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In Reply to: To cheap or not to cheap, that is the question! posted by late on March 3, 2010 at 18:10:25:
The bugs in the Oppo BDP-83, if that's the model you meant, are quite tiny for many people. Virtually none (I can think of) re playing BD. There's one that some people notice when playing some SACDs (mostly classical ones it seems), but I've never got it (no classical SACDs!). None for playing DVD-As that I've noticed. Ahh...DVD...there ARE some bugs but nothing that ruins viewing at all, all fully work-aroundable with no degradation of anything, just a minor nuisance and I bet most people won't even notice them.
There is an HDMI bug in that the Oppo can totally lock up if it's not turned on last in the HDMI chain...a nuisance, but easy to get around. Now, I use HDMI almost always. If using analog audio output, the bass management is "limited" but that's not a bug as the design was done knowing about it.
If you are going to use HDMI for audio and aren't a DVD freak (like me) then the BDP-80 is substantially cheaper with most of the BDP-83 bang.
Be wary of people blowing bugs out of all proportion. I haven't encountered a DVD/BD player yet that doesn't have some operating idiosyncrasy. You'll never get perfection in something this CHEAP, they will always come out with a new model that has new "idiosyncrasies" to confound you. Much more complicated than a CD or SACD player. Not to mention that Blu-ray is still a moving target.
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Follow Ups
- RE: To cheap or not to cheap, that is the question! - cfraser 20:42:45 03/03/10 (2)
- RE: To cheap or not to cheap, that is the question! - Jazz Inmate 11:24:28 03/04/10 (1)
- RE: To cheap or not to cheap, that is the question! - cfraser 15:23:12 03/04/10 (0)
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