Purchased to replace a Pioneer DV 563-A. First impressions :fast delivery from OPPO, well packaged. Upon opening contents complete as verified by manual. six foot HDMI cable, three component cables, remote, batteries, faux velvet carrycase, DV-980H, manual. Five minutes to integrate into system: biamped Yamaha Z1,Axiom M80, presence speakers, center, rear center, two surrounds,two subwoofers, Panasonic TH-42PX600U. My basic concern is audio performance. MP3 , CD-R, CD very satisfying. SACD,DVDAudio, two generations ahead of the Pioneer. I was shocked. It was as if I was hearing the high rez formats properly for the first time. Video: Upconverts DVD's to a wonderful picture. Video audio performance is excellent.