Official OPPO BDP-83 Owner's Thread [technical talk only] - Page 272

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Release is "several weeks". Final vote is 04/26/2009. Vote is 70% supermajority.

Originally Posted by Jim Hef

I realize that Blu-Ray discs have the ability to output at film rates, but what is it that you like about standard DVDs doing this? After all these years of watching DVDs at 60Hz rates, what should we like about forcing a "film-like" frame rate for them??? Since I've never had a player that can do this, and still waiting for the 83 to be introduced, I'd like to know how it affects the viewing of a movie.

Originally Posted by rdgrimes

By and large it's marketing.

Originally Posted by tomcrown1

According to OPPO release date will be May 15, 2009. Oppo will go by the finale vote on 4/28/09 . As it stands now the unit will be released as they got 80% approval from the number of votes cast.

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Release is "several weeks". Final vote is 04/26/2009. Vote is 70% supermajority.

Originally Posted by petmic10

Is it possible that Oppo will provide another firmware
update prior to release?

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Probably.

Originally Posted by Jim Hef

I realize that Blu-Ray discs have the ability to output at film rates, but what is it that you like about standard DVDs doing this? After all these years of watching DVDs at 60Hz rates, what should we like about forcing a "film-like" frame rate for them??? Since I've never had a player that can do this, and still waiting for the 83 to be introduced, I'd like to know how it affects the viewing of a movie.

Originally Posted by JohnAV

I would try Moulin Rouge again with 0417. With DD5.1 or DTS.

Originally Posted by rdgrimes

By and large it's marketing. Less than 10% of monitors out there, (maybe less than that), actually correctly display 24 FPS, and there may be little if any difference. Most of them just pull it down to 60 or some multiple of 60. Some people confuse a monitor's claim of "24p support" with correct display of 24p.

Needless to say, many people "see" a difference because they want to. The truth is that there is as many different ways of displaying 24p as there are monitors that support it. Some will reveal no difference, some will reveal minor differences and some will handle it very well. But they all are performing some version of a pull-down to their native refresh rate.

To answer the question for yourself, you need to look at your own monitor and find out how it really handles 24p. Good luck since many of the makers don't really want you to know.

Originally Posted by wmcclain

No one has told me the date, but I suspect we are considerably closer than we were months ago. As in Real Soon Now.

-Bill

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

I have an Integra DTC-9.8 If I just select the DTS track, I will get no audio. If I change between the DTS and PCM tracks, then back to DTS on the fly while playing a track, I will acquire the DTS 96/24 signal over HDMI. However, as soon as I interrupt playback (ie. Skip Forward) I lose the signal.


All outputs are live at the same time, so you can try using digital coaxial or optical to ensure that you are not having difficulties with HDMI handshaking principles.

In the middle of a track, press the Audio button to switch to the PCM track. Press Audio again to switch back to the DTS track. Do you get audio?

Originally Posted by sk20

It's not just marketing. MPEG frames have a bit that indicates if they're the original frame from a movie, or a repeated frame stuck in there to get the 60Hz rate for TVs. That bit is there for a reason--so players can restore the original film if they want to. And depending on the player, the display, and the quality of the authoring of the DVD, the results can range from bad to excellent. When the results are good, what's on the display looks like what you saw in the theater. It's nifty.

Originally Posted by PooperScooper

We're done with the HDMI cable, etc. discussion. There's a whole forum here for it. Thanks.

larry

Originally Posted by SwampDawg78

DVD-A of Beatles LOVE plays perfectly & seamlessly.

Originally Posted by hawkfan

Alright, is post #8141 legit? Is May 15th the official date? I know this isn't an EAP question but nobody refuted it outright.

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Does it always lock up when you repeat your procedures which caused the original lockup, or was it a one time occurrence?

Originally Posted by avsinkhole

Not scraping for issues, but I also declared victory on this DVD-A disc, as many others have, after playing several tracks following the latest FW update. But then someone posted that they still had an issue at track 21 to 22 transition (I believe.) And that the last track had no sound at all, but you could get it to come in if you hit the back button and re-started the song from the beginning. Well, I checked it out on mine and darned if I didn't experience the exact same thing. Just curious if you played the entire disc. I know it's a minor issue compared to what it was, but it looks like there's still work to be done - hopefully resolved with the next FW update. (I voted yes, nonetheless.)

Originally Posted by hawkfan

Alright, is post #8141 legit? Is May 15th the official date? I know this isn't an EAP question but nobody refuted it outright.

Originally Posted by Smarty-pants

So is anyone actually having any problems with Blu-ray discs on this awesome BLU-RAY player?
You can start holding your breath now.

Originally Posted by Jim Hef

I realize that Blu-Ray discs have the ability to output at film rates, but what is it that you like about standard DVDs doing this? After all these years of watching DVDs at 60Hz rates, what should we like about forcing a "film-like" frame rate for them??? Since I've never had a player that can do this, and still waiting for the 83 to be introduced, I'd like to know how it affects the viewing of a movie.