Is there any real alternative to Oppo??

My friend upgraded from the Oppo BDP83 to the Cambridge.
I bought his Oppo, I'm very happy with it.
The Cambridge he has does not have a dimmable display.
The Oppo players do. This is important to me.

Doggiehowser, I don't know where you're getting the idea that the Cambridge player is based on the Oppo. That's not my understanding; I reviewed the 840C for Dagogo.com and have owned it. My understanding is that they use the Analogue Devices chips which are 24/192, not the ESS chips.

I think someone has given you bad information.

There are about a dozen Oppo 93/95's on AudiogoN right now.

As a minor thread hijack, does anyone know of a "high end" universal player that isn't a rebadge of one form or another?

" and love Oppo but they are hard to find other than new,"

Sorry but there is a ton of barely used OPPO for sale in Audiogon........

Roccl,

Yea, sorry I did not word that right. What I really want to do is buy new, and local this weekend if possible. And just wondering if there was anything other than Oppo that is really good. I need something that does good on both movies & music. I could get a nice cdp and one of the million slim line El cheapo bluray players, but really want a good all in one box solution if possible.