What features would you like in your next Oppo BR - e.g. Oppo BDP-113 and BDP-115. - Page 19

It's interesting that you mention the zoom functionality. I value this functionality as much as I do all the other functions/features in my Oppos and I would gladly pay the premium for it.

First, I must apologize. We're buying a 65" Samsung 3D TV, so we need a 3D feature. Not quite "barebone".

For BD playback on our RS1 we use an HTPC. Otherwise, we probably would have sprung for the 80 when it was current.

Here's a link to a photo of the back of the BDP-80:
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-80/images/Blu-ray-BDP-80_back_hr.jpg
As far as I can tell, those are analog audio outs, correct? If they are, I don't need them or, for that matter, the analog video outs. Just give me HDMI and the digital audio outs, please.

Most importantly, when it was availble, how much did Oppo sell the 80 for?

The bang for the buck in BD players nowadays is simply amazing. Last week we bought a Toshiba 2D BD player for the LCD in front of our treadmill. It has on its back only an ethernet connection and HDMI and spdif outputs. Its video output is amazingly good for a $67 unit!! It has a 2x, 4x, etc. zoom, but only the 2x is of any real use, and that only for 2.75:1 movies (unless there is a nipple you want to fill the screen with) and, even in the case of 2.75:1 movies, I'd like less zoom than 2x. Oppo's presets are much more useful, IMO.

But I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the Toshiba's lifespan was shorter than that of a mosquito and here is where the Oppo's no doubt greater cost could/would be justified.

$289, I think. $279?

-Bill

I seem to remember paying around that for our 981 DVD-only player ................. and I'd probably shell out that much again for a long-lived BDP-101.

As an added attraction, perhaps Oppo should make it ultra-small, like the new Samsung BD external reader/burner I just bought. (I still can't believe a thing that size can do what it does.) That way Oppo would have both extremes in size covered.

Oppo 103/105 are missing a feature which was implemented in Oppo 9X models. What happened to "making a temporary playlist using an external hard drive" feature?

It'd be very nice and thoughtful of Oppo to add that old feature in their next firmware upgrade.

I think the ability to backup movies in ISO format on server and retrieve onto the player is vastly overrated.
I seldom watch a movie more than once, so its of no relevance to me.
I couldnt care about that feature, which is why I sold my Oppo BDP-93 last year which was capable of playing ISO files (yeah, I did not chose to upgrade firmware because I wanted to maintain its resale value)

I tend to agree for movies, but it's music ISOs that are the real value for me (Blu-ray, DVD-A, and SACD). If you're not strongly into music, especially multichannel and high-resolution music, and you don't frequently re-watch movies, then ISO playback may not be so critical.

For some, it's whole-house movie streaming using ISOs that is the real value, which of course, the 93/95 couldn't do anyway.
Edited by scolumbo - 4/10/13 at 3:15pm

Incorporate KALEIDESCAPE Capabilities that way the rest of you can enjoy movie servers!

I'd like to see a good interface for Android and IOS; movies with covers and synopsis etc. The Oppo players have better high end media support and PQ than XBMC and when combined with easier setup I think they could really sell more of them with this sort of feature.

MultEQ XT32 with bass management, with the same DAC for the BDP105, for the new BDP115. Did I miss something? As I understand it, there is no such combo with a reasonable price range. No outboard unit to work with. Maybe this was said recently, but I just didn't see it.

Cinavia is going down hard and fast....

An LED tray light would be nice so you can see the tray and disc cutout.

A machine that works out of the box without all the bugs and problems that the 105 has been dealing with.

Sticking with my 95 until then.

For me the 105 has been no more or less than with the 95 and more than makes up for it with its musical and better video performance

No tray a slot for the discs less moving part!

I will never purchase a slot-loading player of any kind - they tend to mark/scratch up discs and it's very difficult to remove a disc from the player without touching the bottom surface in some way.

FWIW, I also find the 105 to be far less buggy than my BDP-95 was, particularly when dealing with Pandora.

Interesting really!