“Temporarily sold out”
That’s a great marketing strategy OPPO!

When and If OPPO comes out with a Blu-Ray player, I might give them a call. My HD-A2 upconverts just fine and my Dv-45a plays SACDs and DVD-Audios great.
Now if they want to come out with a truely Universal player they better get off the stick.

At that price, I dont think it will slow Blu-ray down much.
My PS3 upconverts well enough for now. Much better than regular DVD.
Also, I didn’t know DVD supports 7.1 channels??

Ditto Nic. My HD-A2, A30 and recent bargain A35 (With Anchor Bay VRS and HDCi) does the same job for LESS than half the price - And does this new Oppo have HDMI yet, or are they still pushing DVI only like the older sets? Don’t get me wrong, upscaled DVD does have merit in these uncertain times, but that price is not really competitive at the moment.

I agree, but just wanted to confirm that yes… the unit does have HDMI.

What you all are missing is that it supports SACD and DVD-Audio. Obviously of no concern to much of the market. But for the 10-100 million people who have not bought into HDM yet, and for the 12 or so people who still love listenable music (sorry for the cynicism - but MP3 is not comparable to analog or SACD/DVA - and even CD is not so great) - this is a hot item. Apparently great video, great product line and support reputation , and great audio. All for about $1000 to $2000 less than the similar Denons.

Bigbrain28: Their last 3 DVD players had HDMI outputs, so you are about 3 years behind, LOL.

One thing you can count on is the audio performance. It will knock a $2000 denon players socks off. Just wait for the reviews in the coming months.

Sorry,  but at that price it’s only going to attract A/V geeks.

I highly doubt this will be a huge improvement over their previous players. It’s still 480 resolution, no matter what processor you use.

Now, if they were offering a Blu-ray player, with that processor at $399, I would snatch it up in a minute.

$399, is way too much for a great DVD player.

Matt, you aren’t getting it. All of this is for AV Geeks. The only thing that isn’t, is the BR’s given away with (or sold with) TV’s, and those sold by (walked into the store with) Geeks to their friends. No normal people buy anything beyond the big stacks of boxes in Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Best Buy etc.  Given that, Oppo has been doing a decent business selling to Geeks, as has Denon’s high line - which is particularly expensive. And others. Besides, to many people who like their systems, $400 is nothing at all. Just another charge or a few big bills. I am lucky enough to not have to think twice about a $400 piece of equipment - and there’s a lot of people like me. We like music and video and we’ve been working for 20-30 years.

Oh and as for that only 480 - watch a good SD-DVD on a good 1080p TV and till me it sucks. It doesn’t - in fact it looks a lot better than those trumped up SD-BR demo’s Sony like to scam with. And a good upconverter takes it even closer to HD. You can be precise, but it is still quite watchable AND has LOTS of features.