My Oppo upscaling dvd player

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Just got this baby in the post, reaction?
WOW best 170 spend ever, EVER.
you open up the box and under the piles of polystyrene, lies a black cloth bag with oppo written on it in big letters and inside is a seriously cool-looking dvd player, it has about 5 audio outs, a optical out,video out and dvi out (with a hdmi adapter and audio cable supplied). all the connections (except dvi are gold plated aswell, so any way the discs i used to test it were:

Incredibles-I couldnt believe the quality and sharpness of the picture, it seemed like it actually ADDED detail through upscaling

Revenge of the sith-I watched the bit where R2 lights the droids on fire at the beginning so many times it was so good, the flames the sharpness everything was perfect.

Bullitt-i chose this because it was filmed a while ago and its real not cgi etc etc, the result? Another jaw dropping picture, i expected this to look the same as before but every thing was so sharp, the chase was awesome and the background looked far less blurred.

It took me a while to set up (i had a fifth of the picture cropped of due to the wrong picture format (ntsc) ) but in the end it is definatly the best picture ive ever seen, if hdtv looked as good as this i would be happy. (eventhough it will obviously look better). I would recommend this dvd to anyone looking for a decent dvd player to go with there new hdtv. it seems to be the only dvd with no issues and has Awesome customer support with regular updates, and is raved about by thise hwho have it on avforums. BUY IT NOW!
EDIT: Oh and before you ask it's pluged into a 26inch sammy
 
Glad you liked it. I've heard so many people rave about this player and from a company that is relatively unknown in this country. I have also heard that their service backup is unbelievably good aswell so send em an email saying how pleased you are and I'm sure they will reply.


Happy viewing.
 
Thanks for posting. A colleague of mine received one this week to go with his plasma. Sounds like the dogs nuts.

Can I please ask a few questions:
- Have you had any problems with PAL disks?
- What resolution is your 26" Sammy?
- What DVD player did it replace?
- I assume you're using DVI, is that correct?
- Have you used any of the firmware updates, if so what was their benefit?
 
From what I have been reading there is a few tearing issues with pal playback but ntsc is fine. They (Oppo) are working on the firmware update to cure this problem.

Yeah I'm using DVI - HDMi quality!!!!!!!!!

Any issues or concerns email Oppo direct they have always got back with a response within 24 hours even on a sunday good bunch of guys
 
no tearing with any dvds, its got the latest frimware i know that much. it replaced a decent sony dvd player, no idea what model, it was never bad, but this is so much better
the resolution of my sammy is 1366x768
im using dvi to hdmi with separate phono leads for audio.
only thing ive changed is made it multi region
and i believe the tearing was resolved in the firmware i have.(may be wrong)
 
Just about to order one of these - read loads of incredible reviews after someone recommended it in another post and am very impressed.

I take it with a sammy LCD tv i want the HDMI cable and not DVI, as DVI is for a computer LCD monitor?

Crikey - i sound like a complete moron i know, just never really bothered with decent audio/visual before this huge beast of a samsung tv!
 
Stupid question maybe - but would it not be a cheaper option for me to use my PC as the DVD player as i already have it hooked up to my LCD and my amp for gaming?

The DVD software i use allows me to use my mouse for basic remote control functions such as volume/chapters/ff and rewind/etc - and considering it will be at 1360x768 its going to be just as good quality?

Im likely to be wrong - have just been mulling it over and cant think of many reasons to get this rather than use my PC.
 
If your PC is connected to your TV already then yes your just as well using that to play DVD's as with the right setup it will upscale and do it a lot better than any DVD on the market. The only downside is of course having to turn the PC on and suffer any associated noise related to it I guess.

£170 is not a bad price but if your waiting for HD DVD/Bluray then for many including myself it may be a waste as it will be a shortlived purchase.
 
pinkaardvark said:
If your PC is connected to your TV already then yes your just as well using that to play DVD's as with the right setup it will upscale and do it a lot better than any DVD on the market. The only downside is of course having to turn the PC on and suffer any associated noise related to it I guess.

£170 is not a bad price but if your waiting for HD DVD/Bluray then for many including myself it may be a waste as it will be a shortlived purchase.
lol it wont be short lived, blu ray wont be complusory for quite a while yet, there still a battle going on remeber.
 
Eliot said:
lol it wont be short lived, blu ray wont be complusory for quite a while yet, there still a battle going on remeber.

I got 8 years out of my last DVD player. When it packed up I decided whether I'd use a new one for another 8 and I doubt it'll even be 1. So in my case I felt spending big on a new one was a waste. Each to their own of course. My Tosh Sd-350E does upscaling and progressive fine for £60 :)
 
i did it by pressing the menu button and then going down to the 4th icon, the satellite dish thingy and then its in one of those in there, i got this coming up

Product Name: GNXXEO

Software Version: T_GREEPEU0_1034

Firmware Version: T_GREEPEU7_1000

Hardware: v1.60a
 
After reading on this and specifically the av forums ive ordered an oppo dvd player for my samsung LE32R51BD yesterday which atm, the oppo is on the way from the local depot to be delivered here so looking forward to getting this player later on today to rig upto my samsung..:-)
 
From their website:-

OPPO OPDV971H Overview:

DVI (Digital Video Interface) output to eliminate flickers and to produce more clear pictures
  • High resolutions include 480p, 540P, 576p, 720p, 1080i
  • Up Convert from 480i to 720p/1080i
  • DCDi by Faroudja. Video is analyzed on a single pixel granularity to detect presence or absence of angled lines and edges, which are then processed to produce a smooth natural looking image without visible artifacts (jaggies)
  • Plays DivX® 5, DivX® 4, DivX® 3, and DivX® VOD video content (in compliance with DivX Certified™ technical requirements)
  • Plays XviD and .SRT, .SMI, .IDX and .SUB formats
  • Per-pixel Motion Adaptive De-interlacing
  • Patented FilmMode Processing C Used for proper de-interlacing of 3:2 and 2:2 pull down material
Functions:
  • DVD Video, DVD Audio, Divx/MPEG4, Audio CD, HDCD, WMA, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, Kodak Picture
  • Super Error Correction with Twin Laser and Intelligent Laser Wavelength Control
  • PAL / NTSC discs
  • Automatic Screensaver
  • Menu Driven Setup Screen
  • Playability of self-recorded discs may vary depending on media and formatting software types
Video:
  • 108MHz/12bit Video D/A Converter
  • DVI Output
  • NTSC / PAL Output
  • Screen Aspect Ratio 4:3 and 16:9
  • Smart Video: Sharpness/Contrast/Brightness/Saturation
  • Multi-Angled View
  • Multi-Language for On-Screen-Display
Audio:
  • 192 KHz Sampling Frequency, 24-Bit High Quality Audio DAC
  • Dolby Digital Down-mixed 2-Ch Stereo (L. R)
  • Built-in Dolby digital Decoder, Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 Channel Output
  • Built-in DTS Digital Decoder, DTS 5.1 Channel Output
  • Dolby Digital/DTS/LCPM Bitstream Output
  • 3D Surround (Virtual Surround): Concert, Live, Dance, Techno, Classic, Soft
Power Supply:
  • ~~110V - ~~250V, 50Hz/60Hz AC Universal Power Supply
  • Automatic Short Circuit Protection
Connectors:
  • Analog (Mixed 2 Ch) Stereo (Left, Right) Audio
  • S/PDIF (IEC-958) Coaxial/Optical Digital Audio
  • Component Video/Composite Video/S-Video
  • DVI (5' DVI-DVI-D cable included)
  • Bonus: 6' DVI-HDMI cable
  • 5.1 Channel Audio
 
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