Official OPPO BDP-83 Owner's Thread [technical talk only] - Page 423

To zero.

What files? The DVD files where I never see the "._VTS" prefix? They are not on any DVD I've ever seen, even without copying.

-Bill

Do not even go there! Not all of us who have come to define ourselves as audiophiles due to a love of music, and wanting a system to reproduce it as accurately as possible are deluded, insane, or as was previously posted "not human" (thanks rdgrimes - I still find that hilarious!).

What about it?



I have a very hard time believing statements like these.

Per the FAQs, you can set SACD to DSD and the analog outs work by getting the signal converted directly to analog from DSD. You just don't get any of the Bass Management/Delay processing as that needs to be converted to PCM first.

But, do you need to include Pet Rocks as your badge of honor in your system? Doubtful! We wouldn't be on this Forum if we didn't consider being -philes of some sort, but cable feet aren't a priority for many of us!

This is all wrong! To get the total effect videophiles, you need to place them on your display/projector. The clarity of the the picture at 480i will blow 1080p away .

Has anyone noticed that their review BDP-83 has a newer firmware version than the current one? Theirs is BDP83-23-0512T, however the Loader Version and Sub Version remain unchanged

OK, I've had a chance to play around with this some more and it gets wierd:

1. I continue to get these 'soft pops' on multi-channel SACDs played through the 5.1 analog output of the Oppo (thru all of the speakers).
2. Switching between DSD and PCM in the SACD menu makes no difference.
3. If I unplug the HDMI cable from the back of the unit, 'soft pops' go away ; plug HDMI cable back in and they return.
4. With 2-channel SACDs I do not get 'soft pops' at all - regardless of whether HDMI cable is plugged in or not.

So, even though I am not using HDMI to carry audio to my Meridian 861, it does appear as if HDMI is mucking things up somehow.

Most frustrating!

i posted a few pages back about having EE at -13 and DE at -5. To add to it, I DO have my projector's Edge Enhancement at the lowest it will go (-5....it goes -5 to +5). I think of my self as a bit of a videophile, and my previous player had the awesome (but for those wondering, not as awesome as this player) HQV chip. So I KNOW what good upconversion looks like, but to achieve a great picture here, I had to lower those settings quite a bit. It still looks AMAZING, and as I said above, BETTER than my Samsung BD-P1200 player with the quite capable HQV chip.

Has anyone tried the Standard Def DVD of The Departed? That DVD got good video quality in its reviews, and if you fudge the pic settings AT ALL it will show (watch the opening scenes with the boy in the shop, add enhancement and his freckles become a moving mess!). That movie helped me notice the video problems. I have since watched several other movies and they look great now.

Good job. I'd sent that to Oppo in case they don't have all the data you gathered. Without knowing the board layout and such, it's not much use speculating.

larry

I'll share a little beta tester secret - notice the "T" at the end of that number? That denotes test firmware.

I noticed that too.
I wonder when this new version is going to be released.
Neuro?????

Are we suppose to be receiving the Blu-ray audio-only sampler from the Norwegian label 2L?

In reading the review:

"Video Evaluation

...The player is also supplied with two terrific Blu-ray commercial test discs. One is the Blu-ray audio-only sampler from the Norwegian label 2L - the only label so far promoting the concept for audio-only Blu-rays. The other is the Spears & Munsil Blu-ray Edition of their High-Definition Benchmark disc which is subtitled Hand Forged Video. "

Guess I'm forgetting how lucky I am to still have 20/20 without glasses, that can make all the difference I suppose. Or am I unlucky because now I can't resist the upgrade?

I'm probably viewing at ~1.5 screen ratio with 1080i, but find I can still appreciate the difference from at least 3.0 (on a 32" LCD at 720p), wonder how long that will last...

About time for me to go 1080p!

did anyone else get a second invitation to purchase the player again?

Yes, because for some reason I was in the list twice -- March and then late April. I sent them an email asking that the second one be sold to someone else.

Upgrade to wisened, older, experienced guy that needs glasses to navigate life's choices??? Have fun while it lasts!

This is a very interesting discovery within your system, but it sounds like it could be very difficult to diagnose without the exact setup. Glad you kept working on the possibilities!

I don't... I was just playing with the feature to see if it worked properly (since if it did, I'd see essentially what I was seeing), but I noticed it was stuttering enough to be noticeable.


I am pretty sure I had 24p off, since it doesn't do me any good. I'll check for sure tonight.

I can't remember if it's only showing up on DVDs or not. It wasn't a huge deal to me, so I didn't make notes -- since I seem to be alone on noticing this, I suppose I'll look into it a bit deeper.

TBH, I would be more inclined to think someone who owns a $6k SACD deck would be much quicker to dismiss the Oppo's performance than to compare it favorably to his expensive player.

*shrug*

I recently purchased an Oppo BDP83. I have a History Channel DVD of the Grand Canyon that plays with a thick line that is pixelated at the top of the screen and the audio skips. I can play the same DVD on my Toshiba HD-A35 and my Panasonic DMP-BD35 and it plays perfectly. The History Channel Cat No. is AAE-71055 and the ISBN 0-7670-5830-5. I cleaned the disc but it didn't help.

I just hooked my Bd83 to a netgear fs105 switch. It detected the network settings now everything works great.

Be sure that the 24fps option is turned off as this is probably a video instead of film presentation.

DSOK, will a Goldendoodle help out? And, Prog, thanks for the reference link for those younger folks!

Thanks for the tip, I will try that tonight. We've watched several movies on the Oppo with this issue but, just as you mention, it was VALKYRIE that motivated me to research this a bit more....sheesh!

Yes, I did already. Although as I was typing it I thought to myself that it all seems so wonky that Oppo will think I've blown a brain gasket.

Only if you wrap it in a counter clockwise rotation, to offset the electrical eddy-current produced by electrons skidding along the wire. Clockwise wrapping reinforces the harmonic discord and allows the current to backwash into an electron tidal basin. Everyone knows what that will do to destroy the open air of sonic spaciousness. Premium toilet tissue can be wrapped in either direction, due to the lotion infused in the fiber, which permits free movement of electrons.