Official OPPO BDP-93 Owner's Thread - Page 784

Originally Posted by Bob Pariseau 

This is likely due to HDMI CEC control. HDMI CEC is a protocol that lets one device control another device over the HDMI cable between them.
The OPPO has a setting in Setup > Device Setup for disabling HDMI CEC. That will keep the Onkyo from controlling the OPPO. You also may need to adjust a similar setting in the Onkyo to keep it from turning on when it sees the OPPO turn on. Try just turning off the OPPO setting first.
--Bob

Originally Posted by djbluemax1 

Just thought I'd mention, low latency, quick access times and decent 2-way throughput are necessary for a program like Ivory Piano that you described. It's needed because it's taking your MIDI input via the keyboard and then accessing the file database to play the correct sound + requiring some processing for weight, duration etc.
. . .
Max

Originally Posted by JoeFinn 

Netflix has just opened services here in Finland and I wonder does Oppo support this? I know it does in the US, but how about in EU? Any plans if it does not yet support it?

Originally Posted by kkpro 


Thanks Bob. I will turn that off. I guess I made the assumption that only components of the same brand could control each other. Appreciate the info.

Originally Posted by JazzGuyy 

Why not use a cheap one that will take component or composite input? That will not interfere with HDMI settings at all. There are postings from people who have done that. 480i resolution should be adequate for file browsing purposes.

Originally Posted by Philnick 

Does anyone sell a cheap flat panel that takes a composite input?

Originally Posted by JazzGuyy 

A lot of people have mentioned these in the past: http://www.amazon.com/Haier-HLT71-7-Inch-Handheld-LCD/dp/B001E78UQY/ref=sr_1_11?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1350769400&sr=1-11&keywords=7%22+tv
A refurb should be fine for the purpose.

Originally Posted by jabz 

Hi is the Oppo BDP-93 able to bitstream HD audio to both the HDMI outputs simultaneously?

I have the BDP-93 HDMI1 connected to an Integra 8.8, and HDMI2 connected to my Sony MDR-DS7500 headphones that I got from Japan, which can decode the HD audio codecs.

When playing a movie with a DTS-HD MA soundtrack it will be correctly detected played through my Integra receiver, however if I turn on the headphone amp/receiver it will also correctly detect and decode DTS-HD MA audio though the headphones, but the Integra receiver will switch to All channel stereo.

If I then put the headphone receiver onto standby, the Integra receiver will remain on All channel stereo. If I then switch the headphone receiver back on and change the input to anything other than the Oppo HDMI2, the Integra amp will switch to decoding DTS-HD MA again.

I don't have the headphone receiver output connected to anything at this stage, only HDMI2 input from the Oppo.

Originally Posted by Bob Pariseau 

See the FAQ (link at the top of the first post of this thread) for restrictions that come into play when both HDMI outputs are live at the same time.
One of those restrictions is that the HDMI 1 output will carry only a stereo (LPCM) down-mix of whatever audio is currently playing -- as might be used by the built in speakers of a TV set.
--Bob

Originally Posted by Philnick 

Ok, it's an old Princeton Graphics VL2018W LED computer monitor. I found its spec sheet at Retrievo.
No mention of HDCP, Its supported resolutions are:
VESA 1440 x 900 @ 75/60Hz
VESA 1280 x 1024 @ 75/60Hz
VESA 1280 x 960 @ 60Hz
VESA 1024 x 768 @ 85/75/70/60Hz
VESA 800 x 600 @ 75/72/60/56Hz
VESA 640 x 480 @ 75/60Hz, Super VGA, VGA
Standard 1280 x 768 @ 60Hz
Could the Oppo output any of these from HDMI 2?
I know that 640 x 480 is 480p.
The questions are:
(1) whether it would be able to understand 720p,
(2) whether the Oppo could understand that's what it can handle, and autoswitch to 720p,
and
(3) whether the Oppo would refuse to output even its own menus without HDCP support?
Anyone?
-Phil

Originally Posted by Bob Pariseau 

The firmware for the European version of the 93 (BDP-93EU) does not include a Netflix app at this point.
The firmware for the new BDP-103EU *DOES* include a Netflix app. Since both that player and the Netflix service in Finland are brand new, we are still awaiting confirmation (in the 103 Owner's Thread here) from new customers of each that it is actually working.
Now, presuming we DO get confirmation that Netflix in Finland is working on the BDP-103EU, that does not imply the Netflix app will definitely become available on the BDP-93EU.
The new Netflix app on the 103EU uses hardware security features which are not present in the 93EU. (Netflix changed their requirements after the 93 was made.) Netflix is, of course, entering new licensing agreements in Europe enabling these streaming services, and they may not have been able to get licensing rights for this content to be streamed to older players like the 93.
Your best bet would be to ask OPPO UK whether they can discuss plans to enable the older Netflix app on the 93EU.
--Bob

Originally Posted by Philnick 


Actually, Ivory uses separate samples for each note for different weights, between ten and twelve samples per note per piano, held with full decay - the Achilles heel of the built-in piano sounds of keyboards, which don't do decay. If you have good high frequency hearing, you hear the overtones continue to cycle and recycle as long as you hold a chord - particularly with the damper pedal down to let the rest of the strings resonate - leading to a "traffic jam" in the high frequency range. That was what drove me to set up Ivory in the first place. To give you an idea of the size of its streaming database, the original version (which I have) which provided the three grand pianos I listed, was provided on ten data DVDs and took five hours to copy onto my external hard drive!

Also to combat latency for real-time playing (a major use of these sample packs is for multitrack assembly of recordings, where that's not as critical), they advised me to get a PCMCIA* plug-in soundcard from Echo - which boasts 96/24 capability.

Ivory sounds beautiful through headphones - the trick is amplification, given the very wide dynamic range of a piano (the formal name of which - pianoforte - is a concatenation of the musical terms for soft and loud). Computer speakers can't cut it, unless you dial back the dynamic range using the synth-like processing options built into the software that also let you adjust the resonance of the soundboard and simulate different room acoustics. I ended up buying a separate hifi stereo amplifier and speakers dedicated to the piano so I could play jazz piano on vacations while the rest of my family was swimming.

*PCMCIA has humorously been expanded as meaning "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms."

I've been trying for years to come up with a funny expansion for A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.!

End of off-topic digression.

Originally Posted by Philnick 

Does anyone sell a cheap flat panel that takes a composite input? The table this would be on would be in front of my couch, and the cable run to the Oppo behind me would be around 20 feet. (There's no way I'm running three component cables!)
The Microcenter across the street from me is selling a Gateway 20" LED that can do up to 1600x900, with a DVI input that is supposed to support HDCP, FOR $100.
I'm assuming that an HDMI to DVI cable would work.

Originally Posted by Neuromancer 


With the BDP-83 you were likely masking the error as the handshake for audio and video were done in tandem. The prolonged HDMI video handshake masked the audio handshake that was also occurring with your receiver. Now that the signals are being split, the handshake with the television is likely faster than the handshake with your receiver, which is why you are noticing a lag in the audio acquisition on your receiver.


This sounds like normal behavior and not a sign of upcoming defects or deficiencies.

Originally Posted by SteveCaron 

I currently have my Oppo connected via HDMI port 1 to my LG LW6500 and HDMI port 2 to my Yamaha RX-V663 and from the Yamaha back to the TV and intermittently I'm getting 2 in succession audio drops when the first bit of audio is played at the beginning during a viewing session; it never happens at any other time during the session and typically will happen once with the first DVD I put into the player or Blu-Ray and will happen again during the same session if I change formats from DVD to Blu-ray or vice versa but again only at the start when first audio output is present. To me this seems to be an additional hand shake between the Receiver and the Oppo and LG maybe because there is some confusion between the oppo, the TV and the receiver that does eventually get sorted out. Does this sound logical? I just want to make certain it's not a sign of something failing on the new player as I never experienced this behavior with my BDP83 going to the receiver and then to the TV.