Oppo BDP-103 Universal 3D 4K Blu-ray Player Video Review

[admin]

Oppo has hit another one out of the park. The BDP-103 may not be light years ahead of the BDP-93, but it is ready for 4K conversion and the Marvell Qdeo processing is one of the best systems on the market in our testing. The player has some other whiz-bang features like 2D-to-3D conversion but overall you want to buy this if you've been out of the market for a while or are looking for a flagship Blu-ray player. If you've already got a BDP-93 - congratulations you've made a fine choice and there's little reason to upgrade just yet.


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[Blue Dude]

I have my BDP-103 running in split A/V mode, with the Marvell processor output on HDMI 1 going to my Epson 5020 projector, and HDMI 2 going through my aging Onkyo 805 receiver to a mid range Panny plasma. The Oppo does a fine job of processing both video streams without the need for matrix switching or other workarounds. It turned out to be a perfect solution to running two displays with different requirements of picture quality.

The cleanup capabilities of the Marvell are very, very good. It makes DVD's look presentable on the projection screen. You'll never confuse a DVD with a Blu-ray, but it zaps a number of compression artifacts and helps fix color banding issues by outputting in deep color and/or dithering. It will also output DVD's at 1080p/24, which is a neat trick.

I'm going back and watching my entire catalog on the projector now, not just Blu-rays but DVD's as well, because of this device. It'll take a while but I've never seen anything like this before.

[itlnstln]

Blue Dude:

Reading the literature on the Oppo site, it appears that the BDP-103 will process video using the Qdeo processor from the HDMI inputs. Do you know if this is the case? If it's just a switch, I don't really care, but well-processed video from my TiVo would be nice (I obviously don't have an external processor). I have an older, pre-HDMI receiver that I've been on the fence about upgrading, and I could put off upgrading the receiver if this were the case (It's an older Yamaha that I love but it's getting long in the tooth). TIA!

[Blue Dude]

The Oppo doesn't just switch the HDMI inputs, it considers them sources and runs them through the same processing as though they were off the disc. I haven't spent much time with other inputs, except to screen a couple of movies off my DVR through the Oppo to the projector. It works as advertised.

[itlnstln]

The Oppo doesn't just switch the HDMI inputs, it considers them sources and runs them through the same processing as though they were off the disc. I haven't spent much time with other inputs, except to screen a couple of movies off my DVR through the Oppo to the projector. It works as advertised.

Brilliant! Thanks for you help. I know what's on my Xmas shopping list now.

[dmusoke]

I see no audio lab tests. Do you plan to do any???

[redcastle]

I am a wanna be audio/videophile and the Oppo-BDP-103 sounds great with the perfect benchmark score. However, I don't know what score the "average" blu-ray player would earn. Can someone help me out with that?

I have about a four year old Samsung BDP-1500. Any idea what score that would earn?

[High Fidelity]

Oppo has hit another one out of the park. The BDP-103 may not be light years ahead of the BDP-93, but it is ready for 4K conversion and the Marvell Qdeo processing is one of the best systems on the market in our testing. The player has some other whiz-bang features like 2D-to-3D conversion but overall you want to buy this if you've been out of the market for a while or are looking for a flagship Blu-ray player. If you've already got a BDP-93 - congratulations you've made a fine choice and there's little reason to upgrade just yet.


Discuss "Oppo BDP-103 Universal 3D 4K Blu-ray Player Video Review" here. Read the article.

I was disappointed with the Oppo 93 IMO the Sony BDP-790 is much better value

[Darkwing_duck]

I was disappointed with the Oppo 93 IMO the Sony BDP-790 is much better value

Whats wrong with the Oppo 93? How does a Sony blu ray player beat it?

[PENG]

Whats wrong with the Oppo 93? How does a Sony blu ray player beat it?

I see you have in quote "better value", not "beat it". I don't have the 790 but the 590 (no 4K). I am guessing one can get a 790 for half the price of that for the 93. It has 4K capability plus better network stuff such as Netflix 5.1DD+, Skype etc., but cannot play DVD-A and HDCD so in the terms of features they may be comparable. So if one doesn't need 4K, DVDA, HDCD then one may think the 790 offers "better value", just guessing..