Which new OPPO DVD player is the one to get?

I bought my Oppo DV-980H primarily for audio use, based on Oppo's own summaries of their product offerings. This little $169 wonder thoroughly trumps the Philips 963SA it replaces, plus it plays DVD-A, which the Philips could not. It is also a stalwart DVD upconverter via HDMI, about as good as my Toshiba HD-D2, which is very good at that.

Just last night I was listening to some surround DVD-As on the Oppo and enjoying every minute. It also does SACD and HDCD CDs beyond my expectations--nice detail, nice perspective, surprisingly organic sounding. I've been on a steady diet of vinyl for 11 mos. and am not easily pleased by digital any more. I'm very pleased with the Oppo.

Johnnyb53...Makes you wonder why some outfits charge you several grand for their players.

As others have noted, the remote needs improvement. That's the worst thing I can say about my Oppo.

Kal - know you probably can't say much prior to Stereophile hitting the news stands, but can you tell us if it'll be BluRay compliant or will decode Dolby True HD and DTS-HD and pass as bitstream?

983 is not a Blue-Ray player and, consequently, those CODECs are not relevant.

Kal

Is the 983 expected to have a more quality look/solid construction than the 980 and 981?