Is there any real alternative to Oppo??

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.

12-29-12: Douglas_schroeder:::
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.

He may have been referring to
the 650BD which shares some DNA with the Oppo. See
www.stereophile.com/musicintheround/music_in_the_round_
43/index.html and click on the footnote referring to Mediatek.

Mediatek is an OEM supplier that provides the platform for the OPPO BDP-95 and Cambridge Audio Azur 751BD. Both use the same Mediatek chipset. This should explain things better:

http://hometheaterreview.com/cambridge-audio-azur-751bd-blu-ray-universal-player-reviewed/

Bill

The Oppo 103 is only 500$ new. And Oppo is the ONLY product I know of that has never had a discouraging word spoken about it. From what I have read on the Video sites, their gurus say blu-ray is blu-ray, so the differences to look for are the feature set and the Audio. Everyone praises the Audio on the Oppo. And as a plus, it's very well built. Most blu-ray only players are very flimsy. So you get blu-ray and a SACD player in the same package. Seems to be a good deal. Great customer service also.
Cheers

With the 103 and 105, you also get very useful streaming features.