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Question: Has any owner used the Oppo BDP-83 for hd audio? I'm thinking of attaching a hard drive via the usb for HD Direct downloads.
Document: The player makes these many adjustments automatically, and the effect is stunning.Also, playing mp3s and certain video and image formats from a USB is a much smoother experience than it used to be. On my old system, USB playback tended to hiccup. On the new model it works flawlessly from my 4 gb flash drive. According to the manual, you can play from an external hard drive as long as it has its own power source.
Many here have written about the video quality of this unit so I'm not going to go into that too much. I received this unit as one of the early birds a year ago in April and I connected the audio via 7.1 analogue to my Marantz receiver since I don't have an HDMI connection. The most remarkable thing about my first use was not even the Blu ray HD stuff, but how stunning the sound came through on a regular DVD.
Yes! As soon as I attached the CAT-5 cable it connected itself to the net and upgraded its firmware. So now it has moveable subtitle capability as well. With that out of the way, on to performance. I don't think I'm imagining this, but the audio on the BDP83 is a little better than that on the BDP80. Classical SACDs (I'm thinking of the Sibelius 2nd Symphony on Telarc) sounded a bit dry and clinical on the 80, warmer and fuller on the 83.
After owning an Sony ES model DVD player($500.00 five years ago), I was wondering what kind of improvement in up-conversion I would really see.. Well, the OPPO BDP-83 is a stunner! With many of my DVD's it is very difficult to tell if I'm not watching HD. The picture quality is excellent. The Bluray performance is superb. I have the built-in sound decoders do their job for my Yamaha RX-V2700(LPCM).7.1.
The Oppo BDP-83 is an excellent universal disc player. Video and audio quality are outstanding. Upscaled DVDs look almost as good as HD movies. Menus are very intuitive and easy to use. The player has operated without a glitch, and loads quickly. Highly recommended!
)- DVD video performance is stunning - a noticeable upgrade in quality on your HD set. This is where you start to see the benefits of the embedded AnchorBay processor.- High resolution audio quality will blow your socks off.I personally didn't notice a difference in high-res BluRay formats such as DTS-Master and DolbyTrue HD, but to be fair my Panasonic player is also excellent in this area.For SACD, the improvement offered by the Oppo BDP-83 is simply stunning!
The refresh rates are a hardware limitation of the decoder that is used in the Oppo, but ... Who cares? The picture that it produces when it's hooked up to a really good, bigger TV is just plain sick ... so sick that it's addictive!! !By definition, movies rendered at 1080/24p on Blu-Ray are immersive ... an eye candy that's just too sweet ... a visual and sound experience that tricks you into thinking that you're really "there".
The Oppo BDP-83 blu ray player is probably the best built player on the market in its price range. The hardware feels very sturdy and reliable. Disc load times are excellent, as is picture quality and sound. From a 'build' standpoint, I don't believe a buyer could do better. That said, I returned my player due its minimalistic feature set. No streaming video of any kind with no firm plans to add any via a firmware update (exchanged emails with Oppo customer service). And no wireless.
After loosing with my HD DVD choice....for ovious reasons. I was in a crusade to look for the best blue ray DVD player available under $500. After looking for about 4 months I came to the conclusion that this OPO-BDP 83 is simple the best in the market. From the moment you open the box, you will find out that this DVD player is quality. It feels and looks solid and when you plug it in it takes you to a different audio and video experience.
I have recently purchased this music collection in 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio:7.1 Music Classical Colletion - Acoustic Reality Experience [Blu-ray]The OPPO BDP-83 performed beautifully in terms of the sound. You can use the 7.1 analog pre-outs if you have an older receiver, and the sound was very good. Distortion was low, and everything sounded crisp without being sibilant.
Answer: I've always used my BDP-83 for HD audio, also called lossless audio - Dolby TrueHD, DTS-Master Audio, and PCM. You can only get 5.1 HD/lossless audio with an HDMI connection to a receiver. The problem with attaching a hard drive via USB is that the BDP-83 only supports FAT32 format, used in DOS & Win95, and limits file size to a maximum of 4GB, you'd have to break HD direct into a bunch of 4GB files. Also the hard drive needs to have its own power supply, the electrical current in a USB connection is only enough for USB flash/"Thumb" drives. The newer Oppo models support NTFS, which has pretty much unlimited file size. Cheers