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Complete spec is at :-
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/

I want one of these! Looking at other forums, it appears that they won't be available in the UK until the end of January at the earliest.

Cheers

George

I have the Oppo BDP-93 and while I only have a few hours of use on it it seems to be very good... I can/will report back later in the next day or two after putting some hours on it over the weekend...

Thanks Joel
Look forward to it

As you might probably guess, most here will be interested in your observations of

1) Video Output Quality of 1080p/24 material (Bluray) at its Native Res with NO Video Processing engaged (I think you have a Lumagen anyway???)

2) Video Quality of 1080p/24 with any Oppo Video Processing engaged. Also the results of any "Picture Enhancements" available on the Oppo

3) Audio Quality of TrueHD and DTS-MA Soundtracks with Decoding On

4) General Speed of Operation, Drive Noise, Ease of Setup and any other general comments

Much appreciated

And I would also be grateful for comments on its signal splitting performance with audio over one output and video over the other. Thanks.

Looking forward to hearing Joel's comments. If the Oppo had Pandora it would be a lock for me.

Ronnie, JerryL and Asa, all of your queries will be answered on or before Monday morning...that said, I can tell you that on the few discs thatI have played that i) it is faster than the BDP-83 and ii) I can not tell the difference between bitstream and LPCM...

Will be back after doing some testing...

Ronnie:

Here are the answers to your question in the order in which they were asked...

1. Video output @ 1080p/24 via source direct [with the Lumagen set as pass through] was excellent and no diferent from what I saw on the BDP-83.

2. Video outout @ 1080p/24 with Oppo video processing was not as good as via source direct...net net, there is no reason to using any of the Oppo video processing that I could discern...that said, those interested in particular controls can let me know and I will test them specifically.

3. Audio quality was excellent and I could not tell the difference between bitstream and LPCM and, yes, I was able to test this as my new pre/pro can handle both.

4. Speed was very good for a beta product and very simialr to the BDP-83 noting that I suspect this to get better with firmware updates...the setup memeu is essentially unchanged other than for the additions [i.e. 3D, streaming, etc.] and delections [i.e. no more DVDs to 1080/24, etc.] meaning that the setup menu is top notch...noise is improved as there is NO fan...

Overall advice...unless there is a need for 3D or a need for Blockbuster/Netflix streaming [which only works in the US] there is NO NEED or NO BENEFIT to upgrade...just my $0.02...

I tried it and it works without a hitch...to get this to work propely you do have to get into the setup menu but, again, this is an easy fix...

Thanks Joelc. Did you find that the audio quality was better if you split the signal in the player so that the audio output was not "contaminated" by the video?

You may have read elsewhere [https://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=130394&page=1] that the HD621 does not handle HDMI 1.4 or 3D. Meridian are suggesting the use of a player with two outputs like the new Oppo, so for some people that might be a reason to get one.

Many thanks for the detailed feedback, Joel

Much appreciated

IMHO, it'll be quite some time before a Bluray Player from anybody (from Sony themselves to Meridian to any other high end) is able to offer Video Improvements on the Native 1080p/24 material on the Bluray Discs

Maybe when Video Processors like Meridian's recent one for their 4k Projector become more mainstream, and obviously the required 4k Displays as well...........even then, I think that technology will remain outside of the Bluray Player itself

Thanks again for the valuable info.

@ Asa, no, and likely for the same reasons that the Lumagen makes little/no difference in that ALL HDMI signals must contain a video stream -- albeit a "blank one"...that is, I could not tell the difference between splitting/not splitting the video audio/video stream...

@ Ronnie, no problem as it is a pleasure to provide feedback...wrt the comment about 1080p24 I am in full agreement with you...