution audio formats."
I figured as much for the Oppo cable, but I wanted to be sure as I just bought a cable that was only rated for 720P for a different system. So many different cable specs!

Joe

**htaddikt** · **10-20-09, 11:25 AM**

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jpk wrote:

I asked Oppo and the response I received; "AIX partnered with us for the demonstration disc. We do not know what future partnerships we may have."

I asked this along with the specs for the furnished cable, for which I was curious.
"The HDMI cable is rated for the HDMI 1.3a specifications. It will pass all available bandwidth required for Deep Color, 1080p, and the high resolution audio formats."
I figured as much for the Oppo cable, but I wanted to be sure as I just bought a cable that was only rated for 720P for a different system. So many different cable specs!

Joe

You don't need to 'limit' your cable options because of the resolution of your display. Any reasonably priced quality HDMI cable will work well in either system, like the one provided by Oppo Digital.

**recruit** · **10-21-09, 02:22 AM**

The cable supplied with the Oppo is of a very high quality and sufficient for all resolutions and HD audio, so no need to spend anymore unless you need longer lengths...use that money to buy some BD movies

**Sonnie** · **10-29-09, 07:32 AM**

I just noticed yesterday that my CD audio is dropping out/skipping. It doesn't happen on DVD. I am pretty sure I played CD's when I first got it and this was not an issue, but I have performed an upgrade since then. Maybe it was that upgrade. Time to upgrade again I suppose. Anyone else experience this issue?

**recruit** · **10-29-09, 08:12 AM**

I do not have this problem Sonnie but then again I have not upgraded my firmware since May, I have read though that some people experienced problems after upgrading firmware on there 83's with CD not playing properly...

**recruit** · **10-29-09, 09:28 AM**

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Sonnie wrote:

I just noticed yesterday that my CD audio is dropping out/skipping. It doesn't happen on DVD. I am pretty sure I played CD's when I first got it and this was not an issue, but I have performed an upgrade since then. Maybe it was that upgrade. Time to upgrade again I suppose. Anyone else experience this issue?

Sonnie - just a thought...after upgrading the firmware you must do a factory reset or it can cause issues, have you tried that?

**Sonnie** · **10-29-09, 09:41 AM**

I don't remember if I did or not, but I will do the latest upgrade today and reset it... hopefully that will solve the problem. I actually was enjoying listening to some music for a change... other than the drop outs.

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