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Posted by Alpha on 09/29/60 11:54
"Bill's News" <BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote in message
news:44cf6e46$1_4@newsfeed.slurp.net...
> robert.drea@gmail.com wrote:
>> Mike wrote:
>>> This unit gets good reviews.
>>> http://www.oppodigital.com/OPPO-News.html anyone have any first hand
>>> knowledge/experiences? I am particularly interested in video
>>> performance via the component outputs. Thanks.
>>
>> I bought one recently. I'd been looking for something that plays
>> _everything_, has no layer change delay, and good image quality.
>>
>> I believe that the upsampling functionality only works via HDMI,
>> rather than component. So admittedly I have not really spent much
>> time with component on this unit.
>>
>> However - a few other points which may be of interest...
>>
>> -The upsampling does make a discernable difference, but only with
>> 'reference' type stuff like 5th Element, and likely stuff like Pixar
>> flicks, where there's lots of really precise images.
>>
>> -720p looks good - 1080i - not sure; I think I'm seeing the
>> interlacing taking place. Certainly not much benefit of 1080 over
>> 720, for a non-HD source.
>>
>
> Being relatively new to this myself, I have a question regarding this
> statement:
> Wouldn't the native resolution of the screen prevail here? If one has a
> 720p screen, then that should be the resizing specified, if one has a
> 1080p screen, then 1080i should be the minimum targeted. Otherwise, the
> 720 image would have to be resized by the display?
>
> So far, I'm only able to fiddle with this sort of stuff via the Motorola
> cable-HDVR and there is no way that having that box output non-HD material
> at 720p looks as good as 1080i on a Westinghouse 42" 1920x1080p display.
> As a result of this observation I exclude 720 from the HDVR's knowledge of
> the display.
>
> The OPPO I've ordered should be here soon, so I guess I can know the
> answer then, as far as that device combination goes?
>
>> -With every player I've used so far, I have had to change an aspect
>> ratio setting on the TV each time I put in a widescreen disk. With
>> this player, using the HDMI interface, it seems to lock into the
>> correct aspect, saving me that step. I'll try it with shows I know to
>> be of different aspect ratios, to be sure.
>>
>> -Plays everything I've thrown at it, so far. One Divx file showed
>> occasional graphical corruption, and the artifacting looked a little
>> stronger than on my Pioneer player - but I realized later on that I'd
>> neglected to set the brightness and contrast on my TV for that
>> particular input (these settings are not global on my TV), so it was
>> really set rather bright. This was likely part of the issue there, at
>> least for the artifacting - I'll have to try more DivX stuff to see
>> about the corruption.
>>
>> -One Divx file had two types of subtitle files in the directory (.sub
>> and .srt, I think) - whenever a bit of sub text appeared, the screen
>> went nuts. Completely scrambled. On another Divx file, which had only
>> one type of subtitle file, the display was fine and the subtitles
>> worked. Have to nail that one down yet.
>>
>> -Plays Dual Layer +R disks. SWEET. When I did the burn (Batman
>> Returns), the software griped that I hadn't actively assigned a layer
>> change point. But, I noticed no change delay at all on playback.
>>
>> -Normally when I power off a player, the tray retracts on its own. Not
>> in this case. The tray just sat stuck out. Weird. Retracts fine if I
>> hit the 'tray' button, but the power-off doesn't pull it back in.
>> Mildly weird. Could be a firmware thing.
>>
>> -Fast forward, until you go to about 8x, appears to catch almost every
>> frame - so it feels very smooth, rather than jerky like in most
>> players, updating every quarter-second or whatever.
>>
>> -There are also regularly-updated supported firmwares, and a
>> non-supported community as well. Last rev was in March of this year.
>> So people are still tweaking it. I thought I'd read that this unit
>> might see 1080p with an upcoming firmware, but who knows - and again,
>> for non-HD, I can see no difference between 720 and 1080.
>>
>> -All in all, I'm happy.
>
> Thanks for the rest of the info regarding the OPPO too.
>
>
>
I would note that there are very many reports, with or without an OPPO, that
most cannot see the difference between 720p and 1080....and not at all even
on close inspection between 1080i and 1080p using HD DVD or Blu Ray sources.
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