We got our hands on some information about the pending release of Oppo Digital's universal Blu-ray player, due late December or early January to a handful of "guinea pig" early adopters/beta testers. That's right, we said "Universal" Blu-ray player. Except for Denon's ultra-high-end $3800 DVD-A1UDCI, this is the first universal BD player that will hit the market able to play DVDs, CDs, SACDs and DVD-Audio discs. And the best part is that it will hit the streets at a price somewhere between $499 and $599. Oh, and it will include Anchor Bay's VRS video processing... and do 1080p/24Hz output for both DVD and Blu-ray. And... and...
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JMO but they've missed the boat! Outside of a few hardcore A/V nuts this will be welcomed news, but for most of us we've already taken the plunge into realm of BR.
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Right now, I've an Oppo for DVD, SACD and DVD-Audio while I use my PS3 for Blu-ray. I love the PS3, but it does have some distracting fan noise (it's one of the original 80GB models - the ones that still had PS2 backwards compatibility - the newest ones are very quiet, but these older ones had some fan noise).
The BDP-83 will be a nice solution so that all of my non-game disc playing can happen using one universal player and I can move my PS3 out of my theater and into my games' room and be able to watch Blu-ray in there too if I ever get the urge
For those of us who don't want to upgrade their processor/receiver was there any information about the player having analog audio outs?
You might want to actually read the article and the 7+ page thread on it here. Yes it has internal decoding and analog outs, which is why it is such a big deal.
I got the email on this player yesterday too. I could swing the $499, but $599 is pushing it for my liking when I can get a Panny or Sony for half that, even though they won't have the same kind of capability (SACD, DVD-A when they add it)
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I just ordered a Panasonic BDP-35 which from what I've read has pretty dang good upconversion itself. However, I'm sure this will be cream of the crop and will give the overpriced Denon a run for it's money. For those folks who want high end but feel paying thousands of dollars for a flippin' player this should be the real deal. A little out of my price range personally, as I just bought a player and 6 free discs for $200.
If it really decodes everything and has high rez analog output I'd seriously check it out. I've got a lot of SACD & DVD-A discs and it would be great to have one player for every round silver disc I own.
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JMO but they've missed the boat! Outside of a few hardcore A/V nuts this will be welcomed news, but for most of us we've already taken the plunge into realm of BR.
I haven't taken the plunge. Maybe I'm not a hardcore nut. I'd like to say that I waited because I'm smart but that's not the truth. It's tough justifying the cost. I guess I would be more hardcore if I had more money.
Now that my dream of an affordable universal player has come true the waking reality is that it will come down in price before I buy it. I'm not singin' the blues or nothin'. I'm happy to know what this thing is and what it will do.
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