OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio
by OPPO Digital
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Customer Review: Technically good product but dependability problems
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased the OPPO DV-980H in October 2007 and was pleased with it initially.
But 6 months later the player stopped recognizing my DVDs.
As it was under warrantly I sent it in for warrantly repair and it came back perfect again.
But now 6 months later, I am experiencing the same problem of not recognizing my DVDs again.
As the player is no longer under its original 1 year warranty, the cost is $42 for repair. Considering the cost of other standard DVD players these days, I simply could not warrant $42 for repair of a product that has failed on me twice in the last 6 months and I have no confidence that the same will not happen 6 months from now.
While I liked this product and enjoyed using it, my issues with dependability mean that I will no longer be a buyer of OPPO products.
I hope that others do not experience similar problems as I really liked OPPO prior to these difficulties.
UPDATE: Since I did not want to pay the $42 repair fee, I sold my OPPO DVD on Craigslist.
The very next day, OPPO called me an said they would wave the fee and repair my unit for free.
I must say, I appreciate the support they showed eventually and give them full credit for eventually getting this right and doing the right thing.
I just wish they had agreed to do this when I was going back and forth with them in e-mail trying to get the unit fixed during the previous few weeks when I still had the unit.
But I must give OPPO credit for eventually giving good customer service here.
I do not se how to change my star rating, but based on the improved service, I would change from 1 star to 2 stars if I could.
Customer Review: Certainly a Fine Machine
Summary: 5 Stars
The Oppo Up-Converting DVD Player arrived just a day ago and it's already proving a great purchase. It can play difficult discs and discs from the 'O' or zero zone as well as the North American Region Zone without trouble. On discs that previously were lacking in definition, a real issue on a large wide screen television, the Oppo player excels. What were once rather lifeless and dull images have been positively revitalized!
Newer already quite excellent DVD's appear sharper and the colors leaner and better defined.
Set up - at least for my needs - was the easiest I've ever experienced. You plug in the power cord, attach the HDMI connection to the television and you're done. The television plays the sound through the HDMI lead.
For much better sound you are offered the full smorgasbord of audio
connections. I'm still playing around with these.
The machine easily handled SACD CD discs and several others such as the less commonly seen DVD Audio.
Summing Up: If you have an available HDMI connection this player should offer practically all possible viewing choices. You can now play some foreign films, those with the zero or universal zone label, as well of course North American region stuff, significantly upgrade the picture on your older DVDs, and of course try any number of other formats.
The key here is the HDMI connection - although the player will handle a plethora of formats, it really struts its stuff using its HDMI lead, and again, be sure your televion or monitor has such a lead to take full advantage of this DVD player.
A great product and I'm happy to agree with the many satisfied customers.
Customer Review: Worthy of the Excellent Rating
Summary: 5 Stars
SUMMARY: This DVD player is worth the excellent ratings it has gotten on several websites. The up conversion feature makes you want to pull out your older DVDs and appreciate them again. The $169 price is perfect and does not reflect the stunning picture quality produced with this component. The device is thin, sleek and unobtrusive. It fits neatly with other home theater systems. HDMI provides both video and 7.1 channel audio digital outputs to deliver the best picture and sound quality through one cable. The HDMI cable is included with the player. Component video outputs are also available for those who have not yet fully upgraded their systems to 100% digital format. To get sound when using the component video you must also connect either the digital (optical or coax) or the composite (RCA analog) audio outputs to your TV or stereo receiver.
PACKAGING/MANUAL/IMAGES: The packaging is well designed The player comes neatly packaged in a soft inner envelope suspended between foam in the box. The unboxing is equivalent to opening a computer from Apple. No excess foam is included. It is surprising just how thin the unit actually is when you open the box. The manual is straight forward and easy to follow. Detailed high definition images of the player are available at the manufacturer's website (oppodigital).
ALTERNATIVES: Oppo offers the OPPO DV-981HD DVD player for $229. Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, DivX & SACD Despite being $60 more expensive, this player does not offer component video output or 7.1 channel audio features.
Customer Review: The best DVD player I have owned
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this player based on the reviews here and on CNET. I have to say this is the best DVD player I have owned yet. Now I must clarify that the last player we owned we purchased 5 years ago; so it has been a while and some of the features I found unique may actually be quite common.
I love the up-converting technology. Our family watches very little network TV. For the most part we watch DVDs. Since we have little kids we are usually watching Disney DVDs or older sitcoms. Our kids love Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island. Let me tell you neither show has ever looked this good. It is not HD, but it is much better than the quality we were getting from our old player. It becomes obvious when we watch an episode of the Brady Bunch that has been partially remastered. The scenes that were remastered become brighter than those not remastered.
I like the sleek black appearance of the box and I like that I can control whether the lights on the display stay on (they are very bright in a dark room).
One feature I like is that the player will remember where you left off watching several movies. Almost all DVD players will remember the where you left off with the last DVD you were watching; this one seems to remember 3 or 4 DVD's.
I can't say enough about this player. Like they say in the review at CNET, if you don't want to plunk down several hundred dollars for a Blu-Ray then get this machine. I bought mine directly from OPPO. They were courteous and ship FedEx by default. I had my player in 2 days. Also, the OPPO if fully compatible with all the Logitech remotes.
Customer Review: Almost perfect, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
This dvd-player has a superb sound system -sacd sounds way better here than in any Pioneer player you could buy for much more money. Picture quality is also great; actually, imho video looks better in this model than in the 981hd, which I also own. All and all, then, I am very happy with it except for one -and not little- problem: there is a restriction in the number of characters when playing divx subtitles. Most of the subtitles are cut at some capricious point. The problem is not a mere "character limitation" (since the number of characters varies between incomplete subtitles), but the interpolation of a dash that cuts off the lines. I gather that this dash was intended to make the subtitle division more elegant, but something went wrong and instead of that it almost always eliminates the last words of the subtitle line -or, when it is a very short line, the last letters of the last word. Thus, if the subtitle line is too long, instead of dividing it in two lines, the 980h adds a dash at some point of it and just erases the rest of the subtitle, which after a while makes the watching impossible; for instance, the sentence "He's a serial killer. He won't hesitate to kill." becomes "He's a serial killer. He won't hesitate to-", even using the smaller font. It is increasingly irritating, believe me, and after 5 or 6 of this kind of cuts you most probably won't get much of the plot. This is a big problem for those who, like me, use to watch world's cinema in several languages. Please, Oppo people, don't repeat this horrible flaw in your coming-soon -and much expected- blu-ray player!