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June 28th 06, 11:23 PM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
Anyone have this player? How does it look on your HDTV?
Jim 
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June 30th 06, 12:49 AM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
"justsc" wrote in message ups.com... Jim Waggener wrote: Anyone have this player? How does it look on your HDTV? Jim I've got the Oppo with my Sony HD set. It's awesome. The picture quality is sharp yet smooth. The greatest strength of this Oppo player is in its Genesis/Faroudja chipset that processed video. The upconversion is ok, but the video processing is outstanding. Good Luck! the Faroudja chipset is it's greatest strength AND weakness. when coupled with an exceptional transfer, as is the case with the LOTR/Star Wars series, spectacular results, indistinguishable from compressed satellite/cable HD movies, can and do occur. when coupled with a garbage transfer however, the output is utterly unwatchable (the original Matrix looks absolutely horrid). since I have a backup dvd player (xbox 360) for the times when I receive a movie that makes my Oppo barf, I have no complaints, but if this is going to be your sole player, beware that some movies will look terrible due to the macroblocking bug inherent in the Faroudja chipset employed in the Oppo.
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June 30th 06, 09:23 PM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
"Jim Waggener" wrote in message ... Anyone have this player? How does it look on your HDTV? Jim Update: I bought the DV971H directly from Oppo (wanted the latest firmware and pirce is the same where ever you buy it..$199) Hooked it up to my 32" Sony HDTV and WOW!! It truly has a spectacular image at 1080i Best purchase I have made in A/V for quite some time. I reccomend this player highly.
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July 1st 06, 04:42 AM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
Good News!
BTW, I have yet to see the macroblocking problem with poor transfers. As a matter of fact, I have yet to run across a dvd that didn't look outstanding on my Oppo. Cheers! Jim Waggener wrote: "Jim Waggener" wrote in message ... Anyone have this player? How does it look on your HDTV? Jim Update: I bought the DV971H directly from Oppo (wanted the latest firmware and pirce is the same where ever you buy it..$199) Hooked it up to my 32" Sony HDTV and WOW!! It truly has a spectacular image at 1080i Best purchase I have made in A/V for quite some time. I reccomend this player highly.
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July 1st 06, 09:24 PM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
You wouldn't happen to have a link to their website?
wrote in message oups.com... Good News! BTW, I have yet to see the macroblocking problem with poor transfers. As a matter of fact, I have yet to run across a dvd that didn't look outstanding on my Oppo. Cheers! Jim Waggener wrote: "Jim Waggener" wrote in message ... Anyone have this player? How does it look on your HDTV? Jim Update: I bought the DV971H directly from Oppo (wanted the latest firmware and pirce is the same where ever you buy it..$199) Hooked it up to my 32" Sony HDTV and WOW!! It truly has a spectacular image at 1080i Best purchase I have made in A/V for quite some time. I reccomend this player highly.
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July 1st 06, 11:47 PM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
On 2006-07-01, Jack Dotson wrote:
You wouldn't happen to have a link to their website? I'm not the original poster, but: http://www.oppodigital.com/ I bought mine from Amazon to get the free shipping. It came with the current firmware, the new remote, and both DVI-DVI and DVI-HDMI cables. Oppo has a big fan base over at avsforum.com. Real people answer your support email questions within minutes. Frequent firmware updates. I am very pleased. -Bill -- Sattre Press The King in Yellow http://sattre-press.com/ by Robert W. Chambers http://sattre-press.com/kiy.html
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July 6th 06, 02:21 AM
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wrote in message oups.com... Good News! I have yet to run across a dvd that didn't look outstanding on my Oppo. grab a barf bag and try watching the original Matrix
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July 7th 06, 01:22 AM
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buying new DVD player... OPPO DV971 ?
"justsc" wrote in message ups.com... Khee Mao wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Good News! I have yet to run across a dvd that didn't look outstanding on my Oppo. grab a barf bag and try watching the original Matrix You've mentioned this twice now - I'm going to have to give it a try. Cheers! this is probably the worst example I've seen, but the macroblocking issue isn't uncommon in other movies, just less pronounced. most times, the movie is still watchable, albeit with the shimmering distraction throughout a scene, and occasionally, as with the Matrix, the entire movie is rendered completely unwatchable, which is a shame for me, as this is one of my all time faves.
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