Official OPPO BDP-103 Owner's Thread - Page 23

That would be the newest Star Trek from 2009 with new actors etc. All the details here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/

Of course I have this title as I love a lot of scifi including Star Trek. I will test it out soon maybe tomorrow and let you know if I have the same results.

Can the Oppo player support local physical storage formatted in Mac OS Extended or does it need to be FAT32/NTFS?

ok, I meant to play the discs in the OPPO not stream

Thanks Bakerwi,
It only states Star Trek-no other title or designation or #. I have emailed OPPO to see whats up.
Dave

FAT or NTFS only.

-Bill

I'm not understanding the question. What does the Xtreamer SideWinder3 have to do with playing discs on the OPPO?

-Bill

There's an abundance of information not provided, but what you're describing is a pretty typical description of a flawed disc. In any case that movie plays fine here.

Thanks for checking it out rdgrimes. Liked that movie and now seems- worthless ,not a scratch or mark on it and only I handled it. Hope I don't find any more like it
Dave

Watched Californication tonight season 4 (DVD) disc 1 and several times went to pause, rewind, fw and when resuming play the framerate was very jerky. Had to pause, play a few times to get it smooth again. Anyone else experiencing this? I do have it set to 1080P/24 so not sure if that might be the trouble.

^ There have been reports this can happen with DVD 24p Conversion ON. As you discovered, doing Pause/Play again is the cure. It is evidently frame drop stutter due to 24p Conversion getting confused by your navigation commands. It does not seem to be easy to reproduce.

If you have found a repeatable case, please email OPPO Tech Support with the disc and time code information, and the exact set of steps which you've found generates the problem.
--Bob
Edited by Bob Pariseau - 10/14/12 at 12:31am

Hi

Wondering if the new oppo will support 3 or even 4 tb harddrives


Mikael

Another early first impression of the BDP-103

Blu - Ray - OPPO BDP-103 (translated from hometheater.co.il)

Hi,

Seriously tempted by a 103 but have a couple of questions.

I have my media on shared (SMB) drives on both a NAS and also my Win 7 PC, I currently use a Dune media player which plays the media fine. Would the Oppo also play said media? It's all BluRay backed up to BDMV folder structure.

Also I may upgrade to a 3D projector sometime in the near future, is the 103 able to play 3D via SMB in either ISO or BDMV folder?

Thanks in advance.

Assuming it is a 1080p display and not 720p, high quality source components are every bit as important as they are for larger TVs as long as you are sitting close enough to see all the detail in HD images. The real determining factor is viewing angle... how much of your field of vision is occupied by the TV screen.

Let's take a viewing angle of 40 degrees... you can achieve this with ANY video display and they will all give you the same detail regardless of how large the screen is. For example here are examples of disgonal screen sizes and the viewing distance that provides a 40 degree viewing angle:

37" = 3.7 feet

47" = 4.7 feet

60" = 6 feet

72" = 7.2 feet

96" = 9.6 feet

All of those screen sizes and viewing distances will result in THE SAME viewing experience because the screen will fill the same 40-degree angle of view in every case. And that viewing angle will allow you to see all the detail present in HD images. If you sit much farther than that from the screen, you won't be able to see all the detail present in the images. It's amazing how far most people sit from their TV or projector screens... much too far to see all the detail present in 1080 resolution images. When we switch to 4K resolution images, it will be even WORSE as you'll have to sit even closer to see all the detail present in the images!. I've seen 4K images and they do support getting very close to the screen to see all the detail present in the images.

I just bought the 93 a few months ago. My new favorite player is the Sony S790, which seems to upscale better. Curious to know how the 103 stacks up against the Sony for DVD upconversion.

Yes, see the FAQ: What partition tables are supported on attached hard drives?

-Bill

Yes.

BDMV: yes.

Blu-ray ISO: no, not directly. There is a trick with SMB that might work for you: How do you play Blu-ray ISO files over SMB?

-Bill

Even the lowest end Sony blu-ray player upscales better than a 93, hence my hope the 103 is an advance over the 93.

The Oppo 93 is one of the poorest upscalers of dvd and lower res media. Even cheap Pioneer and Panasonic players have it beaten in this department. Im not sure if it's their implementation of the Marvell QDEO, or the fact the QDEO is just overhyped to begin with. The mediatek output on HDMI 2 can look cleaner and less artifact prone than the QDEO in certain cases.

What irks me is how many AVS members just fell over themselves to kiss OPPO's behind and declare it a great upscaler, which it wasn't.

I sincerely hope those now reviewing the Oppo 103 will do an even handed assessment of its capabilities.

You have a right to your opinion but you are being offensive and, I suspect, in violation of forum rules.

-Bill

Some members are still saying that the 83 is still the best, also better than the 103.

^ As stated in prior posts, personally I've switched to the 103. In addition to scaling and de-interlacing improvement over the 93, it also has significant improvements in DVD 24p Conversion over the 83.
--Bob

Dave,

I've tried the time stamp you reference and it plays without a problem on my 103 and 93. I can't imagine what could be causing it not to play on your 103. Hopefully, someone else can venture a guess as to the possible problem.

^ With Blu-ray it is possible to have manufacturing defects that are not visible to the naked eye.

The usual next steps in a case like this would be to try the disc in a different player. If it fails there as well then exchange the disc.

If it works in the other player, then give OPPO Tech Support a call. If they don't spot an easy answer, and you are willing to loan out the disc for a while, they've even been known to take in discs so that the lab guys can try them and see precisely what's happening on your specific disc (which may differ from a new copy they could buy themselves). They send the disc back of course.
--Bob

I did prefer the Sony BDP-S790 over the BDP-93 for DVD playback, but it wasn't night and day and if I had to make a choice it would be the BDP-93 for everything else that it supports that the Sony does not.. My only reason for purchasing the Sony at the time was for my wife who likes streaming content. Actually if not for streaming the Sony would not have been a consideration, but the DVD playback was a pleasant surprise. I would suggest anyone just looking for blu-ray, DVD playback and streaming to consider the Sony.

The DVD playback of the Sony BDP-S790 is pretty much a wash compared to the BDP-103 according to my eyes. However, before someone chimes in with the price delta between the Sony and the BDP-93 or BDP-103 remember you are getting significantly (in my opinion; especially the 103) more machine and don't get forget Oppo's outstanding customer service, which you can't put a price on.
Edited by bakerwi - 10/14/12 at 7:58am

Does anyone else have an issue with their 103 showing a white band along the left side of the display when the screen saver activates? I've attached a pic. Ignore the flash booms that look like I captured the moon in the picture.

^ When the Moon hits your eye like a bigga pizza pie....

Yes, that's a known problem. A few pixels of the underlying image are showing through along the left edge. OPPO engineering is on the case.
--Bob

While you are entitled to your opinion; in my opinion the BDP-93 is not as bad a DVD player as you make it out to be. I did think the BDP-83 which I no longer own was a better DVD player, but Oppo had significant experience with the ABT chip. I can't speak to the cheap Pioneer and Panasonic players since they don't hold any interest for me, but the 93 is definately not a dog when it comes to DVD playback. There may be some transports subjectively better, but I haven't seen night and day amongst the transports I own and I own some solid transports. Some of the beta testers and owners (myself included) of the both the BDP-83 and BDP-93 definately saw room for improvement in this area of the BDP-93.

I also don't recall the many AVS memebrs falling over themselves to kiss Oppo's behind and declare it a great upscaler, but maybe I missed those postings. I could be mistaken, but I since a little anger:D; remember this is only a hobby.

It still amazes me the visceral response that an Oppo product can elicit.
Edited by bakerwi - 10/14/12 at 8:16am

83 still rules over 103 for DVD playback in my opinion.

Google translation from Dutch of a new review of the BDP-103EU:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.htforum.nl%2Fyabbse%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D126939.0

The translation is what it is. Native speakers may prefer the original:

http://www.htforum.nl/yabbse/index.php?topic=126939.0





--Bob
Edited by Bob Pariseau - 10/14/12 at 8:34am