Official OPPO BDP-103 Owner's Thread - Page 211

As I stated, 'Off' does not turn it completely off. Even when it is set to off, it still comes back on for a short time every single time you press a button on the remote. I may just put some electrical tape over the display so I never see it.

I did not see the page keys, so that is helpful. Thanks!

I'll try that out. I may just end up using the page down key if that's easier. Thank you!

Trying to decide if I need to run DirectTv through the 103. Right now I have Direct TV set as native going through my Onkyo TX-NR3008. The Onkyo is doing the upscaling to 1080P and then sending it to my Panasonic P60GT30.

The Onkyo has a HQV-Reon VX video processing chip doing the upscale. Would the Oppo 103 do a better job or would I just be adding complexity (hand-shake problem) for no real good?

Oh no, not electrical tape. Check out lightdims. They work great and don't leave the nasty guck behind if/when you remove them.

I have those things on all kinds of stuff.

Easier to use for instance.
I meant BD software players like TMT Or PowerDVD

If it was that simple, there will be no threads such as this on HTPC forum:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1387832/htpc-tweaks-and-fixes


To me there is little to no difference in PQ. YMMV.


Again, Oppo wins for me because it's easier to use, takes less time to tweak, boots almost instantly etc. Never liked playing movies from PC anyway- only did that because of file compatibility. That's not an issue anymore when you have 103.


Try to compare it your system. You don't have much to lose- just return shipping in case you don't like it.

I recently purchased the Oppo 103 and have it hooked up to a Denon 4311CI and then to a Panasonic VT50. I am tempted to use the "enhanced color" for some reason. Not really sure I understand what it does. Has anyone tried this and at what level. (+1 to +4). I'm using Dnice's settings on the VT50 and check those with WOW disk. Wonder how much "enhanced color" messes with cal setting.

Same here. Really wanted to like the OPPO, but the Panasonic BDT-220's SD playback is excellent. And with the sharpness issue, I would say the BR playback is much more satisfying too. File support and streaming on a single box unit would have been very nice and the very reason I went with the OPPO in the first place. But I cannot do it at the price of PQ regardless of cost. For now the Panasonic will have to do. And at one time, I was in the camp that all BR images would look the same. However, I do see a difference on these two units even for BRs with OPPO's soft vs processed look. Perhaps OPPO will or can get it fix. Then we can get back to focusing on SD support, file and streaming support again. Not for now, unfortunately.

Well, frustratingly I just got a more qualified response about fixing HDMI 2 in an email exchange today;

Me: Has Oppo now found that there are indeed chroma sampling errors in HDMI 2, and is the plan to
address those in a future firmware release?

Oppo: Issues related to chroma sampling errors with HDMI 2 have been confirmed by a beta tester and their
observations have been sent to the firmware engineers for additional replication and verification. Ideally if
there is anything wrong with the HDMI 2 output will be corrected through a future firmware release.


Doesn't sound like they've accepted there are definitely errors or are promising a fix yet either.
"Ideally'...

It drives me crazy... SMB via the 103. I have Windows 8 Pro. I guess my settings are ok because from my smartphone i can access my shared drives through a SMB app (AndSMB) without any problem. On the 103 i always get "Login failed", my access settings are simple, account no special characters, password no special characters and as said - works like a charm from Smartphone. I looked up in Google for help - nothing found that worked.

Is there any hint ? I read that Win 8 makes problems in general with SMB compared to Win 7 - is it a known issue with the oppo ?

Unfortunately, it is a known issue with Win 8/OPPO. Win8 is supposed to have backwards compatibility with SMB 1 and 2, but something isn't quite right yet (either with documentation for developers to implement SMB 3 or with the actual compatibility system).

Thanks. Thats fun, since they advertise it as experimental they don't even need to take big attention to this issue then... direct access was one of the buying reasons to replace the 93

To their credit, my Win 7 share works flawlessly and I couldn't be happier. Also, I don't know how much access they would have had to Win 8 for testing prior to its release considering both the OS and player were released in October if I remember correctly.

Also, make sure you don't have any Microsoft Live programs installed as they conflict with SMB shares, even on Win 7. This includes MS Live Essentials, Live Games etc.

No live services installed. I made a fresh install as well this week. and i use a local account, no live account for logon

Was frustrated with the variable quality of Netflix on my Oppo BDP-103 and so cancelled Netflix.

Should the new Roku 3 provide (a) visibly and audibly better and (b) more consistent results from Netflix (with Roku signal then passed thru the Oppo) than the 'downgraded' signal Netflix seems to frequently send to the Oppo?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by moonhawk

Are you set to bitstream, or LPCM? I have very little success with bitstream, and occasional delays --Handshaking?--with LPCM into my Bryston SP3.

Sorry, for the delay... I reconfirmed my settings and yes, I am definitely using bitstream.

Any owners having any luck getting the BR of Wreck it Ralph to work? The player is un-responsive. The DVD works just fine and for kicks, I moved the BR to another player and had no issues.

I think it definitely depends on the displays - and of course personal likes etc. I had two BDT-220s and returned them both. One on a 54 inch Panny GT15 and the other a 60 inch GT50. I surely wouldn't say the 220s stunk in regards to video prowess yet definitely "would not" say I liked it over the OPPOs. If BD playback/PQ was its only use I too would probably say $120 works over the $500. My biggest issues with the 220 were what I would call a very finicky HDMI circuit and antiquated home network features with lousy playback/format support. The HDMI issues definitely relate to my home/HDMI runs in that short direct runs to a display worked fine. Anything beyond that resulted in flaky video if video at all - where other players work flawlessly. I replaced one with the 103 and the other with an even cheaper Sony BD player. I do respect your position however as its been said many times that if you are not utilizing the many other features/functions of an OPPO you're paying for more than you need.
Regardless of item purchased, merchant etc, the best thing ever created was the 30 day return policy. Reviews and research don't always cover the specifics and each of us can have unique set ups and/or desires and opinions on performance. It's great to beable to perform a little trial and error/test and review prior to long term ownership.

Cheers

Yours is the first problem report I have seen.

What exactly is the player doing? When does it stop being responsive?

The general procedure for dealing with problem Blu-rays is to do all of:

• turn off BD-Live
• erase Persistent Storage
• reboot the player

If still no good, try the same thing with BD-Live on.

If still no good, contact OPPO support with the details.

-Bill

I'll give this a try. The disc and player just remain unresponsive at the menu screen. The closest thing I get to a reaction from the player is a circle with the line thru it in the top left corner when I try and push various buttons on the remote. I'm sure Oppo will get it sorted out. Sounds like a BD-Live issue.

Browsing this thread late and have only read back a few pages. Regarding the discussion about the HDMI 1 softness issue, I see some people say that they've gone back to the BDP-83. Where does the BDP-93 fall? Does it supposedly have this issue also?

I defer to others on the 93 image quality, but the culprit in the 103 seems to be the QDEO processing which Oppo enabled mainly for 4K scaling and NR. The decoding solution provided by Mediatek seems to do everything else adequately, which is why HDMI2 will be preferred for most users once they sort out the Chroma issues (I am still hopeful that a fix for this imminent, despite the latest generic response from low-level tech support).

I will point out that many are holding onto the older 83 for its superior IR remote responsiveness and front panel ergonomics over the newer 93.

Sorry to give a non-answer answer, but I'm the one who spoke of going back to the 83. I do have
the 93, but it's in a different system, with a lesser display, so I've always attributed any quality
differences to the display, not the player.

I did think of testing the 93 in my main system to try and answer exactly your question, but just
haven't had the time.

FYI, no issues with my 103 on the Wreck It Ralph blu-ray...

while i am no expert. I found the sharpness at +1 with my oppo 93 much better for some reason. specially with 3d titles. I am using a panasonic gt25.

Jacob

All- Before I go behind my TV/Rack and give HDMI 2 a try for video, I want to be sure I understand something. If I am now going to use HDMI 2 for Video only direct to display and HDMI 1 for Audio only to the Receiver, I assume I have to pick "Dual Display"? Then I assume Audio and Video are passed from BOTH HDMI? Thanks!!

The 93 also has QDEO, but not 4k scaling. I don't know if it's been implemented the same way.

It was my understanding that both units used Mediatek for decoding, and QDEO only came into play for image processing (or scaling to 4k).

Sorry for the delay in answering your question. If you're still interested, I've had a Sony KDL-55BX520 for the past year and change.

new update from slysoft about cinivia

7.1.6.0 2013 03 05- New: Option to disable Cinavia detection when using AnyDVD with ArcSoftTMT 5.3, TMT 6.0 or PowerDVD 12- New: Rip to image will create sparse files to reduce the size ofrequired disc space and faster image creation- New (Blu-ray): Support for new discs- New (DVD): Support for new discs- Fix (DVD): Removing annoyances could make some discs unplayable- Some minor fixes and improvements


does this have any worth when using AVCHD WITH OPPO?