OPPO Digital Presents: DV-980H (1080p, SACD DSD, 7.1 Surround, USB 2.0) - Page 15

I think Oppo should add this feature to their products. Saving energy and the environment and stuff like that is good PR for any company.

well i turn on everything open dvd player put in avia close the drawer and it runs for about 30 seconds .then you see the stop logo on the tv screen flash a couple of times. then the screen on the dvd player says stop.when i push play it starts to play the needle pulses. after that i can use the menu key to get to chapter 7.but if i hit main menu on the tv screen it does nothing. so then i hit the title button to get to where i want to on the disk. hope this helps you

Read some reviews about the Logitech offerings. For the price, an MSRP of $400, you can have the full 5.1 sound, and enjoy the soundtracks without compromise. It's a decent sounding system, and the speakers are quite small and unobtrusive if it's for a small space.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/sp...s/224&cl=us,en
Google the system and do some surfing for pricing.

Partial hijack, for for 250 bucks shipped, I might have to seriously consider these...Thanks!

Also, does the disc work ok in a different dvd player? Maybe the disc layer has started to deteriate?... or maybe the disc may have been exposed to extreme heat or cold like in a hot car?

Here you some guys advertising from a site called Reference Audio Mods that are selling a highly modified 980H for $850. The changes are gold plated Furutech IEC connector (fancy aftermarket power cord), replacement of caps with Rubycon ZL/ZA series caps, Custom RAM Exotic Ultra High Speed Diode Bridge, Jensen 4-pole Electrolytic capacitor in the power supply, delete the stock Analog Output stage and replace with their own, WBT NextGen Female Copper RCA Connectors for 2ch out.

Jheeze these guys look like they are using the same cookbook as Monster cables to convince non-technical types that this will convert their Oppo 980H player to rival a Marantz SA-11S1. Very sad. I also see them offering to do this to any player out there. Never mind any warranties! Gee wouldn't it be more logical just to spend the money for a Denon 2930? Thats only 5 times the price of a Oppo 980H!

Looks like the composite cable is still included. I would never go for it if it wasn't.

C'mon JohnAV!! The "Complete Cryogenic treatment" that they offer has to be worth a fortune in itself! As they themselves put it they are the only source for "cryoing" your player. Imagine having the only "cryomodified" unit in your block with "lowered resonant engergies" (no, that is not a typo on my part ... it is engergies and not energies ... check out their site)! A bargain if you were to ask me!

ROTFLMAO!!!

Do you think this might be therapeutic for some AV users?

I wonder how the Oppo would work with a new 8g Pioneer plasma? I'm wondering if it makes sense to set the Oppo to output native and let the ASIC chip in the Pioneer do all of the video processing. Obviously it is hard to say without testing (which few of you are likely to have done at this point), but if anyone had any insight it would be helpful.

I have a question regarding hookup of the DV-980 to take advantage of the HDMI audio features. Since the 980 only has a single HDMI output, the initial HDMI connection will have to go to an AV receiver with HDMI capability and then a second HDMI cable from the receiver to the display (in my case a Panny TH50PX60. Is there any impact on video quality having to add the second HDMI cable. My gut tells me the longer the length of HDMI cabling the worse the PQ. Hopefully passing through the receiver doesn't muck up a clean 1080P signal. Any comments?

Also, I do all my audio listening through headphones, so when I'm watching the plasma only the Panny speakers will be operating (no need to have the receiver on). Is it possible to set up the 980 for two different sets of audio outputs, e.g. HDMI to the AV receiver for audio listening and basic stereo to the Panny for video viewing?

Thanks.

The video signal through HDMI is a digital stream, not an analog video signal like with composite, s-video or component video outputs. As long as the HDMI connections work, there is no quality loss whatsoever. It either works or it doesn't. The type of HDMI cable you use (inexpensive or high dollar "boutique" cables) or whether it is passed through your HDMI receiver before it is sent to your TV makes no difference at all. The only exception to this is that very long HDMI cable lengths (over 20 ft) might cause some signal strength problems with some setups.

The 980 outputs both digital audio through HDMI and analog audio through the RCA jacks at the same time, so yes to your second question. However, if you pass the HDMI video/audio through your receiver prior to the TV, you will have to turn the receiver on for it the TV to get the signal anyway.

Your 980H could also be used with a older non-hdmi AV receiver by using 980H's optical outputs (coax or TOS) and then just use HDMI cable to monitor.

What a great player. I just picked one up this afternoon and connected it to a Seagate 500 GB FreeAgent Pro drive that I got for $150 at Fry's. I converted The Fifth Element to 1Gb and 2 GB DiVX files and they look very good. The 980 with this Seagate drive is the ticket for a video juke box. BTW, the player looks beautiful. It may very well be the classiest act in my rack now.

yes i did let it load completely. and this is not a backup. i just tried it in my kids 50 dollor toshiba and it works fine.dont know what to say about that.

Does this player output 480i over HDMI like the 970? If so, I am totally picking this up and I'll let the HQV Reon chip inside my Integra DTC-9.8 on order do the video scaling and de-interlacing.

OK, today I tried some DVD-A discs. So far SACD and CDs have been fine. The 2 that gave me problems are Santana - Shaman and Santana - Supernatural.

Supernatural just goes all pixels and white noise immediately.

Shaman starts fine, but after track 2, it stops playing like the disc is over. So, I restarted it, and tried manually skipping to song 3, which it does, but the video on the TV locks on song 2, though 3 is playing (the player shows 3 on its display as well), but then it stops again at the end of the song. Skip to 4, plays song and stops while video still shows track 2.

Decided to notch down from 1080p on the HDMI button down to 1080i and 720p, same thing. Cycled through the repeat button functions, A-B buttons, same thing.

Anyone else have these issues with these 2 Santana DVD-As or any others? I tried Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Alanis M, they seemed fine.

FYI, these all played flawlessly on the 970 I put in the other room.

Per Oppo:
Digital Video: HDMI v1.2a with HDCP (NTSC: 480i/480p/720p/1080i/1080p, PAL 576i/576p/720p/1080i/1080p)

I saw that but I haven't seen that feature mentioned much. I was wondering whether one of the owners could confirm it and whether it impacts anything negatively or positively.

When I cycle through the HDMI modes it starts with 480i, then 480P, then 720P, then 1080i, then 1080P.

Questions:
1. What is a HD-JPEG format, is it the same as JPEG-2000 ?
do you need HDMI to HDMI to display photos in HD-JEPG?
2. Any suggestions how the PAL to NTSC conversion of HD 980 could compare to Philips DVP 5982 ?
Thanks

Thanks.

all this talk about whether the tray is noisy or not.. what constitutes noisy? there would definitely be some sound...its definitely not as smooth and quiet as my 4k cd player...

now thing is...I am assuming this is the supposed week of the release, no one actually has one yet?

I already have the 981 but i am very interested in the USB connection because i watch most of my "tv" from downloaded sources I do not use cable or subscribed content so only rented dvds and downloaded stuff so I am curious to see how much of a drop in picture quality i would have to endure with the 980. i emailed them and they told me it is supposed to upconvert USB content as well.

"MPEG-1/2 is also supported. There is no speed difference between FAT16/FAT32 and NTSF for the application of USB media support.

There will be a slight decrease in picture quality on most media. The DV-980H should show a slight increase in aliasing and interlacing errors than the DV-981HD.

We have no plans on releasing a DVD player with USB and the Faroudja chipset."

"You can use an external Harddrive or Thumbdrive to playback external media files like VOB, MP3, DivX/XviD and HD-JPEG images. The DVD player will then upconvert this media to your DVD player's output resolution."

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yeah theres no operating noise, i thought guys were refering to noise when it open or closes LOL... anyways i read the post about the guy connecting the seagate HDD.. sounds good waiting to hear more from people who connect using HDMI (well in case some nut wants to use the component cables for whatever reason) and HDD... It would save me tons or $$ I already have a HDD drive I can use for the moment and therefore only need a new enclosure which uses USB 2.0 and I have myself a better set up than what I have now which is laptop to samsung 4065 via s video which basically means very bad video.