OPPO BDP-93 & OPPO BDP-83 review links that talk about the quality 24fps DVD feature - Blu-ray Forum

HDTV1080P · 04-16-2011, 10:51 AM

OPPO BDP-93 and OPPO BDP-83 review links that mentions the importance of having a 24fps DVD feature

Quote from Home Theater magazines review of the OPPO BDP-83:

“I dusted off the few DVDs I have left in my collection, and it proved to be a pretty painless endeavor. The BDP-83’s upconversion is second to none. While the overall quality of DVD is still a distant second to Blu-ray, I was surprised by how good this player made DVDs look. I let the Oppo convert my DVDs to 1080p/24 for playback, and it didn’t have any issues with tearing or frame drops. A few other manufacturers offer 24p support for DVDs, but I sometimes noticed occasional frame drops with some material. The Oppo’s DVDO processing didn’t seem to have the same issue with the titles I tested. If you still watch a lot of DVDs, this alone makes the Oppo a worthwhile investment.”

http://www.hometheater.com/content/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-page-4

Quote from an OPPO BDP-93 review:

“Unlike a few other players on the market (notably those from Panasonic, and even OPPO's earlier players), the BDP-93 does not support 24p (24 frames/second) output from DVDs. This feature is useful if you want to be able to view DVDs, sourced from 24 fps film content, on a TV that supports a native 24p mode. This capability helps to preserve that film-specific look to motion without introducing motion artifacts. One could argue that DVDs are not a native 24p format (encoded on the disc at 60 frames/second interlaced) and that is true, but few TVs have the ability to decode the underlying 24p content properly for a 60i input signal and display that content in a native 24p mode. Normally this content is displayed at a multiple of 60 Hz, which means you get some judder (uneven motion). So it would be helpful if the player had good 3:2 cadence detection and decoding on-board so it could output 24p content from DVD at 24 frames/second.”

“The QDEO processor actually has the ability to do this, but OPPO says that they felt that enabling the 24p output from DVDs on this particular chipset would have produced inferior results. So that feature is disabled. Really the solution here -- if you find yourself bothered by judder on film-based DVDs -- is to set the player to its "Source Direct" mode, send the DVD output to your processor or TV at 480i/60 and rely on one of these devices to correctly perform the 3:2 cadence detection and correction. Of course, Blu-rays are supported at 1080/24p output since this is a native encoding option of the format. Also, few competitive models offer this feature so it's not a major slam, but it is worth pointing out since it is a departure from the earlier OPPO Blu-ray players.”

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Oppo-BDP-93-Review-3D.shtml

04-16-2011, 10:51 AM	#1
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	OPPO BDP-93 & OPPO BDP-83 review links that talk about the quality 24fps DVD feature OPPO BDP-93 and OPPO BDP-83 review links that mentions the importance of having a 24fps DVD feature Quote from Home Theater magazines review of the OPPO BDP-83: “I dusted off the few DVDs I have left in my collection, and it proved to be a pretty painless endeavor. The BDP-83’s upconversion is second to none. While the overall quality of DVD is still a distant second to Blu-ray, I was surprised by how good this player made DVDs look. I let the Oppo convert my DVDs to 1080p/24 for playback, and it didn’t have any issues with tearing or frame drops. A few other manufacturers offer 24p support for DVDs, but I sometimes noticed occasional frame drops with some material. The Oppo’s DVDO processing didn’t seem to have the same issue with the titles I tested. If you still watch a lot of DVDs, this alone makes the Oppo a worthwhile investment.” http://www.hometheater.com/content/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-page-4 Quote from an OPPO BDP-93 review: “Unlike a few other players on the market (notably those from Panasonic, and even OPPO's earlier players), the BDP-93 does not support 24p (24 frames/second) output from DVDs. This feature is useful if you want to be able to view DVDs, sourced from 24 fps film content, on a TV that supports a native 24p mode. This capability helps to preserve that film-specific look to motion without introducing motion artifacts. One could argue that DVDs are not a native 24p format (encoded on the disc at 60 frames/second interlaced) and that is true, but few TVs have the ability to decode the underlying 24p content properly for a 60i input signal and display that content in a native 24p mode. Normally this content is displayed at a multiple of 60 Hz, which means you get some judder (uneven motion). So it would be helpful if the player had good 3:2 cadence detection and decoding on-board so it could output 24p content from DVD at 24 frames/second.” “The QDEO processor actually has the ability to do this, but OPPO says that they felt that enabling the 24p output from DVDs on this particular chipset would have produced inferior results. So that feature is disabled. Really the solution here -- if you find yourself bothered by judder on film-based DVDs -- is to set the player to its "Source Direct" mode, send the DVD output to your processor or TV at 480i/60 and rely on one of these devices to correctly perform the 3:2 cadence detection and correction. Of course, Blu-rays are supported at 1080/24p output since this is a native encoding option of the format. Also, few competitive models offer this feature so it's not a major slam, but it is worth pointing out since it is a departure from the earlier OPPO Blu-ray players.” http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Oppo-BDP-93-Review-3D.shtml Last edited by HDTV1080P; 04-16-2011 at 10:53 AM.

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