Has the Oppo carried the AV industry?


I looked through my last Widescreen Review magazine the other day (March issue), and I came accross the latest Oppo Bluray player review -didn't read it. In fact, I refuse to read yet another all-universe, all-everything, "the end-all-be-all", "greatest thing since sliced bread", "MUST HAVE", "there is none better", "will revolutionize your home theaters picture and sound quality, to world class levels" article, about the mythical Oppo player!!!..can't do it..WON'T DO IT! NO!!!
Over the last 13 years, I probably honestly read two (maybe three) entire Oppo Universal disc player reviews -start to finish -and other articles discussing Oppo mods and upgrades, articles/discussion that REFER to an Oppo player, as part of some reference system, and inevitably, I find that the Oppo reviews will JUST WON'T GO AWAY, APPARENTLY! They're like bunnies! They keep producing more of their kind, whether you want them to or not!
Lol -I'm just simply amazed by how much attention and press that a lowely disc player has obviously gotten over the years! Surely, owning an Oppo player must bee a system transforming experience! ..a "must have" item, no less. I must have missed out..cause I never owned one. In fact, never really cared to own one! I've been dazled by how good the quality of video processing has been in all the plain-Jane disc players, flat pannel display's, and even high end video projectors I've owned continue to supply me wiht! But, apparently, every one else bought the Oppo. Cause I surely, honesly, can't remember a year that's gone by in the past decade, where I don't rememer NOT reading somwhere about an Oppo player!
It's really felt, to me, like home entertainment AV products, and home theater in general, have been on a "demand" slide over the past decade! 7.1 and 1080p, Bluray, etc, have all been around long anough now, that it's kind of a "been there, had that" kind of feeling I get when I think about this hobby anymore. I guess life and priorities has weened me away from being a die-hard enthusiest now-a-days. And yet, I can't get the Oppo topic out of my thoughts, whenever I look at my gear!..and I don't think the hobby is going to let me forget much about it neither. lol!
Anyone else get the oppinion that this product surely has been single most important product in the AV industry, these past 10+ years?! Because it's certainly been the most talked about brand/topic I can remember reading about, if nothing else.
I really do think they'll be making Oppo's for the next 100 years, period! -even if they'll do 4k upscaling, 4k/8k future exact pixel mapping, wifi-HD streaming, toast your bread and make you breakfast, whatever! I'm thinking that these Oppo's just must have been so good, that no serious enthusiest, whatever-phile, or system owner should have ever considered "going without!"...otherwise, they missed out!?
Well anyway, anyone here who's used the Oppo think that the product has been a make-or-break, indespensible, product that really made all the differnence to the picture quality they achieved, or the sonic experience they got using these things? (I'm tickled pink by the digital AV processing advances I've gotten just upgrading processor and displays, year after year) I just want to somehow hear that I really missed out all these years, and the only important consideration I should have made was BUYING the Oppo! Cause at the very least, I'm not totaly convinced that Apple and Oppo aren't the same company, ..secretly.
100 more years of Oppo players?..servers?? -probably
avgoround
As you said the BDP-105 is a different animal..a generation newer and a model higher + modified. I have no doubt its an excellent performer I was just relating my experience with the BDP93 which is also generally very well regarded.
As you said the BDP-105 is a different animal..a generation newer and a model higher + modified. I have no doubt its an excellent performer I was just relating my experience with the BDP93 which is also generally very well regarded.
Ak247
As you said the BDP-105 is a different animal..a generation newer and a model higher + modified. I have no doubt its an excellent performer I was just relating my experience with the BDP93 which is also generally very well regarded.

I agree, I owned the BDP-93 and BDP-95 before the current model and each were excellent. Some listeners may even prefer the BDP-95 sound to the current version, although image improvements are easier to agree upon.

All of these Oppo models offer good performance to cost ratio. I have a fairly high end system where digital is not primary source. I respect Oppo for delivering good solid performance and lots of side benefits for low cost.

I've had digital in my system up to near $100K and while they were far superior they still did not match my master tape or turntable. I guess what I'm saying is I prefer digital that costs $1299.00 and gets beat by my other sources than digital that cost $100K and gets beat by my other sources.

That's where my deep respect for Oppo comes from. That being said I have two more DACs coming soon to audition. Hoping for that magic combination of great sound that justifies the cost.
Can anyone name four other DVD players? The reason why not is simply that

1. what everyone said
2. nomenclature and upgradesĀ…Oppo doesn't upgrade like crazy.

Can you imagine how many Sony DVD players there have been out there (plus the Sony's are generally way way worse) or LG? My gosh. Who could keep track?

Oppo makes it simple.

the 83 was the first one that really captivated me, but the 85 was the one with a better DAC and better audio out. the 83 already beat my Rega Planet 2000 AND a nameless LG blu ray player. the 85 was way better.

the 93/95 is an upgrade over both

the 103/105 may be an upgrade as well, with a headphone amp that I'd never use, and a DAC interface to one's music library. I didn't buy it as it didn't offer enough to me.

Frankly, I've been looking for a 4K capable Oppo with better audio than the 95 and they just don't make it yet. That in itself is kind of incredible, and I don't really blame them. Wait until the technology is ready.

That's it! I guess there's a new one, but it's just got upgraded video so they didn't even rename it.

It's pretty smart actually. Keep your model line to a minimum, don't release garbage to seem like there's always something new.

Anyway, it sounds like you want one. Go ahead, pull the trigger. ;)