Oppo BDP-83 is on it's way!

Yahoo! I can't wait.
I just finished ordering one, and am kinda excited. I already have three BD movies. Have had them for awhile. Finally finished delivering phone books, so I told my wife that I was going to go ahead and order it. It shouldn't take longer than a week to get it, should it?

One of the movies I got, she loves. Every time it's on tv, she watches it (Independence Day). I've watched the other two on a friend's setup, but was saving ID, to be our first movie on the Oppo. When I can, I'll get the two Men In Black movies for her too, so she'll feel better about it.

Did I say I can't wait?
I'm anxious to see how the movies look on my big 61" screen. Gonna have to get a movie too, with a true 7.1 soundtrack. I know a couple I'd like...........

Good for you Ed!  Enjoy, as somebody that bought his first BR player when there was less than 20,000 sold units, I think you'll enjoy your new HT experience.





Crawdaddy

Time to add it to your equipment list in your signature.

And remmember Ed, proper setup and calibration is eccential to getting the most out of your new BR player    . Congrats on the new purchase. . BTW, I'm only about 25 miles from OPPO so I picked mine up the next day myself. This is going to be one of the longest weeks of your life .

As soon as it gets here, I will. I don't want to jinx it by jumping the gun.............



Oh I know. I'm already so antsy, I can hardly stand it!

As well as the BD movies, I can't wait to listen to my sacd and dvd-audio discs too. I'll be making some room on the stand by removing the Denon 2200. That was one reason I wanted the Oppo. There's a guy on CL that listed a Toshiba HD DVD player w/8 movies, for $15. I may see if he still has it. I figured I can use that to watch regular dvds upscaled, and save wear and tear on the Oppo. I'm not counting on him still having it though. For $15, it can't be beat.....

Congrats on the new player, Ed, and welcome to the wonderful world of Blu-ray. 

Personally, I would use the Oppo for SD-DVD playback. The player is supposed to be superb at playing DVDs, so why not take advantage of the feature? You paid a premium for the player for this feature.

yipeee congrats! to go from no blu-ray players (i assume) to the 83 is a huge step! i think a lot of people upgrade steadily from @least 1 standalone or other BD capable players (like BDROM) toward 83 =).

oh and don't forget about the SACD/DVD-Audio capabilities. i know there aren't new titles, but of the older titles that exist, they still sound awesome, like dark side of the moon 5.1 ;)

Thanks Jedi.............
SACD & DVD-Audio are part of the reason I went with this player. I like that they play over HDMI, and I don't have to jump back and forth from multi-channel. You're right too, that I went from no BD player, to the Oppo. This thing is awesome! The movies are looking and sounding great too. Having a 61" screen doesn't hurt either...............

Occasionally, a jazz or classical SACD still comes out. Not heard of any new DVD-Audio discs coming out in a long time though. It's a real shame too. I can't believe that people rather lister to mp3 tracks, than the hi res tracks.

yeah i luv pop music in SACD =). i wish they released more =(. Blu-Ray seem to be the new replacement =). if you read wikipedia's explanation of Blu-Ray spex, technically profile "3.0" is AUDIO-ONLY!

i read that 24/192 is only available in 5.1, 7.1 is limited to 24/96.

I have to admit I'm very envious! I already have a BD player (my PS3) but in "simplifying" my HT setup a couple of years ago when I bought it, I removed my DVD-A and SACD players from the system. I have about 50 discs combined of DVD-A and SACD that I'd like to spin up from time to time and I'm starting to itch for a player upgrade.

Maybe after I pay off my Christmas bills I'll treat myself to a post-Christmas present...

 almost pulled the plug on the JVC blu ray player then decided what the hell and went for the new Oppo unit as well after reading all the rave reviews on this unit and the company itself. Should be here next week
unfortunately my AVR is a bit older..its a Denon 2802..I assume I can hook up via the analog outputs for the new codecs??
Edited by bill.M - 12/6/09 at 7:10am

Yes, that's what you'll need to do. You're gonna love it. Very easy to setup. It does a great job upscaling regular dvds also. For years, I'd read how good Oppos were for upscaling and playing sacd and dvd-audio discs. When they finally released a blu ray player that did all this too, I had to have one. So far, we're very happy with the purchase............

 thanks for clarifying that Ed..
yes i getting rid of my old Pioneer upscaling/SACD/DVD-A to go Blu Ray so I was glad to find a unit that did all that....The Pioneer did a great job upscaling BTW so Im hoping the Oppo does as good if not better..
now i assume i can leave my digital optical/coax connected in addition to the 5.1 analog connections to output regular dolby digital and DTS 
Edited by bill.M - 12/6/09 at 3:25pm

 hooked up the oppo (code free hardware modded as well) today..very easy to setup with my older Denon..pic is outstanding on Blu Ray ray as well as SD

Glad you're enjoying it!

 I do notice a lack of punch to the subwoofer somewhat in comparison to my old pioneer. Still sounds good but i remeber pictures rattling on the walls before :)
guess i will have to fiddle with the audio a bit more

You need to boost the sub-woofer channel by 10 - 12 db on your receiver. Also, using the coaxial/optical connection for plain old DD & DTS is a good idea.

 Sanjay - I am using optical for DTS and DD , I will try and boost the subwoofer channel as you mentioned though. Thanks! 

 How do you set to/tell if the player is outputting 24P?  

The resolution key on the remote brings up 1080P, my Toshiba LCD says 1080P, but neither tells me whether it is synching at 60 or 24Hz.  Yes, I did set the BDP-83 to enable 24P in the settings.

Edit: after reading the manual, I'm sure I've set it correctly for 24Hz output, but I sill can't figure out a way to tell if a given BD is encoded at 24 or 60.

Edited by Ted Todorov - 12/14/09 at 1:25pm

My tv tells me. Just as the movie is about to start, a box comes up in the upper left corner of the screen. It tells me that it 1280x1080p@24Hz. Maybe there's a setting in your tv's setup menus?

There is a new beta firmware on Oppo's website. One of the new features is moveable player generated subtitles.  

I just updated my player to the latest official release and it makes a noise (almost like the drive revving up) when I turn the player on.  Has anyone noticed this?

Now that you have lived with the oppo for a short time now, how has it worked out for you.  Have you had any problems or issues?  I have honestly thought about picking up an oppo instead of a Pioneer Elite, Denon or Sony player to upgrade the DBP-S300 I currently own.  One of my main concerns is that it doesn't have any issues bitstreaming lossless especially DTS-HD MA.

Happy to hear you are enjoying your new oppo!  I to am using a Denon DVD-2200 for multichannel SACD and DVD-A and that is my high resolution work horse.  I also own a Sony DVP-S9000 ES that serves as my audiophile cd and two channel sacd player.

Oh allmost forgot, how is the upconverting on the oppo?



I to find this sad that there are to many people out there that only care about convinence and not quality.  They only care that they can load music on there phone, play it in there car, home pc or on an Ipod.  Its all about having a ton of music at there finger tip even if the quality is poor or just ok.  And with the convergence of cheap pc's into the home audio/video market its no wonder that good companies are loosing money.  As more and more people want something that does a ton of things that cost very little to buy. 

I'm enjoying it a lot. I haven't had a single problem with it bitstreaming Dolby TrueHD or dtsHD Master Audio. I have rewatched several of my blu movies 3-4 times, to enjoy the great picture and the outstanding HD audio. Of course, your receiver has to be able to handle the bitstreamed audio. What receiver will it be connected to?
The upscaling of the Oppo has been excellent. Of course, I've had to rewatch a lot of my dvds since getting this player. They look as good to me as the HD cable channels, which ain't bad at all.

I haven't listened to many cds, but the few I listened to sounded very good. Since I got this player, I listen more to my sacds and dvd-as, than my cds. To me, they sound as good as the Denon 2200. My other music listening has been a good bit of my vinyl albums. I picked up quite a few from Goodwill for $.99 each, that were in very good condition, and have been listening to those.

I believe you won't be disappointed with the Oppo. I'm no audiophile, so I'm very happy with it. If you're an audiophile, you may want to get the Oppo SE, but realize the improvements are only with the analog connections. I haven't heard anyone say they were unhappy with the Oppo.
Good luck. Let me know how it goes?

I have had one for several months as well.  The only problem I had was one disc that wouldn't play (500 Days of Summer).  A beta FW update was available that fixed that issue.  Its a fast player, has all discrete IR codes, has 1Gb internal memory for BD Live, and if you twist my arm the only thing I can think of that it doesn't have is Netflix streaming and wireless Ethernet, neither of which is important to me.  I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

The analog section of the 83 is also very good. I'm using the 6 channel analog outs to an H/K 520 and even the basic DD and DTS sound great, which isn't always the case when the player is decoding those formats (usually the receiver is better at those).

I think the cross-over is set at 80, which is good for movies but I prefer 60 for music. An update is supposed to be available some day to make it adjustable.

Other than that I haven't had any problems with mine either. Plays everything I throw at it.