New OPPO BDP-93 Bluray disc machine ...

[hjames]

I had good luck when I had my older DV981HD Oppo repaired recently.
I love the machine to bits - its been great and works really well
I had considered just buying their upstream bluray player when my old (non-BR) player died,
but they were out of transports and weren't available. So I asked to be put on their mailing list for new info ...

And yesterday they sent me a link to preorder the not yet released new model -
OPPO BDP-93 Blu-ray Disc Player with SACD & DVD-Audio
I thought about it, considered it was roughly $500 and I'd held off on that in the past, and that it was only available for 5 days ...

A few minutes ago, I put in my order!

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/

I liked the older unit, and maybe its time to move the 981 upstairs so i can play SACDs there,
and expand what I can play in the multimedia system downstairs with the biamped 4341 Monitors.

I'll post more when I have it!

[SEAWOLF97]

looks really good..is it a successor to the 83SE or an upgrade or different animal ?

[Titanium Dome]

looks really good..is it a successor to the 83SE or an upgrade or different animal ?

It's the replacement model for the sold out $499 BDP-83, but not the upgraded $899 BDP-83SE. There will be an all new player to take the place of the SE. it will come out next year.

[hjames]

It's the replacement model for the sold out $499 BDP-83, but not the upgraded $899 BDP-83SE. There will be an all new player to take the place of the SE. it will come out next year.

Right - instead of using the SE bit to show its an upgrade of another unit like they did with the BDP83 and BDP83SE, they will be calling the new upscale one the BDP-95. Its not available yet but is expected not too long after the BDP-93 goes to regular production.

I was offered a pre-release deal (think anyone can get in on that if they leave their name & email at the OPPO website).

[Robh3606]

Hello Heather

I did the same thing this afternoon. I was on the list as well. Looking forward to it as it is my first HDMI Blueray player. We will have to compare notes.

Rob

[BMWCCA]

The impression I got from my offer was that the price wasn't special but being able to receive the player early was the bonus. I believe the normal price upon general release will still be $499. Do you think I'm misinterpreting that?

[Robh3606]

I believe the normal price upon general release will still be $499. Do you think I'm misinterpreting that?

I think you are right. I paid $499 plus shipping for mine. The price on the website looks to be the same just that it isn't available yet.

Rob

[hjames]

Package arrived today ... the demo disc is back ordered, so I got the player, wireless network adapter, USB extender cable, HDMI cable, Remote and lots of manuals. Did the Quick install and had it going pretty quickly - but I do need to do some configuration to get everything synced up ... Tried the Beatles Love but I don't seem to have the surround working for that ...

My HK AVR-7300 hasn't been shipped back yet - it does 7.1 - but the Yamaha receiver is in 5.1 mode ... and I have to play around with the surround channels to get everything right.

Visually, its amazing = popped in the 3 disc Star Trek and watched a bit of that sounds great, image is amazing ... really makes me glad we have a CRT HD - pitch black blacks and great deep contrast - wow ...

Took a few moments and set it up for Netflix - we had been doing Netflix with the TIVOHD - but - I loaded the 5th Element and we wound up watching the whole thing streamed - visual quality through the OPPO seems much better than it does through the TIVOHD - Of course, that plays through the HDMI output as well, so it must be due to having a better video processing chip than the Anchor Bay chip of the older OPPOs - sound seemed crisper as well ...

The OPPO website says "Qdeo by Marvell - The BDP-93 incorporates Marvell's Kyoto-G2 video processor with the second generation Qdeo™ technology."

Didn't have time to see how it plays standard DVDs yet ... we have quite a few of them - maybe this weekend ...

Its a weeknight and I only have so much free time mid week to dink, but I'm quite impressed and Emma is sold on the upgrade as well! Always a plus when the spouse has support!

[Robh3606]

Hello Heather

Mine should show up tommorow. Are you using HDMI for your hook-ups??

Rob

[hjames]

Hello Heather

Mine should show up tomorrow. Are you using HDMI for your hook-ups??

Rob

Using HDMI just for the video - using optical and discrete analog cables for the audio paths.
Waiting for a package of cables from Seawolf, as well as my (repaired) HK receiver for the final setups. I'll take snaps over the weekend.

[Mr. Widget]

Using HDMI just for the video - using optical and discrete analog cables for the audio paths.
Waiting for a package of cables from Seawolf, as well as my (repaired) HK receiver for the final setups. I'll take snaps over the weekend.

Hi Heather, I'd recommend you give a coax digital bitstream a listen. In my system at least I didn't find the optical to sound as good as the coax. Of course I have read just the opposite on the web... so ?

If you are getting one of Seawolf's video cables (and they actually are 75 ohm video cables and not just yellow colored ends) I'd give it a try on the coax as well as one of your standard "audio" cables.


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[SEAWOLF97]

well, I was going to start a thread...but this one has touched on my question ..so veering a bit..

My DAC has toslink optical input as well as digi coax....I was ready to buy the coax and a friend said "just use standard rca's" ....I had read that also on the web, but answered "that can't be right ??"

OK..its a free & easy experiment....wired the rca to the coax IN & OUt's....fired it all up, and ...sounds just fine

can someone who really knows address this ????

[grumpy]

It's "better" to use cables specified as 75 ohm. Whether the connectors are RCA
or not is more related to what your equipment has (adding adapters will not help
things).

If the error correcting circuitry on the receiving end is doing it's job, you may
very well not hear an obvious difference, on the other hand, I like the idea of
listening to what is represented as bits on the disk, not the error correcting
(or worse, gap-interpolating) stuff giving me -it's- idea of what was probably
right, or close enough.

Using a cable that may not be the same characteristic impedance of
the transmitter and receiver ends is asking for the receiver to deal with
unnecessary reflections. Grabbing a random RCA cable may or may not
work as well as a cable designed for the job.

[jcrobso]

The impedance is usually not listed for audio cable, not that important at audio frequencies.
It might be close to 75 Ohms at high frequencies.
For digital audio you could use audio RCA for short distances, lets say under 6'. Over that I would for sure use a 75 Ohm coax cable. I have read about experiments that used coat hanger wire for digital audio and it worked. The only requirement is that all the bits get through.
FYI I use 75 Ohm coax.

Optical is far more fussy, first the electrical signal must be converted to light, then sent through optical cable the ends of the cable have to be very good and align with the output and input LED and photo receptor perfectly. If you have light loss you start to drop bits.
Then the photo receptor has convert it back to an electrical signal.
But optical has become all the rage?

[SEAWOLF97]

It's "better" to use cables specified as 75 ohm. Whether the connectors are RCA
or not is more related to what your equipment has (adding adapters will not help
things).. Grabbing a random RCA cable may or may not
work as well as a cable designed for the job.

I hear ya....even tho it works, will go ahead and buy a real coax