Any news on Oppo?

[ArieS]

What's going on with their BD player? Anyone heard anything?

[Clark Kent]

No one is 100% sure with anything regarding the Oppo player. They have been playing it very close to the vest about everything related to availability. Rumors indicate March at the earliest now.

[shooter3295]

The long wait is not doing their sales potential any good. People are starting to think it might not happen in this economy. It take a lot of capital to launch a new product of this caliber.

[ArieS]

Originally Posted by shooter3295

The long wait is not doing their sales potential any good. People are starting to think it might not happen in this economy. It take a lot of capital to launch a new product of this caliber.

True that, plus the other brands are lowering prices left and right.
It's just I would like to be able to get rid of my region free DVD player and be able to play DVD-Audios.
Let's hope it happens and the price is somehow reasonable...

[jcarys]

You're going to need to keep your region free DVD player - the Oppo will not be capable of playing other regions.

DVD-Audio is just a hope at this point. There should be an official press announcement soon.

[ArieS]

Originally Posted by jcarys

You're going to need to keep your region free DVD player - the Oppo will not be capable of playing other regions.

DVD-Audio is just a hope at this point. There should be an official press announcement soon.

Really? I thought everything that oppo makes was region free. That's not good.

[throttlebody1]

Complained to Oppo last week that after registering for news of their announced blu-ray player last November I didn't hear anything and that I was tired of waiting. Response was matter of fact. They are "considering" an early adoption and that when something happens, they'll email me.

Have read on other sites that from sightings at the latest show that Oppo is region blocked because of Blu-Ray restraints and that DVD-A and SACD are included.

[TapOrSnap]

One of the beta testers of the OPPO BDP-83 with a line directly to OPPO told me "March at the earliest". I would count on late March or early-mid April.

I promise the wait will be well worth it!

[stinger666]

Originally Posted by jcarys

You're going to need to keep your region free DVD player - the Oppo will not be capable of playing other regions.

DVD-Audio is just a hope at this point. There should be an official press announcement soon.

All OPPOS DVD players and BDP-83 player will be capable of playing other regions - Pls. get information before to write an opinion. Thank you.

[sterryo]

Originally Posted by stinger666

All OPPOS DVD players and BDP-83 player will be capable of playing other regions - Pls. get information before to write an opinion. Thank you.

OPPO has emailed a response that the bd will be region locked on dvd's and bd's.
you can read AVS forum and get several references. goto the EAP thread

[Jeff Kleist]

No one is allowed to make a region free DVD or BD player out of the box, per the manufacturing license

And if anyone makes a player as hackable as most of the chinese based ones (remote hackable), woe be unto them.

[gekke henkie]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

No one is allowed to make a region free DVD or BD player out of the box, per the manufacturing license

And if anyone makes a player as hackable as most of the chinese based ones (remote hackable), woe be unto them.

You mean like the one in Australia (forgot the name) which is region-free out-of-the-box, or LG's 200 model which is remote hackable?

By the way, the Oppo we are talking about, will probably be region-locked when it leaves the factory (see region-symbol on the back-panel picture), but quite easy to remote-unlock (I hope, this as not a fact, since we don't know that yet).

[Eastcoaster]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

No one is allowed to make a region free DVD or BD player out of the box, per the manufacturing license

And if anyone makes a player as hackable as most of the chinese based ones (remote hackable), woe be unto them.

I emailed Oppo a couple weeks ago asking about their Blu-Ray player and specifically about it being region-free or "able to be made region-free" and this was their response:

"Our BDP-83 Blu-ray player is being designed for North America, which is DVD Region 1 and Blu-ray Region A compliant. We have no plans selling these units internationally or allowing the end user to adjust any regional controls."

[jkwest]

thats what they said about their DVD players also....then they released an ISO patch....

[shooter3295]

I just received an e-mail from Oppo about the early adoption program. The first 50 RANDOMLY picked people (February 25th) will be able to buy the BD-83 for $499.00,....and must place the order by February 27, 2009.

More info.

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/EAP.aspx

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by shooter3295

I just received an e-mail from Oppo about the early adoption program. The first 50 RANDOMLY picked people (February 25th) will be able to buy the BD-83 for $499.00,....and must place the order by February 27, 2009.

More info.

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/EAP.aspx

ouch...damn them for making good products...2 days to come up with the $500?! are they loansharks, now?

[shooter3295]

As much as I looked forward to this unit,....for me,......it's too late. They waited too long,.....and the price, for me, is too much for a "pre-release" unit.

They won't even have DVD audio until a later firmware update. Oh well,...maybe next time.

[sokrman14]

Originally Posted by shooter3295

I just received an e-mail from Oppo about the early adoption program. The first 50 RANDOMLY picked people (February 25th) will be able to buy the BD-83 for $499.00,....and must place the order by February 27, 2009.

More info.

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/EAP.aspx

I got that email too!!!

[un4gvn94538]

the entire email:

OPPO BDP-83 Blu-Ray Disc Player EAP

Dear , We would like to thank you for the tremendous feedback that we have received from the community in response to our first BDP-83 Blu-ray player notification update. There were many great comments, suggestions and concerns which we will try to address in the release of the BDP-83. In particular, we would like to address the Early Adoption Program.

We have decided to take a democratic, by-the-people approach to the implementation of the Early Adoption Program. For the initial batch we will randomly choose 50 customers to participate in the Early Adoption Program. These 50 customers will have the opportunity to purchase the BDP-83 for $499 before the official release. After using the player for about a week, they will be required to vote on whether the program should be expanded or suspended based on end-user experiences. If a supermajority (at least 70%) votes in favor of expanding the program, we will expand the Early Adoption Program by another 100 randomly chosen customers. The player will be shipped with a pre-production firmware version. Firmware updates will be available from time to time.

The initial 50 Early Adoption Customers will be chosen no later than February 25th using the random number generator at random.org. After being contacted by us, the customer must place the order no later than 3pm February 27th Pacific Time; otherwise the opportunity to participate will be passed on to another customer. A simple "Yes" or "No" vote on whether to expand the program needs to be cast no later than March 15th.

Terms and conditions for the Early Adoption Program, as well as the current program status, can be found at our web site:
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/EAP.aspx
We would also like to take this time to update you on the status of BDP-83 developments. The last two months have been very fruitful, as the player now supports BD-Live (Profile 2.0) and can internally decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio formats. DVD-Audio has yet to be implemented through firmware, but we are working diligently on this feature. A preliminary features and specifications list will be available on our web site on Tuesday March 3rd.

Opt-Out:

If you are still interested in receiving communications about the BDP-83 and participating in the Early Adoption Program, no further action is necessary. Otherwise, please click on the SafeUnsubscribe link below to decline participation and to opt out of any further e-mail communications regarding the BDP-83.



Best Regards, Customer Service

[lobo81865]

Originally Posted by shooter3295

I just received an e-mail from Oppo about the early adoption program. The first 50 RANDOMLY picked people (February 25th) will be able to buy the BD-83 for $499.00,....and must place the order by February 27, 2009.

More info.

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/EAP.aspx

I got the email as well.