OPPO 4K Blu-ray Player Information

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Todd Anderson

Discussion Starter · Sep 16, 2016

I'm writing up a CEDIA Day 2 show report right now... and just got an in-person scoop on OPPO's new BD player offerings in the press room. The unit is not "officially" here... here's a snippet from the write up (and a first look photo I took). I know a lot of you have been yearning for information about an OPPO 4K player... well... here it is! More to come:

OPPO isn’t officially on the show floor at CEDIA, but a prototype version of its new 4K UHD BD player has been seen making the rounds. The rumor mill has been buzzing over these images and the rumored price.

Here’s the quick and dirty. OPPO is currently planning on releasing two versions of a 4K UHD BD player: The UDP-203 and UDP-205. The primary difference between the two is quality of the analog outputs, with the 205 relying on a better quality EES DAC to output sound through stereo outputs. The 203 will have a lesser DAC that feeds multi-channel outputs (which OPPO is including on the 203 for customers with older systems).

As for pricing, the 203 will likely land in the $499-$599 range, while the 205 should find its way to the $1199 to $1299 region.

When I spoke to OPPO, they were not able to confirm a ship date. It might be late 2016, but OPPO made it very clear they aren’t interested in rushing a half-baked product to market. They say they are still sorting out HDMI handshake issues, in addition to on screen banding produced when discs encoded with HDR are being fed to non-HDR televisions. I have heard, however, that prototype players are likely to begin beta field testing by the end of the month. That information came from a non-OPPO source, so time will best validate that claim.

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Todd Anderson

Discussion Starter · #21 · Sep 21, 2016

Just as an FYI, OPPO had a UK training event today... sounds like someone may have reported some incorrect information post-event. So, if you're hearing/reading information that clashes with what's been revealed here (so far), ignore it. I've been in contact with the director of product development and he wants to be sure that everyone understands that OPPO is not going to over promise on features that may not be ready for release.

Again, the rumor mill is hot and heavy on this particular product... if you have any questions, please post them here and I'll try my best to get a straight answer!

Todd

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skass1

· #22 · Sep 21, 2016

Todd Anderson said:
Just as an FYI, OPPO had a UK training event today... sounds like someone may have reported some incorrect information post-event. So, if you're hearing/reading information that clashes with what's been revealed here (so far), ignore it. I've been in contact with the director of product development and he wants to be sure that everyone understands that OPPO is not going to over promise on features that may not be ready for release.

Again, the rumor mill is hot and heavy on this particular product... if you have any questions, please post them here and I'll try my best to get a straight answer!

Todd

Todd the big rumor is that the Oppo will be the first DV unit on the market. As rumor has it, Oppo is waiting for certification from Dolby to enable DV

I think the truth is as you have stated DV is probably not a sure thing as rumor have it

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Todd Anderson

Discussion Starter · #23 · Sep 21, 2016

I've heard most of the rumors... I'm sure there are some out there that I haven't caught that you may have seen...:wink2:

Direct from OPPO's Direct of Product Development: No support for Dolby Vision at this time.

Read into that what you will... one would have to assume they are working on it. The new OPPO players will be using a MediaTek decoder chip, and MediaTek is a Dolby Vision partner... so hopefully that's going to be a score for all of us! If (or when) that happens is completely up in the air at this point.

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Todd Anderson

Discussion Starter · #24 · Sep 21, 2016

In other news... it's great that OPPO is official in the fray, so to speak. Glad to have the competition, especially since it's evident that there is differences in quality across the options already on the market.

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Todd Anderson

Discussion Starter · #25 · Sep 21, 2016

You can find this by going here: http://www.oppodigital.com/uhd/

(of course HTS will stay on top of coverage, too! ;-)

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Robert Zohn

· #26 · Sep 23, 2016

Here's John Archer's Wall Street Journal write-up with some things confirming and new information on OPPO's UDP-203.

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Todd Anderson

Discussion Starter · #27 · Sep 23, 2016

Thanks for the link, Robert! These players are looking like world beaters!

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JimShaw

· #28 · Sep 26, 2016

Robert Zohn said:
Yes, but I do not expect to be posting any information as I'll be signing a non-disclosure (NDA) and it's a Beta unit so my job is to test everything and report to OPPO engineering.

I'm 100% confident it will handle HDR as well as the best UHD BD player and regarding 10-bit I do not believe any UHD BD player puts out 10-bit.

Robert

You can post your thoughts right here. We won't tell a soul :smile:

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HatlessChimp

· #29 · Dec 18, 2016

Picked up mine 2 days ago. I LOVE THE STRIP METADATA FUNCTION! What it does is give you the rec2020 colour but not the unrealistic nits in brightness range of HDR. Hard to explain but its great!

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JimShaw

· #30 · Dec 18, 2016

HatlessChimp said:
Picked up mine 2 days ago. I LOVE THE STRIP METADATA FUNCTION! What it does is give you the rec2020 colour but not the unrealistic nits in brightness range of HDR. Hard to explain but its great!

https://youtu.be/F--ffP6Iiig

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Hey, I resent that. "Men between the ages of 25 to 45 may feel 'movement' when unboxing the Oppo". I am a hell of a lot older than 45 and when I unbox, I know I am going to feel "movement". Maybe Oppo transcends the norm.

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