Oppo Releases UDP-203 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player (1 Viewer)

[Claus H]

Hi All,
I just signed on, and I am currently awaiting delivery of the 203 region-free model. Wasn't planning on buying this so soon, but:
Long story short, our lovely 58-inch Panny Viera plasma developed a very noisy transformer, and despite heroic efforts, no fix to be had. The Oppo is the advance step towards an LG OLED 65-inch upgrade, with the 203 intended to replace my SACD player, my PS3, my FLAC streaming box and my current international player. It is exciting, my first Oppo and OLED the horizon, even if my wallet wasn't exactly ready for both

I look forward to reading more about the Oppo and other things here; I love what I have seen already.

Claus.

 

[Raul Marquez]

Raul, have you gone into each player's Device Setup and told it which codeset to respond to?

THANKS !!!!

 

[Robert Crawford]

THANKS !!!!

That route still didn't work for me as I'm still having that same issue with my Oppo players.

 

[Greg Krewet]

Raul, have you gone into each player's Device Setup and told it which codeset to respond to?

That route still didn't work for me as I'm still having that same issue with my Oppo players.

Robert I am having the same exact problem with my brand new Oppo remote. It worked for 2 days but will not except a signal now I can turn it on play it manually and play but the 202 will not accept. I am reasonably sure it got set to IR2. It still will turn on the earlier DVD Oppo and control that but not the new one. I called the dealer and they said that i may have to change it out for a new model when they get them back in stock. If you find a solution please post. Hopefully we can find a way that the 2 units can receive different IR signals. By the way it was your decision to upgrade your TV set earlier this week that made me also upgrade to a Sony55930D, The new Oppo and the Bose Soundtouch. I don't post much but I read your every posts daily. I have tremendous respect for your contributions to this forum and double dipping on purchasing all of your recommended 4k releases. I am just about ready to view the new version of Great Gatesby. Hopefully you also be taking a look at it. Please keep posting your thoughts.
Best
Greg

 

[Robert Crawford]

Robert I am having the same exact problem with my brand new Oppo remote. It worked for 2 days but will not except a signal now I can turn it on play it manually and play but the 202 will not accept. I am reasonably sure it got set to IR2. It still will turn on the earlier DVD Oppo and control that but not the new one. I called the dealer and they said that i may have to change it out for a new model when they get them back in stock. If you find a solution please post. Hopefully we can find a way that the 2 units can receive different IR signals. By the way it was your decision to upgrade your TV set earlier this week that made me also upgrade to a Sony55930D, The new Oppo and the Bose Soundtouch. I don't post much but I read your every posts daily. I have tremendous respect for your contributions to this forum and double dipping on purchasing all of your recommended 4k releases. I am just about ready to view the new version of Great Gatesby. Hopefully you also be taking a look at it. Please keep posting your thoughts.
Best
Greg

Greg,

Thank you for those kind words. Also, the more 4K/UHD titles I watched, the more i want to double-dip on purchasing more of those 4K/UHD titles.

 

[Greg Krewet]

Greg,

Thank you for those kind words. Also, the more 4K/UHD titles I watched, the more i want to double-dip on purchasing more of those 4K/UHD titles.

So True, although I could not bring myself to buy Pacific Rim again. I did order Everest while the price is down and also Tarzan based on your recommendation. Best

 

[dpippel]

That's a shame Greg, because the 4K UHD release of Pacific Rim is practically reference material and IMO anyway, very worthy of a repurchase.

 

[Raul Marquez]

That route still didn't work for me as I'm still having that same issue with my Oppo players.

Robert,

On the My Harmony app on my Mac I changed the player's (203) Device Setup as suggested. It prompted me to have the Oppo remote (on which I had selected the "2" code on the battery compartment) and asked me to press the power button while aiming it less than 3 inches from the Harmony remote. Did it and everything's fine now. Raul

 

[Greg Krewet]

That's a shame Greg, because the 4K UHD release of Pacific Rim is practically reference material and IMO anyway, very worthy of a repurchase.

Ok You have convinced me. Amazon gets an order of Pacific Rim and in The Heart of Darkness. Have now bought 16 titles. Unfortunately it takes so much less time to buy then then view them. Thanks for all you do

 

[Robert Crawford]

Robert,

On the My Harmony app on my Mac I changed the player's (203) Device Setup as suggested. It prompted me to have the Oppo remote (on which I had selected the "2" code on the battery compartment) and asked me to press the power button while aiming it less than 3 inches from the Harmony remote. Did it and everything's fine now. Raul

I tried that and it still doesn't work with it. I might end up deleting that activity and devices and then reload them again.

 

[zubinh]

Raul - I have the same receiver as you do the Yamaha RX-A2060. Have you noticed any audio dropouts or video stuttering while paying 4K UHD Discs with the UDP-203? Thanks!

 

[Raul Marquez]

Raul - I have the same receiver as you do the Yamaha RX-A2060. Have you noticed any audio dropouts or video stuttering while paying 4K UHD Discs with the UDP-203? Thanks!

Have you performed the latest firmware upgrade? Also some discs (notably DEEPWATER HORIZON) have playback issues with this player. I still think we need 2 or 3 more firmware upgrades to fix various issues as has been mentioned extensively on other websites.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Have you performed the latest firmware upgrade? Also some discs (notably DEEPWATER HORIZON) have playback issues with this player. I still think we need 2 or 3 more firmware upgrades to fix various issues as has been mentioned extensively on other websites.

I might try this disc in the near future.

 

[Edwin-S]

Is this player region free? I might consider it if it allows me to play my R2 DVDs, as well as region free playback of all current Blu-ray formats.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Is this player region free? I might consider it if it allows me to play my R2 DVDs, as well as region free playback of all current Blu-ray formats.

Some have stated you can use the same MOD kit that the 103 uses for Region free playback.

 

[dpippel]

You can indeed. The $58 external mod kit offered by several eBay sellers for the 103/103D works perfectly fine with the 203. There's no need to spend $100 on the "dedicated" 203 kit.

 

[Mike Frezon]

You can indeed. The $58 external mod kit offered by several eBay sellers for the 103/103D works perfectly fine with the 203.

Do we have a thread here which explains how this works?

 

[dpippel]

I don't think so Mike, but it's pretty simple. The external kit plugs into the RS-232 and USB #2 ports on the back of the UDP-203. You change DVD/Blu-ray regions by a series of keypresses on the remote. If you have a universal remote you can just program a macro for regions A, B, and C to make the operation work with a single button press. Here's a link to the kit I bought, which is exactly the same unit I used for 2 years with my BDP-103:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/162101335749?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Mike Frezon]

You don't need to open the unit at all?

That'd be cool.

If I had a nickel for every time a member told me I need a region-free player...

Thanks, Doug.

 

[Robert Crawford]

You don't need to open the unit at all?

That'd be cool.

If I had a nickel for every time a member told me I need a region-free player...

Thanks, Doug.

Mike,

I have the same kit on my Oppo 103 and a similar one on my Oppo 93. You don't need to open the unit at all!