The player works as advertised. It’s loads very quickly even for BD disks with a lot of pre loading content. I have mine hooked up to an Onkyo NX900 via the analog 7.1 out, which works like a charm. The only unfortunate thing is that the player does not engage the rear speakers with a 5.1 source. This means that for regular DVD’s only the front and side speakers are producing sound. This is somewhat disappointing for a high end player, for instance Onkyo does actually add the rear speakers to duplicate the sound from the side speakers (Matrixed). I was surprised to learn that this was the case with the Oppo and that it cannot be changed.
I have not had a chance to check out the multi region capabilities but I am sure that will work as advertised as well. Read more...
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Pros: This player has more features and is more versatile than players costing hundreds of dollars more. It can play DVD and Blue Ray dics from any region with a remote code that can be found on the internet. It has a built in PAL, NTSC convertor as well. I upgraded to this player from the Oppo DV-981HD. The DVD picture quality is the same or better. The Blue Ray picture quality is amazing.
Cons: noisy disc loading, clumsy menu navigation, poor documention, short power cord, lack of legacy inputs, you have to turn on the TV to see CD track info. Read more...
Feature
- Compact Design – Only 260×240x48mm / 10.2×9.5×2 inch Fits in bookshelf.
- Blu-ray Profile Ver. 2.0 / BD-Live Ready
- PAL/NTSC Auto Conversion / Two USB 2.0 prot
- HDMI 1080p HD Output / DVD Up-Conversion
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It gets rather complicated when trying to describe the differences between Broadcast systems and Video systems so let stick to those video systems found in VCRs, camcorders, DVD and Blu-Ray Disc players etc.
Those are the basic standards and none are compatible with each other. Sometimes the A/C Hertz are 50 MHz (220 volt countries) and sometimes 60Mhz (110 volt countries) and this changes the scanning results of an electron tube, LVD or Plasma etc. 60Mhz, used in the USA for example, renders the image smoother, virtually no discernible flicker. With line doubling and quad-doubling (100 and 220 MHz and then 200 and 440 MHz).
Line doubling actually interlaces the picture into a single scan that reveals the entire frame and doubling again increased the scan lines providing for an even finer resolution and there a better sense of reality to the human eye. Technically it takes the original two-field frame and creates a progressive scan (single non-interlaced frame) output. This produces a higher resolution picture both brighter and smoother. Read more...
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