Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Player Thread

[Hillside Trece]

Originally Posted by Adrock

What wonderful customer service, though! They did not charge me to fix the unit, or for shipping of the unit back to me. I am so happy to have my Oppo back.

I cannot say enough about how wonderful their customer service is. I have never in my life had such a wonderful service experience from any company.

I know no one wishes to have to deal with problems or customer service, but if you have to: they are the BEST.

TOTALLY agreed.

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by Adrock

[Show spoiler]I received my Oppo back yesterday from their customer service department after having to send it in because it would no longer read discs of any kind or format.

They ended up having to replace the Loader (as it was referred to in their parts guide).

What wonderful customer service, though! They did not charge me to fix the unit, or for shipping of the unit back to me. I am so happy to have my Oppo back. --- I cannot say enough about how wonderful their customer service is. I have never in my life had such a wonderful service experience from any company. --- I know no one wishes to have to deal with problems or customer service, but if you have to: they are the BEST.

Very nice to hear!!

[Movie Nut]

If anyone else is having a problem with their BDP-83 playing Contagion just post a message here. I found the fix on another website, (downloaded and installed latest firmware beta). Happy to find the link and post it here if it would help anyone else.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Movie Nut

If anyone else is having a problem with their BDP-83 playing Contagion just post a message here. I found the fix on another website, (downloaded and installed latest firmware beta). Happy to find the link and post it here if it would help anyone else.

Is it the same firmware as this one or is there a newer beta version available?

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-b...-59-0117b.aspx

[Hillside Trece]

I think I may actually have had issues loading the DVD version of Contagion...but it may have been another title...

[Movie Nut]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Is it the same firmware as this one or is there a newer beta version available?

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-b...-59-0117b.aspx

Found it. Yes...that is the version that fixed the problem on my player

59-0117B

[stingo]

Anyone having problems with these Blu-Rays loading? I've got the latest firmware, BD Live off and did an erase of BD movie data and they still won't load. The player recognizes them as BDMV, then the screen on the player goes to all zeroes, the tv shows the play icon for a second, and then it shows a screen on the tv from either disc that makes you think it's loading but the screen just goes black. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for replies.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by stingo

Anyone having problems with these Blu-Rays loading? I've got the latest firmware, BD Live off and did an erase of BD movie data and they still won't load. The player recognizes them as BDMV, then the screen on the player goes to all zeroes, the tv shows the play icon for a second, and then it shows a screen on the tv from either disc that makes you think it's loading but the screen just goes black. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for replies.

Does the screen just stay black forever? I haven't viewed my copy of SiL but I'll check it.

[rdodolak]

stingo, SiL went through the same thing on my player but loaded shortly after the screen went black (for the second time) after the BD loading screen went away. However, it's also important to note that I have the current, not the beta, firmware installed on my player.

[stingo]

I was told by Oppo to have the beta version installed when trying this, so that's what I did. I think I also tried it with the current official firmware (before the beta) but that didn't go either. Will try it and leave it on to see if anything happens. Thanks for the help.

Edited to add: I tried the stable firmware and the beta and there's no joy. For SIL, it displays the loading line for about a second then the screen goes black. For Raging Bull, it displays the warning against copying I think it is for about a second, then goes black. Eventually the disc stops spinning in both cases, leaving the screen black.

Further edited to add: Both titles play perfectly on my PS3 - which I can't use because the optical inputs on my receiver don't seem to work anymore.

[Adrock]

I saw another user that posted in the Hugo thread was having some problems, and was curious....

Has anyone had any problems with the BDP83 playing/reading the Hugo BD?

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by Adrock

I saw another user that posted in the Hugo thread was having some problems, and was curious....

Has anyone had any problems with the BDP83 playing/reading the Hugo BD?

Tested it myself this evening and found I had no problems playing it, however it was a bit strange. The player basically appears to lock up very shortly at 0 00:00:00 and seems like it stalls, or has quit reading the disc, however I waited patiently and after about 2-3 minutes, the disc did eventually load fine, and went straight to the menu.

I'd suggest if anyone is having this issue to just wait patiently and give it a chance, this disc takes seemingly longer than any other BD I have in order for the Oppo to load it.

[stingo]

I tried the waiting game with both discs I mentioned but no such luck. Oppo wrote me to request my sending the discs to them so they could test them for compatibility.

Edited to Add: The Comancheros and Tora! Tora! Tora! won't load either. *sigh*

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by Adrock

Tested it myself this evening and found I had no problems playing it, however it was a bit strange. The player basically appears to lock up very shortly at 0 00:00:00 and seems like it stalls, or has quit reading the disc, however I waited patiently and after about 2-3 minutes, the disc did eventually load fine, and went straight to the menu.

I'd suggest if anyone is having this issue to just wait patiently and give it a chance, this disc takes seemingly longer than any other BD I have in order for the Oppo to load it.

after reading this, i put my copy of hugo blu in my 83 and it worked without a hitch. the first thing it does is splash the paramount screen then it goes to previews (which i believe are either from the web or they go to the web to check for updates or new previews i say this because it was about 10 seconds before the previews loaded so i figured it was searching servers online).

from there it went to the hugo load screen menu and i selected play and it played right away with no hesitation or problems.

i have the latest firmware for the public but not the latest beta released.

i'll gather it's either your disc, (probably the least likely) your player firmware, your bd-live storage or your internet connection that's causing the problem.

hope this helped.

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

after reading this, i put my copy of hugo blu in my 83 and it worked without a hitch. the first thing it does is splash the paramount screen then it goes to previews (which i believe are either from the web or they go to the web to check for updates or new previews i say this because it was about 10 seconds before the previews loaded so i figured it was searching servers online).

from there it went to the hugo load screen menu and i selected play and it played right away with no hesitation or problems.

i have the latest firmware for the public but not the latest beta released.

i'll gather it's either your disc, (probably the least likely) your player firmware, your bd-live storage or your internet connection that's causing the problem.

hope this helped.

My disc did play fine. That was my point, it was just odd because my player did stall at 0 00:00:00 for a while like many whom own the BDP93 and BDP95 are experiencing, but after that it went to the Paramount load screen and then straight on to the menu. It seems some people whom own the BDP93 experience the same problem, except it never goes anywhere and just locks up the player.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by Adrock

My disc did play fine. That was my point, it was just odd because my player did stall at 0 00:00:00 for a while like many whom own the BDP93 and BDP95 are experiencing, but after that it went to the Paramount load screen and then straight on to the menu. It seems some people whom own the BDP93 experience the same problem, except it never goes anywhere and just locks up the player.

sorry, when you originally mentioned it you listed the 83 in the post as the problem machine. i have a 93 and will try it later tonight and post before bed!

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

sorry, when you originally mentioned it you listed the 83 in the post as the problem machine. i have a 93 and will try it later tonight and post before bed!

No trouble at all solarrdadd! I appreciate you looking out regardless.

Oh, sorry about that! Yeah, I have the 83, but the problem that another user posted about was in the 93.

I had the issue of it seemingly being stuck at 0 00:00:00 but after a couple minutes, it did load fine and played perfectly and went on to the menu.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by Adrock

No trouble at all solarrdadd! I appreciate you looking out regardless.

Oh, sorry about that! Yeah, I have the 83, but the problem that another user posted about was in the 93.

I had the issue of it seemingly being stuck at 0 00:00:00 but after a couple minutes, it did load fine and played perfectly and went on to the menu.

i loaded it in my 93 and it went fine until the last internet preview was done. it stalled and did not go to the movie home/splash page and had to be manually turned off. i thought it was bd-live so i turned the machine back on and turned off bd live. then put the disc back in and it did nothing. i waited for 5 minutes and it did nothing.

i did have the latest firmware installed but i knew there was a beta available; so i downloaded and installed it via usb.

i did not reset the machine nor did i clear the 4gb usb i have for bd-live use. the first thing i noticed was the internet preview was of a different movie than what was shown first with the old firmware or what was shown on the 83 (gave the same internet previews). after the previews finished, it went immediately to the movie home/splash page and played perfectly after that.

i do suspect it's a bd-live issue that was resolved in the firmware beta update.

hope this helped. i will put a link to this in the 93 thread for just in case.

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by stingo

Anyone having problems with these Blu-Rays loading? I've got the latest firmware, BD Live off and did an erase of BD movie data and they still won't load. The player recognizes them as BDMV, then the screen on the player goes to all zeroes, the tv shows the play icon for a second, and then it shows a screen on the tv from either disc that makes you think it's loading but the screen just goes black. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for replies.

I just recently watched SIL, and had no problems with it what so ever.

I use HDMI fro video, and analog for audio (Oppo-BDP 83SE).

My player is offline at all times.

[Bluyoda]

Has Oppo found a remedy for the Jurassic Park clipping problems???

I basically can't watch these movies, as I use analog outs, have no other options, and the clipping is really bad.

I guess most people use HDMI for audio nowadays, so they don't mind, or me it's a real bummer, and the JP trilogy is the only 7.1. DTS-HD MA track I have ever had problems with.