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Would you even consider?

Would you consider the purchase of a now defunct name brand piece of equipment 7 or more years old available at multiple times the suggested retail price and is no longer supported by the out of business manufacturer?
Case in point Oppo, a well known and exellent product. It seems that quite a few are showing up for sale at price points way above the original selling price.
Why would anyone buy a product that is used, old, not supported and way overpriced?
Answer me this?
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noble100
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gillatgh,

    I have my awesome 105 and haven't been looking at too many for sale.  I know I wouldn't sell mine until there's a reasonably priced substitute for the 4K 205 available.  I've heard rumors that Panasonic and Pioneer are coming out with new 4K universal disc player models with high quality audio and video.
   The 105's only 1080p which is fine for now since I'm still using the 65" Panasonic VT60 1080p plasma hdtv I bought in their last production year in 2014.  My plasma's going strong but I know I'll need a new player if I buy the latest n greatest 65" plus hdtv in the not too distant future.

Later,
Tim
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Apparently people do....I sold a two year old Oppo Sonica Dac for almost what I paid new. I probably could have sold for more than I paid. There was great interest in the piece.
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avhomeguy79
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I was checking out Ebay and could not believe the selling prices of the Oppo UDP-203/205.  I purchased the Pioneer Elite UDP-LX500.  I could not justify spending that much more than retail for an Oppo. I do wish the Pioneer Elite had an HDMI input and supported multi-channel SACD, but I love the player.
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ozzy
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I don't think the Pioneer has 4K capability.

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bobnegi
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My Parasound New Classic 7000 processor blew up, so I tried the Oppo 103D as a processor, the sound was better in all ways through the Oppo.

No one has or I think will, build a multi-player that can function as a processor, so I bought another 103D for $600CDN. Because electronics break, and hopefully this set up will last me until they figure out HDMI into the brain.

So yeah, depending on the device, I would certainly do it again

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