OPPO Digital UDP-203 UltraHD Blu-ray player

[bokes]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

I wonder if the HDMI input can be used to upscale Apple TV to 4K.

Can't the existing player do that?

[wxman2003]

Along with the 203, my guess we will see a 203D with darbee but can't do DV for $599, a 205 that does HDR10 and DV for $1199, and a 205D that does darbee, DV and HDR10 for $1299, just like past models.

[solarrdadd]

does it appear that more or dare I say most 4K TV's support DV in future releases of TV's either exclusively or with HDR10?

I guess we may have to wait and see. right now, DV is only available at a very limited number of movie theaters. i figure if more people get to experience it in movies, that they will push more for it in the HT like ATMOS.

for me, until my SXRD dies, I'm not getting a 4K tv, i do want a player to take advantage of movies that are ATMOS/DTS:X only on UHD discs. so, DV is way, way off the map for me.

how important is DV capability for most of you guys in your next player and in your display, is it a deal breaker?

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by 4Dblu

yayyyy, about time, I will upgrade my living room player103D. And I'm glad Darbee is not included I didn't really like it. Hopefully, they will have a trade in deal

Oppo has historically never offered trade-in deals. For people that send them back for no reason or slightly used industry or press loaners they are marketed as re-furbished.

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

I wonder if the HDMI input can be used to upscale Apple TV to 4K.

Originally Posted by bokes

Can't the existing player do that?

The existing 103 thru 105D offer HDMI inputs that can accept HD with DD+, so the player can output 4Kx2K of that video.

The specifics to the next player's HDMI input have not been announced.

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by wxman2003

Along with the 203, my guess we will see a 203D with darbee but can't do DV for $599, a 205 that does HDR10 and DV for $1199, and a 205D that does darbee, DV and HDR10 for $1299, just like past models.

Your assuming HDR playback belongs to advanced models, it doesn't. All the base models of competitors support HDR10. Again we can't discuss DV because their has been no announcements or information from vendors.

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

does it appear that more or dare I say most 4K TV's support DV in future releases of TV's either exclusively or with HDR10?

I guess we may have to wait and see. right now, DV is only available at a very limited number of movie theaters. i figure if more people get to experience it in movies, that they will push more for it in the HT like ATMOS.

for me, until my SXRD dies, I'm not getting a 4K tv, i do want a player to take advantage of movies that are ATMOS/DTS:X only on UHD discs. so, DV is way, way off the map for me.

how important is DV capability for most of you guys in your next player and in your display, is it a deal breaker?

DV support at this point in time is akin to how AVR's supported Atmos but not DTS:X. So the early players all support HDR10. On the other shoe you have LG, Vizio, and TCL selling products that due to recent FW updates support HDR10 and DV. We do already have VOD hosts that are offering DV 4K content.

[Geoff D]

Yes, BDMV HDR is mandatory for any and all UHD players. DV is entirely optional, but we're still waiting on the appropriate SoC and if OPPO have already got a pre-production model up and running now without the relevant chippery for DV then there's two hopes for getting DV in the finished 203 product: Bob Hope and no hope, because it's not the sort of thing that you can just leave a 'back door' in the firmware for, it needs specific decoding circuitry and the UHD Blu-ray version simply isn't available for mass-manufacture right now. That's why the upcoming Sony player won't have DV either.

[wxman2003]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

Your assuming HDR playback belongs to advanced models, it doesn't. All the base models of competitors support HDR10. Again we can't discuss DV because their has been no announcements or information from vendors.

I should have been more clear on my post. Of course the 203 will have HDR10, my guess is that a 203D model will come out with HDR10 and Darbee, and then the second half of 2017 the 205 and 205D will come out with DV added.

[Geoff D]

That makes sense. DV will probably cost them a few extra simoleons to licence anyway so why not keep it in reserve for the all-singing all-dancing 205 model which can follow at a later date?

[chad_1138]

Originally Posted by 4Dblu

yayyyy, about time, I will upgrade my living room player103D. And I'm glad Darbee is not included I didn't really like it. Hopefully, they will have a trade in deal

Right now you can trade in a 103D to Amazon for $423. I am sure that the 203 will be available through Amazon, so that is a possible option for you.

I just traded in my 83 to Amazon for $291. I am going to order a 103 as soon as I get the credit from Amazon. I was going to get the 203 to future proof. However, I don't have a 4K TV yet, so I am going to hold off on a 4K player for a while since everything with DV hasn't been hashed out as of yet.

But, after the trade, I couldn't pass up a 103 for $200

[jmy2469]

Originally Posted by xxBachelor1981xx

Damn I was waiting on a Sony UHD Player but if OPPO is going to have one at 499 I might bite on that.

Sony showed off their new UHD player at CEDIA last week, no price info and available through custom installers only! I'll be grabbing the Oppo once it is available, here is the link about the Sony player.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-th...ies-receivers/

[Paul.R.S]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

As you know we all are a bit challenged to find vendors that commit to supporting both HDR standards. Its good there might be someone else now pursuing that compatibility in sources as compared to the limited UDTV marketplace that does.

Sigh. I sure hope we're not headed for another two-year ironing-out-the-kinks journey to getting a, say, second generation OPPO universal with an SoC that competently handles all formats/processing without unique/rare quirks. Ironically just today I was listening to Shania Twain's Up! DVD-A and noticing that the 93 cuts off the very end of a few tracks on the album.

I'd like to be able to have my universal player cake and eat all the formats, too, before 2020.

[mdanderson]

I have an Oppo 105 and I love the superior dacs for music. I wonder if the Oppo 203 will have dacs like the 105.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by mdanderson

I have an Oppo 105 and I love the superior dacs for music. I wonder if the Oppo 203 will have dacs like the 105.

doubtful. the 105 replacement is supposed to follow a few months after the 203 comes out.

[kristoffer]

Video of the Oppo UDP 203 in English. @flatpanelsdk @UltraHDBluray http://www.hdfever.fr/2016/09/17/opp...breaking-news/

[Mezzanine]

No XLR Balanced Stereo Audio Out = no buy.

[captainbrent]

Originally Posted by Mezzanine

No XLR Balanced Stereo Audio Out = no buy.

The 103's didn't have them either but the 105's did...look for them on the 205's!

[PRO-630HD]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

Video of the Oppo UDP 203 in English. @flatpanelsdk @UltraHDBluray http://www.hdfever.fr/2016/09/17/opp...breaking-news/

Why would this guy not ask about Dolby Vision?

[PRO-630HD]

Originally Posted by chad_1138

Right now you can trade in a 103D to Amazon for $423. I am sure that the 203 will be available through Amazon, so that is a possible option for you.

I just traded in my 83 to Amazon for $291. I am going to order a 103 as soon as I get the credit from Amazon. I was going to get the 203 to future proof. However, I don't have a 4K TV yet, so I am going to hold off on a 4K player for a while since everything with DV hasn't been hashed out as of yet.

But, after the trade, I couldn't pass up a 103 for $200

Wow that is a great trade price. I may consider that for my 103.

[moviemike4]

Getting mine as soon as possible , this samsung 4k player i have is a peace of shit.