Heritage_Head Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Ok guys got the player today and have been playing with it for last few hours. As others have said the packaging is as good as I have ever seen. Got everything hooked up really easy. The oppo gives two hdmi outputs. Hdmi 1 has the highest video/3d and audio. Hdmi2 is close to 1 but isn’t 3d. So for most people run hdmi1 to your avr and you’re done. But for me I’m using both. My avr doesn’t support 3d so I’m running hdmi1 to my hdmi switch box and the other to the avr. I also ordered some 3d glasses to mess around with 3d a little on the projector. First thing I did was hit the Netflix tab on the remote and was up and running as fast as I could get my email and pass entered. Very fast about the same as my ps3 and a little easier to move around with this remote vs a ps3 controller. So then went to blu rays, sacd and dvd-A. All work great and was nice to finally play my steely dan dvd-A in the highest content. As far as comparing one players sound and picture vs another is pretty tuff. The main reason I was able to see it was because I was going back and forth between players in the middle of movies a lot (when the ps3 wouldn’t play it) and after a while what you just shrug off starts to really pop out at you. To early go give a review on picture and audio performance but it’s definitely not a cheap player with an oppo name on it. The blu rays and sacds are faster than the ps3 (even when it was new) and it’s built really solid. I can see why this brand is so popular (the hype seems well earned). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 Few new updates on the 103. So I dived into the video options of the player. It has everything you can ask for and lots of stuff my other players don’t have. I’m totally blown away by the improvement I can get with these adjustments. My other players have some of these but they do more bad than good. One example if I bump up the saturation on the oppo player I get a huge upgrade in color and overall picture quality. I get no smearing or washed out color and this is on a 125” screen. And that’s just one of many tweaks. Bottom line after getting it tweaked and set up the picture quality of the oppo 103 vs my other two players is embarrassingly huge. I had no idea it would be this big. Whenever I messed with video stuff on other players it made the picture worse. I’m going to try and get my sister over (she does photos for a living) and have her bring some cameras so I can show side by side shots. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 It is great to know Oppo is still making high quality players. When they announced the 103 and 105 I had this feeling in my guy that they would not be of the same caliber as their predecesors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 It is great to know Oppo is still making high quality players. When they announced the 103 and 105 I had this feeling in my guy that they would not be of the same caliber as their predecesors. Not sure how it compares to the older ones. The control over the audio and video is really impressive. I didn’t think I would use any off it but wow wasn’t expecting that at all. Do you use the video adjustments on your 93? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It is great to know Oppo is still making high quality players. When they announced the 103 and 105 I had this feeling in my guy that they would not be of the same caliber as their predecesors. Not sure how it compares to the older ones. The control over the audio and video is really impressive. I didnt think I would use any off it but wow wasnt expecting that at all. Do you use the video adjustments on your 93? The audio control is only for analog output and since I'm using HDMI, no. I haven't played with the video settings either as I prefer to do all of that in the TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It's good to know that the new generation is not slow and clunky like the last one was.Maybe next generation I'll try em' again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Oppo 103 is in the mail, I had to send back my denon after it wouldn't connect to netflix. I'm looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Here is another review of the Oppo 103 http://hstrial-jrodriguez996.homestead.com/OPPO-BDP-103-Universal-Network-3D-Blu-ray-player.html?_=1351920348959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Here is another review of the Oppo 103 http://hstrial-jrodriguez996.homestead.com/OPPO-BDP-103-Universal-Network-3D-Blu-ray-player.html?_=1351920348959 Just like I was saying adding the video enhancements on the oppo is huge. It adds so much that you just can’t get with the tv or projector enhancements. The pics in the review show just what I was talking about its awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Another thing I like about the 103 is the 2 hdmi inputs and then be able to enhance whatever you run thru them. This may be a tax refund purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 I ran my cable though it and it looks awesome. I’m still in the testing stages but I think I’m going to run my xbox and ps3 through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Exactly what I thought about doing![Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 So I tried the xbox though the 103 and am sold. It has 3 presents to custom set. So I’m making one for 3d one for gaming and one for normal blu rays (is my thinking). It’s cool because you can easily toggle it from normal to whatever your settings are so you can see what you’re getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 hrmm, good to know. Only thing about doing the xbox thru it, is won't it cause more lag for online gaming since it has an extra component to go through? I guess it would be the same if you used the 2 HDMI outs too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage_Head Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Something to try but good point. I don’t game online so not an issue here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tremors Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 hrmm, good to know. Only thing about doing the xbox thru it, is won't it cause more lag for online gaming since it has an extra component to go through? I guess it would be the same if you used the 2 HDMI outs too... I run my Xbox thru my Onkyo receiver with no noticeable lag at all. We game a lot in our household and would notice immediately if this had been a problem. These HDMI connections as of late seem to be pretty swift with their information porting and transfers. I could see degradation at some point, perhaps 3+ connections, but two or less shouldn't be a problem. Two cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 ^^^what games do you play? Do you play online shooters? I would think the more components it goes through, the more lag. Even something as small as 20ms can mean the difference between death and kill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 The Oppo looks like a good solution to streah internet radio and my NAS music. Can internet radio channels be aded (Like MOG) or are you stuck with just Pandora? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tremors Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 ^^^what games do you play? Do you play online shooters? I would think the more components it goes through, the more lag. Even something as small as 20ms can mean the difference between death and kill. Solid question. I play exclusively shooters (Call Of Duty-Modern Warfare, Call Of Duty-Black ops, Halo). The wifey plays Fable, Dragon Age and other RPG's. Funny though cause only a handful of our friends know we're hardcore gamers (we're late 20's early 30's). We've thrown multiple parties in the last few months with 50-150 people and everyone comments on the sound but no one notices all of the video game gear, lol. We own nearly every system around and hundreds of games, kinda hard to miss :/ But to the point, no noticeable lag at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 ^^^I have my xbox thru my AVR and I lag all the time. I've never tried hooking it up directly to the TV to see if it makes any difference. It's gotten so bad that I'm most likely not going to buy Black Ops 2. I have read that different TVs can also make a difference. I have a 4-5 year old panny plasma, not sure what the lag rating is on my particular model...I suppose once I get my Oppo, I may try to run the XBox thru it to see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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