OPPO Digital Presents: DV-980H (1080p, SACD DSD, 7.1 Surround, USB 2.0) - Page 114

480i or 480p would be the least number of scaling steps. Deinterlacing must occur: with with 480i the display does it, with 480p the player does it.

In theory, multiple scaling steps are bad. In practice: try it and see. I find the difference between 720p and 1080p on a 37" 1080p LCD to be very minor.

-Bill

Bill and Ted are both correct. A single scaling step is better, but I discovered that 720p was almost always the best setting with the four 1366x768 TV's I tried. The reason may be the quality and capabilities of the scaler in these TV's. Try them all, except 1080i (which introduces another interlacing/de-interlacing step) and see for yourself.

Gary

Hi,
when playing music mp3 or wma stored on external HD connected through 980H USB:
1> does the sound go through optical/coaxial digital cable if i connect it through my receiver? This would be great option for me to play music without burning it to the CD-R. I have ripped my CD music (high quality ) library to 750GB hard drive.

2> For playing video, I have a bunch of AVI movies. How do you convert AVI or even VOB files to Divx? Any spec that i need to pay in consideration?


I am about to purchase this player, but want to confirm before buying.

thanks very much

It's strange that i have just received email from Oppo that this players support WMA This is a big plus for me ...i have to re-consider this player again...

Thanks for clarifying. I guess i have to look at other options then.

Good suggestion. I've noticed these lines on video sourced concert DVDs. Didn't even think to try that. 'Course, will have to see if my plasma's deinterlacing is any better!

Had the 980 for a couple of weeks now. Anybody had any experiences (good or bad) with HDCD.

Tried three today (HDMI to Denon AVR3808). Two give the HDMI light on avr panel. Dire Starits Sultans of Swing fails to light up the AVR signal.

Anybody had issues with the Oppo or disc re HDCD?

Thanks
blairy

Works great here with the Marantz SR8001.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you will get the extra resolution provided by HDCD unless you let the Oppo decode it and then output analog from the Oppo.

Question: is RGB always the best setting for video output via HDMI from the Oppo?

So, using the color filters and color saturation pattern (say on DVE), is this a good way to see if RGB objectively works best?

Thanks. Anyone know if the Integra 9.8 decodes hdcd?

Thanks!

Is European firmware update available yet? On opposhop I just see a page with update instructions.

I ordered a 980 today. I will be hooking it up to my ISF'd 60" A3000 SXRD. All I have right now for SD DVD is my Panasonic BD30 which is not very good for DVD. I still may get a 983 to see if it's that much better than the 980 for film.

It's already there.

Yes, OppoShop have posted a beta version of the new firmware:
http://www.opposhop.com/en/help/51/o...rmware_release

If you have the US firmware, remember you'll need to call the file "980.BIN" on the CD-R or memory stick to get the player to recognise it. But if you have the European firmware loaded and want to go back to the US firmware for whatever reason, remember that the file the European players look for is called "935.BIN" instead.

Thank you!

Can you expand on why this is the case? My understanding is that DVD video is stored on disc in Y'Cb'Cr' format (and output as Y'Pb'Pr' post MPEG decoder). Wouldn't you want to output the video signal with the leased amount of processing?

YCbCr has two color standards: 601 for SD and 709 for HD. We've found that A/V gear manufacturers are sometimes confused about what standard to use. Oppo does it correctly, but not everyone else does. RGB has only one color standard, so it is safer in that respect.

If the display behaves properly then there is nothing wrong with using YCbCr.

I believe the signal is converted to RGB in the display anyway.

-Bill

Thanks Bill.

Just wanted to do a sanity check for my setup. I use a VP30 for deinterlacing, scaling, etc. I'd prefer to let it do the color conversion to RGB.

Re: RGB vs Y'Pb'Pr' via HDMI:

Does anyone know if the Integra 9.8/ Onkyo 885 pre/pros convert incoming RGB to output Y'Pb'Pr'? I like the Reon processor in my 885, but have read here that the best HDMI format to input into the Reon is RGB. Is that right?

Thanks again,

Kurt

Just upgraded my EU unit. I am a bit dissapointed, I liked the Ariel font. Also I was hoping to see SA-CD track info, as displayed on DV-983 pictures. Is this not possible with DV-980, or why is this nifty feature missing.