Right -- I meant for media/standard definition material that exhibits HORRENDOUS amounts of compression/block noise and abnormalities such as that. THAT'S what I can --and prefer to -- use when it comes to NR.
Assuming you are in the US is it possible for you to visit a best buy store and ask for a demo of the Pioneer BDP-320 or the higher Elite models? Those models did not fare as well as the Oppo 83 in synthetic tests but they do allow some adjustments for NR. Again, I find the XDE produces sharper pictures in general but the Pioneer and the Samsung produce smoother, slightly more noise free pictures. I only mention this again as I believe you said you prefer to have the video processing done in the player. The Edge is nice but it does cost a few bucks and it is a stand alone unit.
Again, I think I was swept into the hype surrounding this company's products.
You meant it's like the stock market months before it crashed in 2008?
You have to admit though, Oppo never really 'hypes' their stuff up, it has been
a few enthusiastic users who
might have exaggerated their superior performance to
some degree. IMHO this sort of thiings happen with all sorts of products, including cars, vacuum cleaners etc., not just BD players.