Official OPPO BDP-93 Owner's Thread - Page 185

I could have suggested that you get the 95 instead which would have forced you to wait and shell out even more money, so think of $499 as being a bargain (actually $499 IS a bargain for the 93 given all it does and well it does just about everything) .

i'd say sound quality is above average for a blu-ray player. Will it stand up against a 500$ stand alone dac? doubtful, is it fair to compare it to such a device? absolutely not.

Good point....just put the Onkyo CS5VL CD player in my bedroom set up and it was a big step up from the all around unit it replaced for sound.

A bunch of us here (myself included) can not get IR to work at all, and a couple people have had spotty results. Other people are having no issues at all using the same repeaters as us who get nothing.

We've contacted Oppo, they have acknowledged there is some sort of problem, and haven't said what the cause is yet or if they even know the cause. We're still waiting to hear back from them.

I reported my issue on November 29th, and asked again when the new firmware came out, and the response was the same each time: they know about it and they're working on it. So its been about 2 months now with no update - who knows when word will come.

I'd say contact Oppo and let them know you issue - at least then you might get an e-mail when something is figured out.

Hello,
While I primarily use HDMI, I did go ahead and hooked up the Multichannel Analog Outputs. I was quite impressed and while I do think the Wolfson DAC's in the Pioneer BDP-51 are a bit better, I do not think you will be disappointed.

If I am not mistaken, the TX-SR608 does not offer a Multichannel Analog Output in which case only CD Performance is applicable. Given that the BDP-83 used the same DAC's, I would also check out the Professional Reviews of it as well. Bottom line, I do not think you will be disappointed.
Cheers,
AD

Oppo's web site now says the BDP-95 is coming in "early March", and the price is now set at $999.00.
--Bob

One of the other Beta testers found a new, Danish review of the European version -- BDP-93EU. Here is the Danish link:

http://www.recordere.dk/indhold/temp...=4678&zoneid=6

And here it is a translated to English by Google:

http://translate.google.com/translat...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8

--Bob

I like mine with blonde braids.

It is possible that your problem is that you are not using HDMI to your tv. If netflix is using image constraint tokens on their HD streams then you will need to use HDMI to your tv. Using component will result in the video being converted to standard definition.
If you are going through a A/V receiver you will have to use HDMI from the OPPO to the the receiver and HDMI from the receiver to the tv. You can not use component any where in the chain.
Also I don't think the netflix Hd stream has 5.1 sound. This is only available on the PS3.
I have the OPPO 83, so somebody who has the 93 will have to confirm this.

Also it was suggested that using a different wireless router would result in a faster through put speed. A wireless router can not speed up a slow internet connection. It is indicted that you have 6 meg from comcast which should be sufficient for netflix HD. If not then you will have to subcribe to a faster internet package.

You nailed it. My old Pioneer Elite Pro-610HD has only component inputs.

I exchanged my failing modem at Comcast and I'm now getting the 12 Mbps I'm paying for. My internal home G network needs upgrading, though.

New TV is next. If I could find a 3D 65" display without a glassy reflective screen, I would buy it tomorrow.

(Mods, I know this is getting OT. Just slap me if it's too OT.)

Welcome to the world of HDCP. I got rid of all my analog cables this summer since I no longer have any equipment without HDMI.

Checked my order status, and no shipping info. Ordered on Jan 7.

Looking like all the orders will not be shipped until the new Feb 9 date.

Had an issue with "Secretariat" tonight. All the pre-movie trailers and menu played fine, but after selecting Play the screen would go blank and the player would lock up. First time: waited 2 minutes, then stopped the player and restarted the disc. Second time: waited 4 minutes, then stopped the player and erased Persistent Data (1MB). Third time: selected Scene One from the main menu. Fourth time: turned player off, then on, then selected Scene Two. Fifth time: turned BD Live ON, selected Play from main menu. Movie started right up!

Lesson: in this case, "turn BD Live ON and enjoy." I know, I'm shocked too.

So the 93 is supposed to have the same resume playback functions as the 83 right? As in it remembers up to 5 different ones at a time? It seems that for whatever reason mine does not work the way it is supposed to

If I have a blu ray that I know for sure works with the resume feature, i can turn it on and off as many times as I want, stream as many other movie files as I want, and every time the auto resume works great on said blu ray. But then if I play a different blu ray, and then go back and try it the auto resume on the one that it works on every single time, it LOSES it every single time. I seem to remember the 83 always working properly with this, or am I mistaken? Can it remember 5 different dvd's, but only 1 blu ray?

This is, I believe, the 2nd disc reported to require BD-Live ON. I forget the title of the prior one, but in that case it required BD-Live ON even if you had no networking connected.

Silly studio disc programmers....
--Bob

My support email's keep bouncing service@oppodigital.com anyone else having problems contacting oppo support via email?

I've been messing with this disc all night. I'd caution against making any assumptions about BD-Live since the issue is inconsistent. It'll fail once then work once. The issue occurs with ANY attempt at navigation to or from the main menu, and is very inconsistent. Anyhow I finally watched it without BD-Live on.

Oppo is aware of it and will look into it. Also, please report the source of the disc, is it a rental, retail or what?

It's a Netflix disc, but I'm pretty sure Disney doesn't produce alternate versions of their BD releases like, well, just about everyone else.

I'm not concluding anything about BD Live. I'm just glad I got the thing to play. I will probably add "turn BD Live on" to my repertoire of troubleshooting steps in the future, though.

Hey guys, I've been reading over the owners guide and noticed that you can change the speaker setting and speaker distance. Do I have to do anything here if I already have all the setting imputed on the a/v receiver?

Only if you are using the player audio analog outputs.

I'll be using the hdmi to the receiver. So I don't have to worry about it, right?

Right.
--Bob

One more question, I had my tv calibrated by a professional, do I have to mess with the video setting on the player?

You might want to check out post #3363 on page 113. We did an extensive test and liked the SQ of the 93. However, you can just take Bill's advice, order the 93, listen with your own ears in your own system and decide for yourself. As he says Oppo gives you 30 days to return if not satisfied and they mean what they say.

Under cloudy & cool Seattle skies, Gill

No. The picture settings should be left in their default settings if you had a competent professional calibrator adjust your display.

If you had BB's Geek Squad do a "free" calibration then all bets are off.

As a rule, all adjustments for picture quality should be done in the display.

Has anybody connected one of these Lacie drives to The Oppo. Does it
work in HDD expansion mode?

blairy

I'm seeing aliasing/line twitter on 1080p transport streams ripped from Blu Rays when played via the LAN or from USB sticks. The same content from the Blu Ray played directly does not have the issue. Is this a known media player bug? The same files play correctly from a PS3, for example. So it's not the files who are broken.

Bob - hate to admit I watched it, but with the 83 the movie Killers required that you had BD Live on to get that movie to start. It was the first time I had ever enabled BD Live on my 83. Forgive me if you were referencing another movie not playing strictly on the 93.