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Rate Your Oppo Dvd Player

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Please rate your OPPO DVD player. With over 7000 post in two different threads this DVD player has gotten a lot of attention. A vote of number 1 would be a poor player and vote of number 10 would be a top notch player. Granted I know this is a loaded question in regards to features, video playback, etc. I am looking for your overall experience with the DVD player. If you place a vote please take a minute and post why you gave the player the score you gave.
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Sorry for the other additional post in regards to "Rate Your Oppo DVD Player. I am not sure how I had three threads with the same title started. I have asked ADMIN to remove all other threads in regards to this title topic. Thanks...
Personnaly I do not own the player, but a friend does. I have had many chances to play with the player and have updated the firmware for him. There are some bugs but with firmware updates I hope to see the bugs removed. Picture quality is amazing and sound appears to be AOK, but my firend needs a great sound system before I can really pass judgement on sound. I plan to purchase the player. I have given the player a vote of 8 with room for improvement...
Would be a perfect 10 in my book if they come up with custom resolutions, Otherwise the PQ is fantastic and the SQ is top notch cannot comment on the reliability have not had it long enough but it seams pretty solid.
right now a 9 (low)... a fix for the PAL problems and I'd give it a 10... custom resolution you'd have to add an 11 to your poll. ;)
Anyone who voted 5 and bellow, care to comment on why? I am very intrigued by those votes.


I voted 9 for the simple reason that no product can ever be perfect. For my viewing needs, the OPDV971H is the perfect match for my budget, performance requirements, and responsive customer support. I've had the unit for 8 months now, and it is still going strong.
5 out of 10


The picture quality was amazing. The sound was great. But it was finicky with certain DVD's--saying there was no disc at one time, then working well the next. I finally so got fed up with the thing that I sold it to a friend who liked the divX support and bought a Panasonic S97 which has the same picture and sound quality, but plays everything I throw at it.


Be cautious of the Oppo at this point in its production--it's full of bugs. Perhaps I'll look at later models.
Gave it a 2 since this player really sucks on Plasma dislays , too much marcoblocking,too much out of sync audio, and the latest, u have to BUY a new remote to get the latest firmeware to work, really lame. My JVC-XN-44 gives better results..This one is going on Ebay after hollydays.
I give it a 9. A better zoom mode for non-anamorphic DVD's would bring it up to a 10 for me.
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and the latest, u have to BUY a new remote to get the latest firmeware to work, really lame.
Actually, you don't. OPPO has not published the 1111B firmware for both remote controls, but you ask them for a dual IR firmware, they will e-mail or mail you the 1128 firmware (which was supposed to take over the 1111B firmware - 5 days after it was released - but complications with DivX certification stopped this from happening).
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Gave it a 2 since this player really sucks on Plasma dislays , too much marcoblocking,too much out of sync audio, and the latest, u have to BUY a new remote to get the latest firmeware to work, really lame. My JVC-XN-44 gives better results..This one is going on Ebay after hollydays.
The remotes are free. The $5 is for shipping. But you could just go pick one up from Oppo directly and not have to pay shipping. And because I just bought an Oppo right before the new remotes came out, Oppo shipped me the updated remote for free.


The Oppo also does not have too much macroblocking enhancement if you spend the time to properly calibrate your display, and by calibrating the display, the picture quality is actually enhanced.


I give the Oppo a 9, and part of the reason it only gets that is that the Oppo is a bit of a tweaker's player, probably not for someone who wants to hook the player up and expect perfection without reading the manual (which is poorly written, another reason for the 9) and spending a little time on the threads to learn how to set everything up properly.
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Unacceptable macroblocking on my calibrated Mits 62" DLP and probably all DLP's due to the chipset. Superb on our test calibrated 30" Sony 910 tube model. The size and mfr of your HDTV makes or breaks the DVD player.


I signed a reseller agreement with them and cancelled as they know nothing about supporting resellers so always buy direct.


Updates and the Secrets responsiveness is superb.


I'll try it again when HDMI arrives as well as the rumored 1080p model/update.


I rate a 4 and unless your HDTV has been Avia or DVE or professionally calibrated the voting doesn't make any sense as there are too many variables like some HDTV settings in flame mode vs others in Pro mode, sharpness too high, etc
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My plasma was professionaly calibrated (ISF) for this player, it just sucks on plasmas period. And of course i'll take a trip from Montreal, Canada to California just for a stupid remote.....
I gave an 8. PAL support and AE700 50hz synch are still a pain and the zoom needs sorting. But still a superb player.


Dave
On certain DVDs (probably ones with high film grain and perhaps lower bitrates... like Batman Begins, for example) "false contouring"/banding and macroblocking is a problem. Like, gradients (lights in fog, for example) have a "stair step" quality. Bands of different shades instead of smooth transition from light to dark. This is on my Sony LCD RP (55XS955), which has been ISF calibrated (but not specifically for the Oppo... I did Avia touch-up after installing the Oppo.)


The Oppo helps out some "softer" DVD transfers (because it passes a lot of detail), and on good transfers in general (like SW Ep 2 and 3... The Incredibles), the Oppo looks great.


The processing on video material is superior. Less jaggies.


The false contouring and (less so) the macroblocking is very very annoying at times, though.


-Terry
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I give the Oppo drive a 9 out of 10. I look for 3 qualities here: performance against claims, value and customer support. From where I stand this player and the support that backs it up provides nearly perfect customer satisfaction, IMHO.
A 9 for value and a 10 for customer service from Oppo. :)
Only had it since dec 23rd, to compare with a denon 2910, and a pioneer elite 79avi, which so far I cant get dvi to hdmi into my pio plasma successfully to compare so I have not been able to do it just yet.


I give it a 10 for value, easily, hands down by a huge margin. Verstality and quality of video, and let me tell I am not easily impressed good or bad having had about 10 players in the last 2 years through my home theaters.


8 overall, the macroblocking is there but less than the 2910 with the proper settings on both plasma and dvd player.


I agree with some others, give it a custom resolution output and I would give it a 9.


Sorry but no overall 10, to me any mb is bad, though with this player its not noticeable on most material unless you watch alot of dark sci fi material like myself.


It really burns my *ss that I paid 699$ for my denon 2910 and now the 59avi can be had for close to that on closeouts now but hey its a year later. The Denon 2910 though has very solid, quality construction compared to the Oppo.


This player rocks, and the customer service, overnight shipping, and 2 supplied cables put it way, way over the top for value. They even supplied a dvi to hdmi cable, I was very impressed with that freebie.


I was also just flat out impressed with the image clarity and small detail I could see.


My bravo was great, but this player shows perhaps a tad more detail, but has a small amount of mb. The bravo did not have barely any mb. On the other hand, my bravo was recently broken by a child by accident so I can't compare the detail level of the two but I say the oppo has more.


The oppo is a keeper. There are probably 2-3 keepers out there in generic players but this guy might be the king of the hill and the runaway that the Bravo was 2-3 years ago. Now if they keep adding to the firmware, it just might cement itself as the defacto generic player of reference to compare the rest to.


It already does that for image quality I think.


I still may get my bravo fixed, I sure miss that custom scaling that sends my plasma into dot by dot mode.


I read on here somewhere 1080p is supported by this machines hardware. :D

This player could have a very long shelf life in a market thats about to go hd dvd or bluray or both as the best value to fall back on for regular dvd's.


I can also add it supports Verbatim Dual Layer DVD+r's perfectly. Memorex dual layers dvd+r's suck and half the ones I have burned, burned with errors. Avoid that brand like the plague in my opinion. My pioneer burner is really good with pretty much any media and literally 50% of the memorex discs failed verification badly.
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I have a hitachi 57s500 and the player looks great in 1080i or 480p for some reason......I give it a ten-at this price point but a 9 because of the chipsets inherent flaws...mb mostly......also, the player will never do custom resolutions because of the chipsets limitations form what i've read.....For example, i recorded House of the flying Daggers(in hi def) on my comcast pvr and at the same time i played the dvd on the oppo and i went back in forth using my Geffen 4x1 dvi switcher and saw no difference at all and i looked!!!....anyway, makes me wonder if STARZ HD is using the oppo as well...lol
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The Oppo also does not have too much macroblocking enhancement if you spend the time to properly calibrate your display, and by calibrating the display, the picture quality is actually enhanced.


I give the Oppo a 9, and part of the reason it only gets that is that the Oppo is a bit of a tweaker's player, probably not for someone who wants to hook the player up and expect perfection without reading the manual (which is poorly written, another reason for the 9) and spending a little time on the threads to learn how to set everything up properly.
OK guys... my OPPO is supposedly on the local FedEx truck, for delivery today. I'm going to give it a try with my Panasonic TH-50PX50U. My understanding is macro blocking may be a problem with the OPDV971H and my display. I'd appreciate any out-of-the-box set-up tips, tricks, tweaks you can provide to get the best results from this DVD player.
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