OPPO Digital Presents: DV-980H (1080p, SACD DSD, 7.1 Surround, USB 2.0) - Page 153

I don't specifically remember having a disc playing, but I'm sure you're right about the reason for the gray out. Thanks for the tip.

Now that the new DVDO Edge is coming out, I am more than happy I bought the 980 instead of the 983.

Really? Is it that cheap? I don't really know anything about it, but I keep hearing it "mentioned". I never follow such devices because I usually can't afford them.

Just picked up this player and was wondering. If I update to the latest firmware it will have all the previous updates right?

correct

And, per my previous post on the subject, I can confirm that updates using a USBHD work like a charm...

Thanks. I am coming from the Samsung DVD1080P8 and just wasnt happy with the quality on it. Hopefully the Oppo will be better. It seems like it is better in every way.

It is. I have a 980H and a 1080P7. Not the same species.

Got it and hooked it up last night. Liking it so far although blu ray has spoiled me. I still think standard DVD looks like crap. hahahaha!!!

Wondering if someone can shed some light... I connected my DV980 to my VP30 scaler thru HDMI. The scaler is connected to a pioneer plasma that has a dvi input with no HDCP.

Problems:
1) I get no sound. The scaler doesn't seem to understand whatever audio is being fed in HDMI interface. The VP30 supports HDM1.1.

2) I don't know why but upscaled output thru HDMI seems to work. I repeat, my tvset is not HDCP compliant. Tried it with shrinkwrapped Starwars movie and with Babel. I sincerely doubt these would not be copyright protected.

However 576i doesn't work. All other resolutions work fine.

I suppose I can get around the sound problem by feeding discrete analogue channels into the media receiver. I bought this unit for 480i and 576i output, but I'm at a loss on how to get 576 movies played.

osd gives Mver: 05.00.01.07 Batch: BES980-00-1026

The unit was bought thru Oppo europe. When I cycle thru the resolutions I get 576i/p... and 50hz on all resolutions, so the firmware must be specific to Europe. If I put in an NTSC DVD, the resolutions shown are 480i/p... and 60hz. Region is set to 0.

Any thoughts?

Are you trying to get sound thru the tv (as opposed to a receiver/processor)? DVI does not support audio, so this definitely will not work.

Nope... I'm feeding coax from the VP30 to a Rotel pre-amp. The VP30 should do all the required conversions.

I thought the HDMI audio was limited to having resolutions set above 720p. Does it still transmit DVD audio surround tracks if it's set to run to a scaler, or is that just for DVD-Audio and SACD?

If I connect the 980 directly to a Samsung LCD thru HDMI, audio comes out ok, and 480P 576P and above work well. 480I and 576I, as expected, don't.

I'm baffled. Why would the VP30 send out a non supported video signal when fed with 576I?

I had a 980H for a short while but decided to stay with my A2 for SD playback. I found the A2 to be very close to the 980H for SD and the A2 had the plus of HD-DVD playback. Well now that HD-DVD is history I am thinking of the 980H or possibly the 983H. I read here that with a 720p plasma (I have a Panasonic TH-50PH9) and a viewing distance at about 8' the 980H might be the better choice over the 983H.

My other question on the 980H is inregard to 2 channel SQ. I have read that the 980H is excellent with SACD over HDMI/DSD with a HDMI 1.3 receiver/pre-pro. I am curious if the 2 channel CD performance of the 980H benefits as well over HDMI. I would be connecting the 980H to my Onkyo 805. Thanks in advance on any thoughts on the above questions.

Bill

Why should the number of channels make any difference, all else being unchanged?

Kal,

To be honest I am not sure if the recording/mastering of SACD is the same as 2 channel CD (pardon my lack of knowledge on this). What is your opinion using the 980H for 2 channel playback with the 805? I know in your review of the 9.8 using the 980H you were very impressed with SACD but I do not recall your thoughts on 2 channel SQ.

I presently have a Rogue Perseus pre-amp and a Consonance CD-120 for 2 channel listening. But find I do not have much time for music listening lately. So I thought I would try the 980H for 2 channel to see how close the SQ was to the Perseus/CD-120 combo.

Thanks, Bill

Depends on the particular recording. No way to be certain or general.


Never used an 805.


Because there really was little to say in the context of a column devoted to multichannel. OTOH, there is not much difference between PCM and PCM other than the sampling rate and I use the same combo for any discs that fit.


Without a digital input, the 980 may not be your best choice.

Kal,

Thanks for your thoughts. I would not be using the 980H with the Perseus, it would be with the 805. I am just thinking that if the SQ with the 805/980H is close to the Perseus/CD-120 I would sell the Perseus/CD-120 (trying to downsize).

Bill

There was some talk recently about the logistics of using the 980 to play MLP files from external hard drives. Someone said that they had contacted Oppo about this. Is there anything new on this subject?

Roberta

Roberta,

That was myself who was trying to play MLP files off a HD or thumb drive via the USB input. It did work for most 2 ch MLP's but the multi ch stuff was a mess. I had contacted Oppo and they said they may look into it. For the time being, I just used the MLP ripping software to make my own compilation discs of my favorite tracks of DVD-A's I own. Hauling a external HD in front of my oppo to play MLP's was a chore anyway. Using a thumbdrive to me seems most user friendly/convenient. Maybe oppo can shed some light on why it works sometimes and not other times.

And yes I know its not their fault that this doesnt work because that was not the USB's intention to begin with, but a cool feauture if it worked nonetheless.

Hi there!

Were you able to play the ripped 2-ch. tracks without problems from the thumb drives and HD? Anything new since we last chatted?

Roberta

Roberta,
Hello. The 2Ch tracks will play fine via the USB input but not the multi ch stuff. I have not tried either one lately. After I ripped all my favorite tracks to DVD-R's, thats all I listen to now. Been listening to more CD's lately than anything. I think the 980 sounds pretty decent to me using its DAC's to my preamp.

Brandon

My OPPO 980 is coming, i have a Denon 2807 receiver, please, please, tell me the best connection i can do with. I hate the Denon manual

As near as I can tell, the 2807 doesn't support HDMI audio. (I really wish HDMI would have made a separate logo or licensing badge of some sort to readily differentiate between receivers that just have HDMI video switching and those that support some version of HDMI audio. Anyway...) With that in mind, you can use the HDMI switching if you have other HDMI sources and want to have a single HDMI cable to your TV, or you can run the HDMI cable straight to your TV if that's the only HDMI device you have. For audio, you'll want to run coaxial or optical to the Denon. If you do anything with DVD-Audio or SACD, you'll need to connect the multichannel analog output to the Denon as well.

I received my 980 today and I have a problem. I checked and it came with the July firmware loaded. When I play Avalon (presumably an 5.1 SACD) my Anthem D2 receives 5.1 88.2 PCM no problem. When I switch to a classical SACD (I assume 5.0?) I only get 2 channels. I thought this didn't happen with the new firmware? Am I doing something wrong? I don't think so, since Avalon SACD plays fine (and sounds great). Should I try downloading the ISO from the Oppo website and reloading the firmware?

There is a setting in the options that defaults to 2-channel SACD playback. You need that set to multichannel. Make sure that's set correctly. X.0 playback should work correctly in the newest firmware release. You could always try reloading it, or go back to default settings. If 5.1 is working and 5.0 isn't, your settings should be correct.