The subtitles are terrible on the Oppo 971. I've watched the movie on my A1 and XA1, and never had an issue with the subtitles. They were always a crisp yellow that was easy to read. On the Oppo, they are a faded yellow and almost unreadable at times; the letters in the subtitles are jaggy and broken. I've tried subtitle font 1, 2, and 3 (the default); neither one makes a difference. Has anyone else experienced this with the Goijira The Original Japanese Masterpiece DVD?

Do you have the latest firmware? If not that may help, it made subtitles display better on my 971.

I have the latest firmware; I just received the player as a Christmas gift from my mother in-law. I have watched the R2 Elite version of Hero, the R3 Edko DTS version of House of Flying Daggers, and the HKL R2 PAL versions of the Once Upon a Time in China trilogy, without any issues with subtitles; other than the one garbled subtitle per movie.

The subtitles are terrible on the Oppo 971. I've watched the movie on my A1 and XA1, and never had an issue with the subtitles. They were always a crisp yellow that was easy to read. On the Oppo, they are a faded yellow and almost unreadable at times; the letters in the subtitles are jaggy and broken. I've tried subtitle font 1, 2, and 3 (the default); neither one makes a difference. Has anyone else experienced this with the Goijira The Original Japanese Masterpiece DVD?

I haven't seen that title. DVD-Video subtitle shape and color is fixed in the disc; the font options are for divx, which is something different.

Since the disc is Japanese and you've played it in your HD-DVD system, I presume it is NTSC?

Try contacting Oppo support; they are very good.

-Bill

The disc is R1 NTSC; it was released on the 5th of September.

The disc is R1 NTSC; it was released on the 5th of September.

It's a mystery. I would try switching between VIDEO 1 and 2 modes (although it is not supposed to matter for NTSC) and disabling all the video processing options such as TruLife, CSS, Noise Reduction, etc.

If still no good then I would mail Oppo support.

My 971 firmware is 11-0830, applied on 9/25/2006.

-Bill

I already have all of the video processing options disabled. I sent an email with pics to Oppo earlier this morning.