Oppo 105 and 203 Zoom Control: Can Arrow Buttons Recenter Zoomed Image in BD Playback?
Fully functional zoom control is invaluable as I watch a lot of vintage content with a wide range of aspect ratios.
I love my Oppo 95, but unlike my Pioneer LX500, when I zoom in on a scene from a BD** movie the Oppo 95’s up, down and sideways arrow buttons don’t work for centering the desired part of the zoomed image on the screen. Nor will it work for DVDs.
Someone once said that the Oppo 105 and 203 arrow buttons do work to center a selected part of a zoomed image. Assuming you still own and use the Oppo 105, could I trouble you to verify this zoom control functionality?
IMPORTANT: Please do not rely on what’s said in the 105’s manual about using the arrows to likewise pan still photos on p. 48.
http://download.oppodigital.com/BDP105/BDP-105_USER_MANUAL_English_v1.8.2.pdf
The 95’s manual also says as much, yet those arrow buttons on the remote won’t allow you to recenter the zoomed image. A reply from Oppo support confirmed this. Therefore, an actual test of the 105’s arrow buttons to center on the screen your selected part of the zoomed BD movie image is the only way to be sure.
NOTE: As you may know, many BDs which were authored with BD-Java have zoom controls disabled; this is mentioned in all Oppo BD player manuals. These include most BD titles from Universal, Sony, Criterion Collection and ShoutFactory.
But except for those with BD-Live features, you should be able to zoom on almost all BD titles from Warners, Kino Lorber and Powerhouse (Indicator) Films.
Some zoom enabled BD titles:
North by Northwest Blu-ray (DigiBook)
Dark Passage Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)
The Big Sleep Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)
Bad Day at Black Rock Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)
Blood on the Moon Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Blu-ray (50th Anniversary Edition)
The Big Clock Blu-ray
THE TALL T - BD
RIDE LONESOME - BD
COMANCHE STATION - BD
DECISION AT SUNDOWN - BD
HOMICIDAL - BD
THE CHINA SYNDROME - BD
Scarlet Street Blu-ray (Classics Edition)
Out of the Past Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)
Again, almost any non-BD Live BD title released by Warners or Kino Lorber will have zoom control enabled for you to see if the arrow buttons let you recenter a zoomed image.