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• If you have other region-free players then it's a moot point. - Audiophilander 00:58:51 02/17/09 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: 2 things posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 16, 2009 at 17:32:55

  I assume by "DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink" that you're talking about transferring one region's format to another (burning to DVD-R or hard-drive). I'm not set up to do that (I'm a plug and play kind of guy) and I don't have the time or desire to fiddle with transferring one region's discs to another format (my Region 2 PAL collection now numbers nearly a hundred titles). Also, since I have limited rack space single box solutions are always a priority.

  > > > "I'm selling my oppo 983 for $350 + real shipping cost. The player has less than 8 hours of use (no, that's not a typo -- a little over 4 hours of SACD and DVD-A and around 4 hours of DVD use) and includes the latest firmware from oppo. Unlike some people who have left out accessories, the black oppo soft case, etc, I'm including everything that came to me from oppo -- even the original shipping box." < < <

  That's fine; I'm sure that it will sell pretty fast in spite of the current economy. If I didn't have a back-up player already I might have been the lucky buyer.

  The bottom line is that Oppo is trying to replace the 983H with the BDP-83, (claiming on their site that the new Blu-ray player will replace their less than a year old benchmark DVD player) when in fact the new BD player may not perform one of the most crucial functions that Oppo's intended market has come to expect: The ability of unlock redbook DVD region coding via the menu, making it backwards compatible for existing DVD collections from all regions.

  Cheers,
  AuPh

  
  
  
  

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  Edits: 02/17/09   02/17/09

  • small collection vs large collection - Joe Murphy Jr 17:07:27 02/17/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: If you have other region-free players then it's a moot point. posted by Audiophilander on February 17, 2009 at 00:58:51

    If you have a large collection of non-Region 1 DVDs, then a player that "plays them all" is probably the way to go. However, if you're like me and only have a small list of non-Region 1 DVDs, that's not the way to go. By the way, if you go the DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink route, you can get rid of all the annoying crap at the beginning of the disc (warnings, previews, etc), set the copy up with the soundtrack on the disc that you prefer (if you so choose), change the region coding (to any region you want) and have the disc start the movie as soon as it goes in the player -- no need to even hit PLAY. Since blank dual-layer DVDs are around $1 each, the cost is minimal per disc you create (both programs are free).
    
    The other region players are in storage: I'll be selling those as well.
    
    

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