OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player with SACD, DVD-Audio, and VRS Technology by OPPO Digital, Inc.
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Digital camera reviews of OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player with SACD, DVD-Audio, and VRS Technology
Digital camera Review: Best disc player I've seen!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my 4th HD disc player (all from Amazon, Thank You). While I always preferred the OS in my Toshiba HD-DVD (yes, I also bought Beta, way back when), as it loaded discs WAY faster than the 30 secs-2min that most BD players seem to take, I had to surrender when BD grew and HD-DVD didn't. Also, because I was one of the seemingly 13 people who bought Hi-Res audio a few years back I had to keep a 3rd player in my system, a older Pioneer "Universal disc player", to hear my beloved discs.
When I saw the first reviews of the the Oppo, I was more than a little intrigued: besides the BD video features, 2-15 sec disc load and HI-Res audio via HDMI bitstream?? I could lose the Pioneer and the component video and 5.1 analog cables it required?? "We're there. dude!" :)
The Oppo has been a revelation! First off, packaging/accessories included: very nice; A single box, study enough not be double boxed, the player held, "floating" far enough from the bos sides not to need any peanut packing, by very solid, dense foam side inserts, the player in a PBS pledge-style cloth bag. A separate black box, for a nice, big, totally back lit remote with alkaline batteries, quality HDMI cable, and 2 very nice calibration discs, 1 video, 1 audio.
How does it perform?? Even better! The quick, Auto-setup handles 90% of the setup, 100% for most people, Using the discs you can go deeper into the menues and really tweak it...or mess it up, if you don't know what you're doing. It does the best DVD upscaling I've seen, and there is detail and color, I swear I've not seen before. The AV processing (From Anchor Bay, I believe) is truly amazing.
Lastly, Hi-Res audio: my discs sound like I never heard them before. They have a clarity in detail, and openness then is stunning. SO much so, I've begun scouring the net and buying any "new' ones I can find, happy to find Amazon has a small selection; let me suggest the 2003 remastered Bob Dylan collection I found here. They are Hybrid CD-SACDs , so can be played anywhere, and his "electric" discs in 5.1 are a revelation.
Player and discs are WELL recommended and worth the cost.
Digital camera Review: Best purchase ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never heard of this company before researching Blu-ray players and after giving them a try, I couldn't have been happier. From the moment I opened the box to the first movie I watched with it, I was in a constant state of awe. The packaging is spectacular -- it reeks of "high-end". They included audio and video calibration Blu-ray disks which was a welcome surprise and the end result is unbelievable.
When I made the jump to HD I was assuming my DVD library was going to become obsolete. Again, I was surprised to see the quality of this player upscale the pictures. I'm an anchor-bay fan now because the DVD's look fantastic -- it's still no Blu-ray but I don't mind watching them at all.
If I had to make one gripe, I do miss the "instant replay" feature of my prior DVD players. This was a button on the remote that let you jump back 10 or so seconds to replay the line you just missed. It's missing on this player so I have to deal with the rewind/play buttons but that's a pretty easy problem to live with.
Digital camera Review: Best than players 10 times its price!?!?!
Summary: 5 Stars
I 'm aware of the commitment to ensure that U$ 500 player could be equal and even superior to others BD players 5, 7 and 10 times its value. However what I argue from I is have had the opportunity to do a BDP-83 comparison with other more expensive players from Sony, Pioneer and Denon. The AV equipments which these tests have been made are high end class. After once I made the set up of each player, OPPO BDP-83 had proved to be definitely an unbeatable contender both audio and foremost video quality. On the aspect that has exceeded the others has been up scaling images in DVD, really impressive. In BD, there were no objective differences, the correct configuration of each player was needed to equalize, and here also the OPPO just proved to be the easiest to do so. Other BDP-83 virtue is the speed response and efficacy to any prompted action over different discs formats, BD load and reproduction, search, etc., everything does it almost at DVD normal time. If its full range of possibilities we add to its performance, I can ensure the OPPO BDP-83 is the best BD Universal Player than players 10 times its price.Digital camera Review: Bought it for the sound, not the blue ray
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very interesting product. This Oppo is one great blue ray player. But I don't have many movies on blue ray because they're too expensive. What I do love to do is listen to music, and play all the dozens of DVDs on my hi-def tv.
This player is great with old DVDs. I watched The Incredibles last night. Not the blue ray version, the regular version. You figure every tv and dvd player can make animation look good. This player shows you all the detail that the animators put into the movie. I couldn't believe the details that came out using this player. My girlfriend thought it was a blue ray! If you have a new flat screen tv you need an Oppo to upconvert those discs to 1080p. That alone is worth the price of this player.
Anyway, I didn't even buy the player for dvds either, I bought it for listening to music. It plays cds like a $1,000 cd player. The soundstage is massive, with great imaging for you stereo enthusiasts. The sound is not laid back, very forward. It can play SACDs too! HDDVDs too! Picture files too! I can only imagine what this player would sound like in a good 5.1 or 7.1 system.
Having bought a lot of electronics over the years, this Oppo player is the best money I ever spent on a product.
Digital camera Review: Burned movies
Summary: 2 Stars
Bought this because I thought it was compatible with all types of disks. I had home movies burned to a DVD. It was able to play them, but froze every few minutes for 20 seconds, so I had to return it. Otherwise I think it performed very well. Just did not meet my needs.