ralphpnj wrote: > Slightly off topic: I've owned the Oppo BDP-83 (the first Oppo blu-ray > player) for about 3 years and it's a very good player. Sounds great, > plays almost any kind of disc and it makes regular DVD's look great. I > do a have few minor complaints: the disc drawer sometimes does not open > without having to press the eject button several times, the Ethernet > functions (the BDP-83 does not have Wi-Fi) do not work so I disconnected > the Ethernet and Oppo has stopped updating the firmware several years > ago (a big no-no). My biggest complaint is not with Oppo but the blu-ray > format which is that with almost all blu-ray discs one cannot bypass the > damn previews and other other annoying crap that they put at the > beginning of the disc. And if one stops a blu-ray movie in the middle > most of the discs do not allow to resume playing at the point you left > off - it's usually back the beginning and having to manually skip all > those damn previews again. > > Anyway my full Home Theater setup should read: Touch/Oppo BDP-83/WD TV > Live media streamer/cable box -> Marantz SR8400 HTR -> Energy Veritas > 2.1 (front), Totem Signature (center), Mission 780 (rear) & Linn > subwoofer with a 47" LG LCD HDTV > > The Oppo is connected to the LG HDTV via HDMI and to the Marantz via > both coax digital (for regular DVDs with DTS or Dolby Digital) and 5.1 > analog (for SACD/DVD-Audio/blu-ray high resolution playback). > > The saddest thing about blu-ray is that the vast majority of people have > really, really, really bad audio playback systems, if they have a > separate audio system at all because blu-ray audio is usually high > resolution and very good.
Hey, sounds like you need to upgrade to the BDP-105 - clearly your BDP-83 is old and busted ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
