Oppo DV-981HD Upconverting DVD Player 229.00

[Golgo13]

Does the unit play MKV Container Files?

 

[mzkhadir]

review:http://techdigs.net/content/view/131/42/

 

[skyeclad]

The Toshiba HD DVD player is great at upconverting and you will also gain the ability to play true HD material which beats out upconversion any day of the week. The discontinued A1 also has great analog audio capabilities usually found in much higher-end equipment. I got my A1 for $364 shipped and even if HD DVD isn't the format winner you still have an excellent upconverting player.

Does it play SACD or DVD Audio? No, so if that's important to you then I would skip it. Then again, the A1 didn't initially play multi-channel Dolby TrueHD but after the 2.0 firmware update, it now does. You never know what Toshiba will add in subsequent firmware updates through the Ethernet connection.

 

[apexi350z]

I use my xbox 360 hd dvd player for up converting via VGA.. looks good to me!
btw, I am using Dell 24" monitor.

 

[Venomous]

Originally posted by: Rio Rebel
Oppo makes a great player at a great price. I'm sure this player is no exception.

It does interest me, though, why someone would pay more for a 1080p display (when there is virtually no source material in 1080p), but would not be buying an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player? To me, that seems to be conflicting priorities. Buying a 1080p display now, before there is any significant content in 1080p, says you're willing to pay a premium for the best picture. But then buying a standard DVD player seems to say you're not willing to pay for a clearly superior, readily available HD player because you're either waiting for the "bugs" to be worked out or for one format to win.

Odd. At least to me, it's odd.

I wanted a 1080p LCD that i could also direct connect to my pc. This is where 1080p comes into play. Also, remember people have Xbox 360's and PS3's. Although there isnt any live 1080p content, its still nice to have a 1080p TV for other things. I have the 971 as well and im thinking about getting this one.

 

[bigpow]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: bigpow
I've got a 42" 1080p LCD (42W2) as my monitor. My PC up-converts anything to 1080p.
Now, please, the guy who just called me a moron, explain yourself, what's your setup?

Is your PC really up-converting or is it just scaling the image to full screen? What software are you using?

NV PureVideo + WMP10 for .TS & .WMV
or
FFDSHOW + MPC for the rest

and in case you don't know, even without any special up-conversion tricks, PC will up-convert to what-ever resolution you set. And that's already a lot better than your typical DVD player, connected directly to the TV.

People buy 1080p TV because they want to play PS3 & XBOX 360 properly.

 

[Kung Lau]

Just got the 42" Panasonic plasma 42THPX60 720p. Will this dvd player provide a noticeable improvement from my current Panasonic S35 dvd player?

I was thinking about getting the next level up Panasonic dvd player with upconvert and HDMI for about $60 until HD format wars were over.

 

[Hivey]

For those people that keep mentioning xbox 360's and vga stuff, keep in mind that a lot of the newer HDTV sets don't allow 1080p through VGA. For instance, the sony v2500 series does not. You can thank the MPAA/RIAA for this lovely new development.

 

[Venomous]

Originally posted by: Hivey
For those people that keep mentioning xbox 360's and vga stuff, keep in mind that a lot of the newer HDTV sets don't allow 1080p through VGA. For instance, the sony v2500 series does not. You can thank the MPAA/RIAA for this lovely new development.

Most of the 1080p LCD's have 2 HDMI, 1 DVI and 1 VGA. I use the DVI connector for my PC connection.

Westinghouse's, Samsungs and Sharps have em.