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Oppo’s BDP-83 Blu-ray player
Well, we’re getting closer to a full rollout of Oppo Digital’s sweet BDP-83 Blu-ray disc player.
The news today is that it’s going to start shipping the fully baked product, after extensive early adopter program and feedback, May 5 to May 15 to those who have received invitations.
The company says that if you haven’t received an invitation but want to purchase the $499 player, it will start sending it out to others after all the invite-players have been fulfilled.
Just to refresh your memory, the Oppo not only plays Blu-rays, but will include support for multichannel music formats SACD and DVD-Audio, and include 7.1-channel analog outputs.
It decodes Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, includes dedicated stereo analog outputs. The BDP-83 upconverts standard-def DVDs via Anchor Bay’s DVDO VRS de-interlacing and scaling, and there’s even a vertical stretch mode so you can prep Blu-rays and DVDs for viewing in a 2.35:1 constant image height setup (to ditch the black bars) with an anamorphic lens, projector and CinemaScope screen.
At last check, Oppo was trying to work out the DVD-A support, and it looks like it’s been taken care of prior to shipping so you won’t have to grab it as a firmware update. Plus you get a free 6-foot HDMI cable, so there’s no need to rush out and buy a Monster Cable as attracted as you may be by the new reduced price.
Via: Engadget HD
SACD and DVD-A will play via HDM! 1.2 and if your receiver supports DSD. I wouldn’t scoff at those “dam 5.1 analog cables”. I’ve been doing some listening tests and this baby has a great analog section. Some of my test CDs actually sound better via analog.
I’ve been on Oppo’s list of potential customers for some time, but haven’t heard anything from them beyond their original acknowledgement of my request. Hopefully, they wiil send me something soon regarding its release.
Given the fact that I’m a huge surround SACD fan, I need a new player that will spin both Super Audio discs and Blu Ray. The only other game in town is the Denon and boy are they proud of their player. I hope to hear from Oppo very soon! WP
so will the SACD and DVD-A play completely thru the HDMI connection or will you still need those darn 5.1 analog cables?
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I wonder what the price will be in Euro’s and when they will start shipping to mainland Europe… Not that my Panny DMP BD55 is so bad at all, but as most BD players, it’s sooo slow in loading the disc. Only the time it costs to insert a disc after you powered it up…......
When it is playing, the picture and sound are excellent though. It can only get better!