Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, DivX & SACD
by OPPO Digital
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Customer Review: Great DVD Player
Summary: 5 Stars
I had hoped this would be a good dvd player, after having read all the reviews. Turns out it really is. I am not exactly an electronics afficianado, but even I can tell a difference with this player. All movies appear hi-def or pretty close to it!! What a blast. So glad I did not go blu-ray just yet. This will do me fine for quite a while. Highly recommend it to any one not yet ready to take the blu-ray plunge. Can't imagine any regrets.Customer Review: Great player but came with ants (very strange)
Summary: 5 Stars
Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, DivX & SACD I bought this player in February of 2008. Loved it. Used it with a 50-inch plasma TV and could really find nothing to complain about. At the end of May I moved from Ohio to Colorado and when I began packing up the unit (kept the original packing) ants began coming out of the unit by the hundreds. While my wife was looking on in horror, I moved the unit outside and opened up the case. The inside of the unit looked like a scene from the second Alien movie. It was filled with ant eggs and ants. I saturated the inside with ant spray and left it down by the curb for three days. Then put it out to the trash. Now, I cannot be ABSOLUTELY sure these ants came with the device but in my own mind, I'm am sure. First of all we have never had an ant infestation in our home. Yes, an occasional walk-in ant or two but nothing like this. Secondly, I have never seen ants like these in our part of Ohio. They were VERY small. I don't think there is anything I can do since I basically destroyed the unit but I can tell you I'm VERY reluctant to buy a replacement.Customer Review: Player freezes up at startup
Summary: 3 Stars
My only concern with this player is that it occasionally freezes up during the startup and must be unplugged to restart. I should have returned the unit the first time it did it to me. Their tech service said they were not familiar with this problem and gave me a couple of things to try, which did not correct the problem, or return the unit for repair.
Customer Review: Outstanding piece of hardware !!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is probably the best DVD player I have owned. The included HDMI cable gives excellent results on my Sony Bravia 46inch LCD tv, at 1080p. This player also has the facility of 1080i.
The item is packed very well and comes in its own cloth/nylon cover - very useful for long term storage, quality of the equipment is top notch!
All output and input connectors at the back ar 22K gold plated.
Read about this player of [...] - Editor's top pick listed in professional players.I also tried the hack which converts it into an all region PAL/NTSC system and confirmed it worked by playing a PAL disc from India.
Here is the procedure:
1) Press Set Up on the remote
2) Press 9210
3) Press 0
4) Press Set Up once again
ENJOY !!
Customer Review: The greatest dvd player i've ever owned.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so blown away by this player that I couldn't be happier about the money i spent on it. I feel this player is worth every penny of the price.
The picture on a flat screen 32" LCD HD Emerson. The dvd's i own that say "remastered" versions looked like i was looking out a window rather than at a tv screen. Previously i ha all kinds of problems with my dvd player telling me disc cannot be played, discs skipping mid movie, whole chapters not being playable, a disc i honestly thought was defective in a box set but everything i've thrown at this Oppo it has played and quickly too. You don't have long loading times when you first put a dvd in. I have picture cd's, avi discs, divx movies, mpegs on cd and this Oppo plays it ALL. I also found out my tv doesn't support full 1080p resolution so i'm only using the 1080i resolution and STILL getting a terrific picture.
I couldn't wait to try out the SACD decoder for an SACD 5.1 CD of Dark Side of The Moon and the sound won't play through a "Digital/Optical" Cable. According to the user manual it's not supported due to copyright resctictions of DVD-Audio and SACD. You have to use the 5.1 ANALOGUE channel output. It plays through the TV usng the HDMI connection just fine, just not the receiver withou the additional analogue connection.
The options available to you through the setup menu should fit anyone.
this player didn't take long to set up and just start watching movies.
Anything new is gonna take a little getting used to and is to be expected, but so far only having this a week or two i've never been happier with a dd player. I'm thinking a lot of the picture quality has to do with Oppo's True Life technology video processing which can be turned on or off. I reccomend keeping it on by all means.