My Oppo 105 finally bricked. Streamer suggestions?

@mahler123 @tony1954 @theo Good advice and suggestions from all. I was just about to pull the trigger last night on a wonderful used deal on a Cambridge CXN on the other site when I get this reply form Oppo: 

"We've had similar reports regarding TIDAL.  Since there haven't been any recent changes to the app, our guess is the change came from TIDAL's end.  Unfortunately, given that OPPO Digital is no more, we do not expect a fix to become available.  You can try using a third-party app called mConnect for TIDAL instead."

So I install mconnect lite and it now works as an interface with the Oppo. Does that make the Oppo into a renderer? And does that affect the sound at all compared with going direct to Tidal through the Oppo?

Thats pretty cool, that you at least got a response from OPPO on a long discontinued product.  You can't take that for granted these days.

  It is also cool that the Oppo can be controlled by mConnect.  I actually use mConnect to control my Melco N100, but since I added the CXN to the Network I tend to use the Melco mainly as a NAS.  My Oppo 105 and 203 both read and play the files from the NAS, but I didn't realize the mConnect could control those players, so I wll have to fiddle around with it when I get a chance (right now I seem to have had both of my systems affected by a Power surge or something over the weekend so fixing that is the bigger priority).

   I prefer the terms "server' and "player".  A server has the files, or is able to send signals from an external HD or and Internet connection, to others player(s) in the system.  I don't think mConnect affects sound; it merely provides a graphical interface 

I just had a WeChat conversation with with the oppo link to India and wouldn’t be surprised if I was connected to AI chat bot.

Ultimately I was informed they don’t support products not sold in India, and that was the end of our chat.

my BDP-205, while not being used but powered on, makes noises I assume are due to the unit searching for (unavailable) updates.

It’s annoying and I wish I could stop it from doing that.

@rettrussell That's unfortunate. Have you emailed customer support at Oppo directly - service at oppodigital dot com?

@simao 

I haven't yet, but I will.

Thanks  for the suggestion.

(it goes against the grain, but I might even consult the owner's manual)