Oppo confirms BDP-103/105 will be last Blu-ray players without online activation

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Originally Posted by JohnAV

Lets see its in all the Oppo manuals if you haven't noticed:

Ok... And online activation is in the Samsung UHD player manual. The Oppo manual isn't available yet but I am sure it will be there when it is.

This is a requirement for all Blu-ray players starting in 2012. You cannot produce a Blu-ray player under license without it. So why would Oppo specifically have to have a press release about this?

Same goes for online activation and UHDBD, which why I made the comment when someone stating online activation not being official until Oppo makes an "official statement" outside of what their rep said and the UHDBD requirements.

Its called AACS2 or UltraHD AACS and this discussion belongs in Ultra HD Blu-ray and 4K forum not the Blu-ray Players and Recorders IMHO.

Not exactly, Oppo is different than other Blu-ray manufacturers in that they only have 1 or 2 players and they informed me that this would continue to be the case with UHDBD, with standard BD players being discontinued once the UHDBD players are available.

Given that Oppo is "special" in terms of player quality and video processing, it is definitely worth notifying people who have not yet bought an Oppo yet but wish to that they will be faced with the choice of the 103D/105D without online activation or a UHDBD player with online activation. There will be some overlap time before the former is sold out, but if you wait too long you may be stuck with the latter when you don't want it.

Thus, this thread belongs in this forum because it pertains to the eventual lack of availability of a traditional BD player from Oppo in the near future.