314carpenter Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 My wife had a small oppo media player (smaller than an iPhone 4), purchased when she worked in China. It got lost during one of the moves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I ordered a 205 but something went wonky with the order and then a sell out so I ordered a 203. Searching for a UHD / 4K TV to replace my 65" Sharp 1080P. Yo... @MetropolisLakeOutfitters I need something around 70ish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 51 minutes ago, USNRET said: I ordered a 205 but something went wonky with the order and then a sell out so I ordered a 203. Searching for a UHD / 4K TV to replace my 65" Sharp 1080P. Yo... @MetropolisLakeOutfitters I need something around 70ish. I have Sony now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 21 hours ago, Rich_Guy said: Also Panasonic has what looks like a very nice flagship blu-ray player that they may soon bring to the US market, the Panasonic UB9000 . Very cool. Most all Panasonic electronics I've purchased in the past have had a long life and performed flawlessly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 For those interested in buying an Oppo 205, Oppo is making another run of them so you can still buy one, They are expected to be available in June and you can register to buy on their site. https://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-udp-205/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I'm especially sorry to see this, because the 205 had a number of areas that could have used improvement. Most new products go through this, and one can expect, or at least hope for, product refinements over time. Two examples in the 205 are: The panel readout lighting is too dim (most competitors' readouts can be read clearly from across the room) There should be a graphical readout of the volume setting on DVDs There should be a direct response to the "VOL" changes, instead of the obscure + and - buttons on top There is something to be said for the practice of "planned obsolescence" in the form of gradual improvements, IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I have one of the earlier OPPOs, a DV-980H, for audio use only. It will play just about any audio disc I put in it and the audio quality is on a par with players costing much more. Good company, sad to see it go. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314carpenter Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 OPPO UDP-205 Error - Limit 1 per customer. These last OPPO UDP-205's need a good home and a loving owner so we thank you for your understanding. Frequently Asked Questions I registered to be notified - why have I not received an e-mail allowing me to buy a UDP-205? The notification e-mail will come from WebApp@oppodigital.com and are sent based on when you registered to validated e-mail addresses. We are sending e-mails in waves for a smoother ordering and fulfillment experience. I did not register to be notified but I am still interested in buying a UDP-205. How can I buy one? We are giving priority to those who have already registered via special e-mail links. If there are any inventory remaining after those who have registered, the UDP-205 will be made available publicly. How can I buy more than 1 UDP-205? Due to limited supply and strong demand, we are limiting sales to 1 per customer/household. Thank you for your understanding. I received the notification e-mail to buy a UDP-205 but my special link has already expired. Can I still buy one? To be fair to others who have registered, we must give them a chance to order a UDP-205 during their window of opportunity. If there are any inventory remaining, the UDP-205 will be made available publicly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
314carpenter Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I just received a email, and placed my order for a new UDP-205. I was one of the lucky ones to have signed up early for late releases. This will be the last run. I don't know how many are available, but my window of opportunity was 3 days or good bye forever. I confirmed the order 2 hours after I received the email. PS. I asked for some more OPPO swag via email, so hopefully that can happen again this time, unfortunately the guys who answered the phones before no longer have a job at OPPO. OPPO UDP-205 Interest List We will have a very limited number of OPPO UDP-205 players available beginning in late August, 2018*. Thank you all for your support. Due to increasingly limited quantities and overwhelming demand, we are no longer accepting email sign-ups for the UDP-205 Interest List. We are still on track to receive our next shipments in late August and mid-September, and we will begin to notify customers on the Interest List as soon as we have the players in stock. August 27, 2018 We have begun sending out e-mails inviting registered customers to purchase am OPPO UDP-205. As we have already begun winding down our business, we have limited fulfillment capacity. E-mails are being sent out in daily batches to throttle the amount of orders to fulfill. This page will be updated when we have sold out of the OPPO UDP-205. * - Projected. Actual availability date tentative and subject to changes. Notice: This information will be used only for the purpose of keeping you up to date on the UDP-205's availability. Retail end users only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 14, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2018 It seems like Oppo priced itself right out of the popular sweet spot as far a pricing goes. It's not that they have "special" parts that demand the much higher prices, there are others with just as good performance, they just don't say Oppo or demand those prices. The reputation is what kept them going as long as it did plus great customer service. imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 dtel, check out a YouTube video that shows the 205 interior compared to the 203. SSH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators dtel Posted September 14, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2018 Very nice, I always wanted one but never could justify the cost, they are good no doubt but far from where they started with pricing . I am sure quality and performance improved along the way also but the price jumped, deservedly , I don't know how each compares. Either way they are very nice and the best thing they had going for them was great customer service, this is in most cases worth a higher price. Part of the reason it aggravates me so much that Klipsch is very lacking in that department, we tried to get that word to them (from our personal experience) and nothing ever changed, it's all that is missing from being an exceptional company,and i really hope that changes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 11:30 AM, Don Richard said: I have one of the earlier OPPOs, a DV-980H, for audio use only. It will play just about any audio disc I put in it and the audio quality is on a par with players costing much more ... I think there's the rub. You can find cheaper players to do the same thing with the advent of HDMI. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 On 9/14/2018 at 9:26 PM, Zen Traveler said: I think there's the rub. You can find cheaper players to do the same thing with the advent of HDMI. . Totally agree, though I certainly have no idea what HDMI has to do with it as I hear nothing from it that is any better than any other method of sending a signal. When they first came out, Oppo was the best build and sound at the price...but they got greedy. Anybody who has been around for a while has seen it with a variety of companies and products. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 12:30 PM, Don Richard said: I have one of the earlier OPPOs, a DV-980H, for audio use only. Don; agree. Use one of those in my 2-way setup and am very pleased with the audio quality. (Thought it was better than the BDP-103D.) Also using an even older 971 model in my vintage stereo console (modified with Klipsh horns and woofers ). Cheers, Emile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Mallette said: Totally agree, though I certainly have no idea what HDMI has to do with it as I hear nothing from it that is any better than any other method of sending a signal. When they first came out, Oppo was the best build and sound at the price...but they got greedy. Anybody who has been around for a while has seen it with a variety of companies and products. Dave Dave, I think he meant that with HDMI, whether with an Oppo or a cheap BD player, you send an "untouched" digital bitstream to an AVR/pre-pro and let it do the decoding or D/A conversion and pretty much identical signals reach your speakers. As far as Oppo getting greedy, I really don't buy into that because build quality has improved substantially from the flagship DV-983H universal player to the "current" UDP-205. As a matter of fact, going from the DV-983H to Oppo's first BD/universal player BDP-83 was a huge jump in build quality which also resulted in a bump in price, $399.00 to $499.00. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I use digital coax out to external DAC to Preamp for two channel and HDMI out to AVR for 5.1 I steer clear of analog out or optical out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, willland said: I think he meant that with HDMI, whether with an Oppo or a cheap BD player, you send an "untouched" digital bitstream to an AVR/pre-pro and let it do the decoding or D/A conversion and pretty much identical signals reach your speakers. Why any different than optical or coax? And, if you use the Oppo on board DAC, simple line out. Digital signals are either transported intact or not at all. Bits don't have qualitative differences...either on or off, there or not. If I recall correctly, the first Oppo I purchased was 375.00...more than I usually paid but it was a universal (no BluRay at the time, of course, but everything else) and I felt it worth it. Frankly, I wouldn't spend much more now as construction costs have remained the same or gone down. I use PC based transports for all my digital audio and video and outboard stuff for the rest. For a stand alone unit to be competitive it needs to be competitive, and I think the record shows that Oppo was not in the end. A cost conscious person is not going to spend 800.00 or more for something that neither sounds nor looks any better than a few hundred dollars in separates that do multiple duties. JMHO...YMMV. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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