Official OPPO BDP-103 Owner's Thread - Page 173

Originally Posted by jdlynch 

New BDP-103 owner here. I have been using a "fat" PS3 as a blu-ray player, and, finally made the change in order to take advantage of Dolby HD and DTS MA. I use the Oppo to do the decoding, then, feed the signal via analog outs into my Lexicon MC-12.

I must say how impressed I am with the Oppo. My first impression was the first class packaging, and, the cool carrying bag/cover. The Oppo itself is absolutely gorgeous. The operation and user interface is second to none. The performance had me watching all the blu-rays I could get my hands on today!

I have a question though...

My Lexicon is non-HDMI. I have a single HDMI cable ran to my projector. I am using the HDMI 1 out of the Oppo directly to my projector. I would still like to keep the PS3 in my system for my sons as they use it for gaming. I connected the PS3 HDMI out to the HDMI in on the back of the Oppo with the intention to use the Oppo as a switcher; toggling between the Oppo and the PS3 to my projector via my single HDMI cable. Is this OK?

The connection seemed to work perfectly as the PS3 home screen appeared. However, when my son put in a PS3 game disc, the projector went to a blank screen with a "no video signal" notation. It also froze-up the Oppo causing me to have to power off/on to un-freeze the Oppo.

Out of curiosity I then tried the Netflix interface on the PS3, again feeding the HDMI input on the rear of the Oppo, and it worked perfectly. I had perfect video and audio with no blank screens and no locking-up of the Oppo.

Why am I unable to play a PS3 game disc, but, able to use the PS3 netflix interface? Is there a video setting I need to change, or, is playing a game in this configuration not possible?

Thanks for any help. I searched this thread, but, was unable to find an answer.

Originally Posted by ollie75 

I've recently downloaded some HD tracks and then found out my 1st gen Apple tv won't play them unless i convert them to a lesser bitrate . Disappointed to say the least........

Mark

Originally Posted by RaptorX 

Are you still dealing with your hiss issue?

I mocked a 'dedicated amp / no preamp' setup last night by invoking volume control on the 103 and cranking my AVR's volume to maximum (I am using the FL and FR analog outputs). I have the same hiss / pop issue.

I strongly doubt it is a setup issue or a 'defective player' issue since so many other people have reported it. My guess is that very few people actually use it this way; most use a dedicated preamp or use one of the the digital outputs from the player (HDMI, optical or coax).

Originally Posted by ollie75 

They are in FLAC SMD

Originally Posted by ackergwj 

I tried DLNA to play mkv files on my network. It sees the file and starts playing it but suddenly stops after playing few minutes (Not sure if it crashed and restarted or just can't play it). It always stops at the same point. My computer (windows media player, VLC player) has no problem playing the file.

Originally Posted by Bob Pariseau 

Using HDMI input from the PS3 for game play should work. I suspect you had a type of HDMI handshake failure that OPPO is working to fix in the next firmware release -- a failure of the Copy Protection check. If it happens again, see if you can use the Input button on the OPPO remote to switch the OPPO back to Blu-ray Player, then select the HDMI Input again. That will force a new HDMI handshake and may clear the problem.

That said, I would not recommend using the PS3 through the OPPO for game play. The PS3 games are authored to use video in the RGB video data format flavor which OPPO calls RGB PC Level, but there is currently no way to configure the HDMI Input on the OPPO as to whether RGB format input should be treated as RGB Video Level (the default) or RGB PC Level. In addition, there is currently a bug which results in incorrect "color space math" if RGB input comes in at HD resolutions.

For movie playback on the PS3 (including Netflix), the PS3 uses YCbCr 4:4:4 output by default, and that works without problems through the OPPO input. Although you can set movie output on the PS3 to either format, game output typically "forces" the PS3 to RGB output.
--Bob

Originally Posted by ollie75 

Hi Oppo fans

New to the site so please go easy if this question has been asked before.....
I'm about to take delivery of an Oppo 103. I predominately bought it because i could combine it's excellent blu ray playback with the best digital playback of my music.
At present i'm using iTunes through a first gen Apple tv. Handy because of the HD attached. I've recently downloaded some HD tracks and then found out my 1st gen Apple tv won't play them unless i convert them to a lesser bitrate . Disappointed to say the least. My current setup is Bang and Olufsen. I have a BV7-40 (main system) connected to a pair of Beolab 5's. The Oppo will HDMI straight into the BV7 .......

Questions are.....

I'm looking to stream from my desktop to the Oppo so what is the best for syncing with the Oppo for HD music playback? I have noticed people talking about J River and Monkey Media. How do they compare with iTunes?
Can i plug an external HD into the Oppo for music playback? Will that sound better than streaming?
How is the interface on the Oppo for navigating around music files. ie - Cover art....

My main aim is to feed the Oppo with the best HD music for playback. Tks for your time.

Mark

Originally Posted by Musta10000 

My Netflix menu looks like it is not centered and the movie "covers" extend to the left of the screen. The movie descriptions are displayed on the right and seem to "push" the picture to the left off the screen. Very different from the Apple TV Netflix application. Is this the only way to display Netflix off the Oppo or do I have some hidden option set-up incorrectly?

Originally Posted by ollie75 

How do you play them on your Oppo SMD?......streaming?

Still, you’ll occasionally hear this gripe: “Over at [other places where such things are reviewed], they say I should buy the Panasonic DMP-BDT220, and it’s less than $100! Why should I spend five times that much?” These are folks who’ve never owned an Oppo. Once you have owned an Oppo and experienced its flawless accuracy, owning and using one will make you feel you’ve done yourself a favor. And once you’ve called Oppo’s technical support line to ask for help, you’ll find out that the quality of the people at the other end of the line speaks volumes about the company’s core values. For example: When a customer needs help, you help them. Period. You will never hear, “We can’t help you. It must be the fault of your receiver.

Originally Posted by oddmania 

I'm experiencing 3 second delay when the movie stars during the company's logo, it's not bothering me that much but any idea how to fix it?

Originally Posted by Tal L 

Is the Oppo hooked up through your AVR or is the sound coming out of your TV speakers?

I have found I only get the delay when I have higher bit sound going to the TV speakers. So now if I am using the TV speakers, I just drop down the audio quality from the source or if I want the sound quality then I disable the TV speakers and run the sound through my AVR system and no more delay. Or at least none that I have noticed

To be honest I don't understand what the culprit is.. Maybe it is an handshaking issue or the TV just takes a while being able to downmix the audio.

Originally Posted by oddmania 

Every thing is connected via HDMI 1 to the AVR,the only delay I've experienced is with total recall.
The rest BD work perfectly, I will try a couple of BD to know for sure if it's from the player or just total recall.
I have the Japanese version of the movie cuz the U.S release has sound delays, but it yurns out even the Japanese version has it.

Originally Posted by yoguy1 

I would like to replace my Boxee Box, which is mostly used to stream Bluray MKV rips, with an Oppo 103. If I attach a USB drive to the Oppo, can I access the drive from my networked Mac running OS X 10.8.2?

Originally Posted by wmcclain 

No. Storage attached to the OPPO is not on the network.

-Bill

Originally Posted by yoguy1 

Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I'll just stream from the Mac using Playback DLNA. Just curious, has anyone tried streaming 3D Bluray rips with the Oppo?

Originally Posted by MysteryMachine 

Yes, still have the issue. Oppo still says they are unable to duplicate the issue in their testing and still point to my setup despite the 83 working perfectly with 100% the same setup (I just unplugged the cables from the 83 and plugged them into the 103). However I managed to fix my broken pre/pro so I am connected with digital now and, sadly, not going to use any of the analog features of the player (digital has its own issues with audio sometimes not locking etc and also sometimes the player just locks up and the only way to fix is unplugging it).

The BDP-83 was such a workhorse and I NEVER had issues with it so I am very surprised at all these issues on the 103 - the HDMI audio lock was always instant on the 83 and I never had dropouts as I do occasionally on the 103. I hope they can fix it over time but I have a feeling the hiss is not fixable via firmware. I have had a few components over the years with hisses or hums and it was never firmware it was always something hardware. The percentage of people that hook their 103 direct to their amp is probably so tiny that its not worth major effort on Oppo's side. Most people that would do this probably just buy the 105.

Originally Posted by essexboy 

Please For give me if this is already been asked in the past. So i got a oppo 103 like two weeks ago (upgraded from the pioneer BDP-09FD) and i love it the pic and the audio is amazing ON the oppo. the thing i can't get to work is the live updates as evey time i try it always tells me (Cant connect to server) even tho i can use utube and the serve test passes all the time. the oppo is hard wired with cat5e.

Originally Posted by essexboy 

yes i am in noth America , yes it has been chip to play multi regian blu ray and dvd.

Originally Posted by wmcclain 

Welcome to AVSForum.

Are you in North America and is this a normal region A player? Does it have a region-free hardware mod?

-Bill

Originally Posted by Bob Pariseau 

Using HDMI input from the PS3 for game play should work. I suspect you had a type of HDMI handshake failure that OPPO is working to fix in the next firmware release -- a failure of the Copy Protection check. If it happens again, see if you can use the Input button on the OPPO remote to switch the OPPO back to Blu-ray Player, then select the HDMI Input again. That will force a new HDMI handshake and may clear the problem.

That said, I would not recommend using the PS3 through the OPPO for game play. The PS3 games are authored to use video in the RGB video data format flavor which OPPO calls RGB PC Level, but there is currently no way to configure the HDMI Input on the OPPO as to whether RGB format input should be treated as RGB Video Level (the default) or RGB PC Level. In addition, there is currently a bug which results in incorrect "color space math" if RGB input comes in at HD resolutions.

For movie playback on the PS3 (including Netflix), the PS3 uses YCbCr 4:4:4 output by default, and that works without problems through the OPPO input. Although you can set movie output on the PS3 to either format, game output typically "forces" the PS3 to RGB output.
--Bob