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Features
- Universal Blu-ray disc player providing playback for a myriad of video formats on disc or eSATA/USB drives
- Dual HDMI 1.4 outputs for multiple displays or separate, dedicated video/audio connections
- Supports Blu-ray 3D specifications (3D television and glasses required)
- Decoding and individual 7.1-channel output for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
- Stream content from Netflix and update firmware via your wireless or wired network; Voltage: 100V - 240V, 50/60Hz AC
Description
Oppo's BDP-93 gives you universal playback of Blu-ray, DVD, CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, and a wealth of digital files, with solid picture and sound quality no matter the format. With access to streaming content from Netflix on Demand, USB and eSATA ports for your external drives, and wide connectivity including dual HDMI 1.4, this player defines versatility.Output : Analog Audio: 7.1ch, 5.1ch, or stereo, Digital Audio: Coaxial, Optical. HDMI Audio: Stereo, up to 7.1ch high-resolution PCM, up to 5.1ch DSD, bitstream or LPCM conversion of Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS- HD High Resolution Audio, and DTS-HD Master Audio.Analog Video: Composite, Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr, 480i/480p, 720p/1080i available for non-restricted content only). Digital Video: HDMI with HDCP (NTSC: 480i/480p/720p/1080i/1080p/1080p24, PAL 576i/576p/720p/1080i/1080p/1080p24). From the Manufacturer Oppo's BDP-93 gives you universal playback of Blu-ray, DVD, CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, and a wealth of digital files, with solid picture and sound quality no matter the format. With access to streaming content from Netflix on Demand, USB and eSATA ports for your external drives, and wide connectivity including dual HDMI 1.4, this player defines versatility.Manufacturer Warranty:1 year warranty
Brand: OPPO
Media Type: Blu-Ray Disc, CD, DVD
Special Feature: Wireless
Resolution: 1920x1080
Connector Type: HDMI
Connectivity Technology: wi-fi_ready
Model Name: BDP-93
Color: Black
Item Weight: 11.2 Pounds
Audio Output Mode: Stereo
Media Type: Blu-Ray Disc, CD, DVD
Other Special Features of the Product: Wireless
Resolution: 1920x1080
Connector Type: HDMI
Connectivity Technology: wi-fi_ready
Audio Output Mode: Stereo
Supported Audio Format: Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio
Surround Sound Channel Configuration: 5.1, 7.1
Total Number of HDMI Ports: 2
Video Encoding: [Multiple]
Compatible Devices: Television
Analog Video Format: NTSC
Number of Channels: 8
Video Output Resolution: 1080p
File Format: AAC, AVI, BMP, GIF, JPEG, MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA
Brand: OPPO
Model Name: BDP-93
Built-In Media: Blu-ray, CD, DVD
UPC: 898072002066
Manufacturer: OPPO Digital, Inc.
Model Number: BDP-93
Mfr Part Number: BDP-93
Warranty Description: 1 Year Parts and Labor
Item Weight: 11.2 Pounds
Color: Black
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I have been reading about Oppo for 1-1/2 Years on various blogs and internet sites. I have been wanting to get a Blu-Ray Player that had the best DVD Upscaler to enjoy my movie collection that have not yet been replaced with Blu Rays. I finally got my new BDP93 yesterday and set it up in a matter of a few minutes. The OSD (On-Screen Display)was so user friendly and the Easy Set up took me through the most basic set up steps. Oppo really pays attention to the fine details from the way they package the player to the beatiful UI on the set up screens and Home Page. Most Blu-Ray Players have a UI that is not presented in Hi-Def clarity. Yes, a small detail but shows the companies obsession and passion to being the best. I don't have a 3D TV set yet so I cannot cooment on 3D quality, but I am impressed that Oppo included 2 HDMI Outputs for those that dont have a 1.4v HDMI Recievier so that sound can be directed to the reciever and a 3D Video signal can be sent to the 3D TV Display. You will always want your Video Signal coming from the HDMI 1 port as that one takes advantage of the advanced QDEO Video Processor. Setting up the Wireless Connection to my Dual Band N Router was a breeze, no problems encountered here. The Video on Blu Rays was OMG! and the DVD Upscale using the DNR and Sharpness Settings was also OMG!Hands down the best video ouput I have seen for upscaled DVD's. Star Wars IV was beautiful, I think as good as many streaming supposed HD sites with the exception of VUDU which is 1080P streaming. My Samsung 63" Plasma has never looked better! I am awaiting a few SACD's to see how good the audio processor is for Multi-Channel Sound. Movie Audio on Dolby True HD and DTS Master Audio was spot on excellent. Finally a component that is worthy of my Yamaha RX-V1900 and Klipsch Speakers. The build of the BDP93 is solid, it just says High End Component. The Disk Tray is Smooth and quiet as well as the playback. The player doesnt even get warm. It also has a RS232 Port for Home Installers setting up High End Systems. Oppo is still in the process of developing some features that were not quite ready for market such as the Network functions for home media and NAS Servers to share files; but has plenty of media options from USB Drives and port for a SATA Drive. My only minor gripe that Oppo wil fix in the future is more streaming options other than Netflix and Blockbuster OnDemand whom neither stream in Full HD or 5.1 Surround Sound. Netflix is stil 720P. I am hoping they add VUDU On Demand as that is full 1080P HD and 5.1 Surround Sound. Overall, I just love this player. It was well worth the research and wait. My weekend will be filled with watching movies; and nice that a few could actually be on DVD vs. Blu Ray. *;o)
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2011 by bclark56
I own a 7.2 Definitive Technology setup, consisting of a Onkyo 5008 and Emotiva XPA-5 Amplifier, 4 Mythos STS's, 1 Mythos center chanel Ten, 2 Gem Xl's and 2 Super cube References. I recently made the purchases to go from a 7.2 to a 9.4 setup adding 2 more Gem XL's and 2 more Super cube References. So to me video and audio quality are everything when it comes to HT. I have read about the flawless reviews of the Oppo for some time now, But the question I have asked on av forums in the past that no one could answer for me is how does it stack up against the PS3. I have a LGBH200 HD DVD/Blu Ray player that has a better picture than my PS3 but my PS3's sound will destroy the LG in a audio competition. So my dilemma was to find a perfect blu ray player with audio that could match or out do my PS3 and a picture that could match or out do my LG. So I went on ahead and purchased the Oppo after much research. It arrived at my house 7 days after I ordered it. I pulled it out of the box hooked it up to my tv and updated it with the latest firmware. It took no more than 20 mts. I was amazed at what I saw and heard the picture was better than my older LG and the audio was outstanding. The sound stage of my music and movies was so much larger than before. So then I burnt some CD's to my PS3 and placed those same CD's in the Oppo so I could switch between inputs on my Receiver and hear the same songs playing at the same time and make comparisons. Wow!!! I kept switching back and forth on both of the players and the Oppo moped up my PS3, my beloved lil PS3 sounded almost puny compared to the Oppo. The PS3 sounded muffled and confined compared to the Oppo. In my lil brain I pictered the the PS3 sputtering along doing 30 mph on the feeder and the Oppo doing 160 mph on the autobahn The Oppo made music sound so much clearer and with such a larger sound stage. I have never heard music or movies sound that good in my entire life. The picture was also much clearer and had more depth than any of the Blu ray players in my house. I saw details in movies that I have never seen before. The Oppo really is a top notch player and will be hard to beat for years to come. This is one piece of Home Theater equipment that will be around for years. I just wish I would have been in the U.S sooner to have bought it earlier. It is solidly built also I am very happy with this purchase, you can't go wrong with this one I highly recommend the Oppo! Oh yeah the Oppo comes with a large and hefty remote too, so incase of a zombie attack or something along those lines while I am in my HT room I can just toss the remote at the head of the 1st intruder and that should buy me the time I need to get my 19 inch home defense 12 gauge shotgun............................UPDATE.........................20 August 2011............................So I have had the full 9.4 setup running for around 3 weeks now and the Oppo does an amazing job with all the speakers running at the same time. It is the Oppo dividing the sound into all the different speakers because the sound isn't the same in all the surround speakers when my PS3 is playing the same movie or music on the same presets on the Onkyo 5008. I have found that since I have been into Home Audio once you get to a certain level, to make small increases in audio quality it can be very expensive. But the Oppo 95 has made a major and vast difference in the Audio quality and even in the Picture quality and it does it at an amazing price.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2011 by Edward III
As there are already over two hundred prior reviews for this player, I expect few will bother to read mine. Nonetheless, I should like to make a few comments about the BDP-93. I was one of the people who was a beta-tester for this player, having received my first one from Oppo themselves immediately upon its being made available to us testers. I have upgraded my player each and every time a new firmware release (including the beta ones) were introduced. While there were a very few anomalies present when I first got it, these have all been corrected. (I sent some examples of problems to the Oppo technical department and they were VERY responsive to me; they corrected in a short time all the problems I demonstrated to them. At one point I sent them a disc containing some FLAC files with which I was having some trouble. They verified my findings and fixed the problem.) I liked this player so much that, at the beginning of the year, I bought a second one (this time from Amazon). It too functions perfectly (and has also been updated as firmware releases have been made available). Playback of Blu-ray discs (of which I now own four, including Wings [Blu-ray] and Hugo (Three-disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy), which arrived today, is exemplary; ditto for DVDs. The picture quality is just superb. (While the Hugo disc set includes a 3D Blu-ray disc and the Oppo is, of course, 3D capable, I do not, as yet, have a 3D video projector. Maybe someday ...) Playback of CDs and, especially, SACDs is nothing short of fantastic, the best I have ever heard. But I do not use my players primarily for disc playback; rather, they are used as media players. If you are familiar with such players, you know that most of them (the good ones, at least) are VERY expensive and many of them will not play ALL types of music and/or video files and/or discs. This one WILL play all of them, and superbly, and it will do so at a reasonable price. Plus, of course, it plays every kind of 12cm disc introduced thus far. I encode much of my music into the FLAC file format and many of my DVDs and Blu-rays into the MKV (H.264) file format. I keep these files on separate Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Midnight Black) external hard drives. While my initial player had some problems with my FLAC files, as mentioned above, there are now absolutely NO problems with any of them. And watching movies in MKV format from a drive is no different in either image or sound quality from watching the original DVD or Blu-ray. (Plus, when watching movies from a Matroska Video file, I do not have to endure all the menus, FBI warnings, previews, etc.) As I stated above, this player can handle any currently-known file format and, at its price, is the lowest-cost such media player of which I'm aware. (It has certainly handled every kind of file I have thrown at it!) Placing my music and movies on hard drives makes keeping them and carrying them about much more convenient and space-efficient. I actually have two drives each for my music and movies; the second one is, of course, a backup "just in case." On my movie hard drive, so far, I have well over one hundred feature length films stored (many of them in HD format) - and I can carry the drive containing all of them in my pocket! (And the drive still has plenty of room to spare!) If I were to start playing my music from my music hard drive (mostly FLAC files but also some MP3s) and I started on the first of the month and just let it play without stopping, at the end of the month I still would be nowhere nearly finished! (And this drive too has plenty of additional room.) And that's just what I've encoded so far. Obviously, as I continue to encode music and movies, I shall require more drives (or larger capacity ones) but, as of right now, and for at least the near future, I'm set. My two OPPO BDP-93 Universal Network 3D Blu-ray Disc Players are each connected to separate high-fidelity sound systems (and video projectors) and they have become my primary source for listening and viewing either from discs or, mostly, from hard drives (though I do have to say that SACD discs and, of course, LPs still sound better than FLAC files created from CDs or the CDs themselves). I just plug either my music drive or my movie drive into the Oppo's USB 2.0 input, and I can play away! Even just a few years ago, who would have ever thought ... ? If you are a sound enthusiast as I am and would like to own a media player, there is nothing else even close to its price which will match, much less surpass, the Oppo BDP-93 both in formats accepted (discs and files) as well as in ease of use. (Netflix streaming and some other similar offerings including Pandora [though unfortunately not Amazon Pay-per-view or Amazon Prime] are bonuses.) And while I'm fairly certain that the Oppo BDP-95 Blu Ray DVD Player would sound somewhat better, look at the price differential. Only you could determine if it were worth it to you. Thus I can recommend this BDP-93 as highly as possible. If I could give it 10 stars, I would. And if I could give it 100 stars, I'd give it that! In conclusion, as I stated in my title to these comments, if you want the very best in media players, in my opinion, this is it. I hope that these comments were of some interest to you and I thank you for reading and considering them. Lawrence H. Bulk
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2012 by Lawrence H. Bulk
I realize that people that know a whole lot more than me will slam this review and that's fine. But, I thought I'd share my non-geek perspective. First, some history. About 4 years ago I took the home theater plunge. I bought a Sharp 52" 1080p LCD HDTV, a Yamaha RX-V1900 receiver, Aperion speakers (a 5.1 setup) and, a LG BD390 Blue-ray disc player. The LG BD390 turned out to be the weak point in my system. The picture quality was OK but the audio was poor. One of the reasons for this model was because I wanted wireless Netflix streaming. What a nightmare - the LG sees the queue but won't play anything. I resorted to using my Wii to stream Netflix and get a so-so picture and terrible audio. I looked at Oppo years ago but passed primarily because it didn't do Netflix streaming and I didn't have another way to do that. After researching all the major brands I realized that you find some pretty terrible reviews for all of the current offerings. It sounded like I was about to buy another unit that might or might not work. It also sounded like the technical support you get from the big companies was as bad as what I got from LG ("this is a Netflix problem" and "we're working on a solution"). So, that got me here. Yes, the Oppo is significantly more than the major brands. But, I placed a high dollar value on quality, support and, oh yeah - actually working! Packaging: Wow. The next time I move I'm having Oppo pack me up. Lots of foam, a strong cardboard box for the remote and accessories, and the player itself is in a tote bag. Oddly, Amazon takes the Oppo box and puts it in a larger box along with some rolled up paper. The player itself is very unobtrusive. It's got a very clean black look to it and screams out, "I'm a qualilty product!". Setup: An idiot can hook up the hardware and I proved it! Install the batteries in the remote, plug the HDMI cable into the receiver, plug in the power cord, plug in the wireless dongle. Done. The setup process after I turned it on was pretty simple with Oppo guiding you along. I have to admit that I had no idea how to answer some of the questions and the explanations didn't make a lot of sense to me. When in doubt, I went with the defaults. What was really odd was that Oppo didn't have me setup the Internet connection at this point. Wifi: After the initial setup, I went hunting for how to setup my wifi connection. You would think it was in "My Network" wouldn't you? Nope. How about "Internet"? Nope. It's buried inside the "Setup Menu". Not a big deal but I did scratch my head a bit. I was happy that it saw my home wifi and let me punch in the rather long password. I was even happier that it connected and it even showed me the signal strength. Bear in mind that you have to use the wireless dongle if you're going that way. There are two USB ports (one in the back, one in the front). Assuming you don't want the dongle sticking out of the front of your unit you'll need to plan for a bit more space - the dongle is 2 or 3 inches long. But, the good folks at Oppo also include one of those USB extender things that will let you plug the dongle into the extender and put it next to, on top of, wherever. Nice touch Oppo. [Edit] The first movie I tried now plays with no problem. No idea if this was an Oppo issue or a Netflix issue because the player updated itself when I turned it on today. I did notice that it added a few other movie services (like Picasa) which should delight some people. Remote: This is a thing of beauty. It's even more beautiful when the backlight is on. I'm not sure I'll ever need all those buttons but I'm a guy and stuff like this just appeals to me. It's easy to use BUT it's a bit sluggish. There were a number of times that I hit a button and thought, "come on already!". It also wants to be aimed directly at the player (I was about 12 feet away). I'll be adding the Oppo to my Harmony One. Maybe this gets better. Side note to save myself some grief from a more experienced user - this probably isn't a problem with the remote but with the BDP-93. My point is, if you use the remote you'll find that the response is sluggish and you have to aim carefully. Picture: I have a very old SD version of ET that I decided I'd try. On the LG this disc was OK but not great (sort of like watching TV). The Oppo kicked it up a notch and I would have sworn that I was watching a BD version. Audio: The audio for the ET disc in the LG was not so great. I'm in my early 60's and my hearing isn't what it should be (please don't tell my wife that I admitted this). The audio is leaps and bounds better on the Oppo than the LG. On the LG I had to set the receiver to stereo because I could make out the dialog better. Not on the Oppo - I set the receiver to straight and I can hear every word and, happily, get the other speakers working. Netflix: Remember that I had a problem with streaming Netflix with the LG. I setup my Netflix account on the Oppo and crossed my fingers. The queue showed up quickly but it did that with the LG so I kept my fingers crossed. The first movie I tried came up saying that the movie wasn't available for instant viewing. Huh? It's in my instant queue! I tried another movie and it worked just fine. I partially uncrossed my fingers at this point. I should note that I was able to view the first movie on my iPad with no problem. I'm still not sure the Netflix streaming is 100% but time will tell. Overall first impression: Probably a hell of a lot more player than I needed. But, like I said earlier, I really don't want the hassle and a few hundred dollars more is worth it to me. I'll update this review as I get more experience with the unit. So far - I'm a happy camper. OK geeks - comment away. Be gentle.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2011 by JoeTAZ
I recently set up a mini home theater in my den, and I wanted to enable it for Bluray playback to take advantage of the 42" 1080p HDTV I have set up there. This device also lets me play a host of different media, like SACD, DVD-A and the like using just one unit, which saves me space in terms of components. I'll be honest, it's more than I need in this room, but I have plans to eventually integrate it into the main system in my living room. More on that later. I'm pretty serious about home theater and for the last few years I've been reading up on OPPO, which consistently draws rave reviews for build quality, functionality, reliability and value. After having my eye on this unit for more than a year, my new AV setup provided me with an excuse to spring for one of these. Opening the box tells you a lot about OPPO as a company. The device is extremely well packed, with the unit itself wrapped in a black canvas tote bag. The box also comes with a free HDMI cable, a wireless dongle, a USB port cable, remote, batteries and a very thorough user manual. The unit is also extremely solid and well-built; it's made of metal and feels like a tank. Now, I have a pretty nice midrange system in my living room, but I'm already pretty well set up out there for BD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD and digital media playback through use of a combination of a PS3, a Micca EP350 HD media player and a Yamaha DVD-S1800 routed through a Yamaha RX-V1800. This is connected to an all Polk Audio 5.1 speaker configuration consisting of RTi A7 fronts, RTi A3 rears, a CSi A6 center, a DSWPRO 660wi sub, and a Samsung 46" 1080p LCD HDTV. It already looks and sounds great, and I really don't feel like rewiring anything at the moment, so for the time being the OPPO is in the den. That said, when I first got this player I plugged it into the main system just to test its full capabilities...and now I'm thinking I might need to consider relocating it sooner rather than later. Load time for all formats is very fast, including BD and SACD. The BD picture is fantastic on my main system's TV. Better than the PS3, although not by quite as much as some of the other reviews here suggest. I also found the DVD upscaling quality to be vastly superior to the PS3. Amazingly it's also marginally better than my DVD-S1800, which features Noise Shaped Video (NSV) with Faroudja DCDi processing that upscales to excellent 1080p via HDMI and already makes SD look like HD. In other words, the BDP-93's upscaling is very good indeed. Sound quality when connected to my full 5.1 system was stunning, across DVD-A, SACD, CD and BD. For DVD-A, SACD and CD I found this unit to be comparable in sound quality to my DVD-S1800, but then that is a very nice unit that when new to market was offered at the same price point as this device. For BD sound quality, I found this unit to be superior to the PS3, with improved smoothness of sound and more well-defined surround staging. Keep in mind the PS3 was for a long time one of the better BD players on the market, and is still considered highly capable. There are a lot of functions this offers that I'm not currently using. I'm not utilizing the 3D capabilities since I think it's a big gimmick. It can decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA, which is huge for folks with older receivers that can't. It also has a pair of USB ports for plugging in external HDs and other USB devices, and as such it can operate as something of a digital media player as well. Well, I already have a WD TV Live Hub media player in the den, so why duplicate functionality? Still I tested plugging in a 750GB NTFS drive with a wide range of audio and video files, and playback capabilities are versatile in terms of format handling and the sound/picture quality seems fine to me. There are some files it had trouble playing back though, so for this function it may not be quite as capable as a dedicated digital media player. This device is wireless ready, so if it's not possible to wire it to your LAN, you can use one of the USB ports to connect the included wifi dongle and get this thing connected to your home network. I mostly just use it for firmware updates, but it also provides access to a nice collection of internet streaming services, highlighted by Netflix and Pandora. My WD TV Live already has all of these services and more, so I don't need to use the apps the OPPO provides, but I did test out Netflix and the UI and playback are very smooth, so this is a viable option for folks that don't currently own a device with Netflix. I'm not using the other internet streaming services, but they seem pretty useful. The device features a host of different connection options: 2 HDMI 1.4a outputs so you can split output between your TV and your receiver if you prefer (OPPO says this is the optimal configuration), component video, composite video, SPDIF coaxial/optical, and 8 discrete analog outputs. When I tested the audio on my main system I used HDMI, but I'm tempted to try out the discrete mutlichannel analog connections to see how good this unit's internal DACs sound, as they are highly rated. This device can also pass DSD over HDMI, which is a nice feature, so I was able to test sending DSD straight to my receiver and letting it decode using its also-excellent onboard DACs (my Yamaha can handle DSD), which sounded great. The device also has an RS-232C connection for wired remote access, an Ethernet LAN port, an eSATA port, an IR input and 2 USB inputs, one in front and one on the back. The front USB has a nifty little cover that blends seamlessly into the faceplate of the BDP-93. The menus in the UI are well laid out and well presented, even if they are a little dull. The Sony XMB is still the best UI I've seen for these types of devices. Still, it's very functional and it's a minor complaint. The remote control is very well thought out, with buttons in logical places and a very responsive IR sensor on the unit itself. It is however a pretty big remote, similar in size to my Yamaha receiver remote and that thing is a monster. The unit itself looks pretty sleek, with a brushed black aluminum exterior, membrane-style on-deck buttons and a low profile. It is somewhat deep however (13"), even more so when the wireless USB dongle is connected in the rear USB port (~15"). It also weighs about 12 lbs., more than most components this size. If I have one aesthetic gripe, it's with the display - it's tiny and split up on either side of the disc tray. The number layout for time tracking is bunched up and ugly. There's a miniature display of what media type is playing that you can barely see and thus is essentially useless. So you're telling me OPPO designed this great unit with all of this amazing functionality, and then decided to skimp on the display? I'm tempted to deduct half a star for this, but I'm more of a function over form guy so I'll let it slide. Still it seems like a careless oversight for an otherwise exceptional all-around device. All in all this is a great unit, in the setup in the den the picture looks great, and I'm glad to have BD playback capability in a second room. This unit was pricey, but it offers a boatload of functionality (Internet streaming, diverse HD AV playback capabilities, USB playback) in one catch-all unit. It's worth spending a few more bucks in my opinion to get a machine that's built to a higher standard, does a number of different things, and does all of them well. I'm new to OPPO but as a fan of quality AV components they may have won themselves a new loyal customer. Recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2012 by Joey Joe Joe Jr. Shabadoo
I don't own this product yet, but I have been searching for some time now for a high-end universal Blu-ray player which fully supports Blu-ray ISO images (including 3D) - and the OPPO BDP-93 is it for me! The BDP-93 has two USB 2.0 connectors (one front and one rear) along with a rear eSATA (3 Gbit/s) connector, and will support directly attached external drives of up to 2 terabytes for storage/playback of media files (either FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS formatted). This will comfortably hold our current collection of 46 Blu-ray discs, but I would expect to hit the 2 TB limit sometime soon (as our collection grows). To get around this I'll use an external SATA hot-swap enclosure and two swappable 2 TB drives. (I highly recommend the Granite Digital external SATA hot-swap aluminium enclosures for A/V hard drives, plus their eSATA cable is also high quality). The BDP-93 will also act as a DLNA client (not as a server), and is able to stream almost all of the supported media file formats from DLNA servers on your network. (ISO images cannot be streamed). As with nearly all Blu-ray players, the BDP-93 will also allow for an external storage device to be attached for persistent storage of BD-Live content. Other "must have" features of this player for me personally are: - DSD output via HDMI for Super Audio CDs (none of the Sony players I have owned thus far have had this capability). - 2 x HDMI 1.4a outputs (1 x audio to the reciever, 1 x video direct to the TV). - the ability to playback video files at up to 1080p/60 Hz via DLNA streaming (Sony DLNA supports only 720p maximum). - the ability to playback Apple QuickTime .MOV files!!! (Not supported via DLNA, unfortunately). The OPPO Website has the manual available, along with a product Wiki for the BDP-93 (and other players). Also check-out the "Unofficial OPPO BDP-93 Frequently Asked Questions". OPPO customer support is second to none, they have quickly answered all of my questions about the player over the last several days, so I'll be purchasing one soon. The one feature which seems to be lacking for the OPPO players is an iPhone/Android remote control app. Anyway, I can't wait to get my hands on one of these players... ********************* Update 8/26: I ordered my player today. ********************* Update 9/07: Player arrived. ********************* Update 10/2. So, I have been living with the OPPO BDP-93 for almost a month now, and I must say that it has fully lived up to my expectations. Amazing picture quality, and I have watched around 20 or so of my Blu-ray collection as .ISO images on the external hard drive. The player threats them in the same way as an actual Blu-ray disc, which is exactly what I wanted! I used a Samsung Spinpoint F4EG 2 TB SATA2 5400rpm 32 MB Hard Drive HD204UI/Z4 for the ISO images, formatted as NTFS with an allocation unit size of 64K. You must use MBR for the partition table, GPT is not supported. When attached to a PC, this disc can also be defragmented. It won't fragment when in use by the BDP-93 as NTFS is always read-only. For the persistent storage I used a 64GB SSD drive, because unlike a USB flash drive, an SSD has a cache and currently costs about the same. This disc was partitioned as 32GB FAT32 for the persistent storage. (I used the second partition for MPEG4 and Quicktime videos). I haven't tested 3D yet, or using both HDMI outputs, and need to order a longer HDMI cable so that I can split audio to the receiver and video directly to the TV. My current receiver doesn't support DSD unfortunately, but I did test SACD using PCM output via HDMI. I also highly recommend using Blue Echo Solutions hd EZ lock Universal Locking HDMI Cable Adapter as I have had nothing but problems with loose connectors since upgrading to HDMI. (These work on components which have a screw above or below the HDMI connector, which includes the BDP-93, and do a good job of holding my relatively heavy HDMI cables in place). The latest firmware release for the player (9/26) adds new features such as YouTube and Pandora... ********************* Update 11/16. I have been using both of the HDMI outputs for about a month now and this works well. I'm also using the 'Source Direct' output setting on the player, which outputs the content of the disc directly with minimal processing by the BDP-93, bypassing any deinterlacing, noise reduction, detail/edge enhancement, scaling, frame rate conversion, change in aspect ratio, etc. (Colour space conversion is still carried out). The picture quality is simply stunning... My few DVD-A discs work perfectly as ISO images. When using the BDP-93 as an audio player, the 'Pure Audio' button on the remote control turns the video output on/off, which is very useful. ********************* Update 02/3. The current beta version of firmware for this player ***COMPLETELY REMOVES SUPPORT*** for ISO images, which was the main reason for me buying this player in the first place. I'm not at all happy about this, and while I understand that OPPO were pushed into doing this by "the Industry", I would certainly *NO LONGER* give the player a 5 star review. The eSATA connector is a moot point now, and this player now has a lot less to differentiate it from other higher-end players as far as I'm concerned. I shall be looking into a reliable (hopefully Linux based) HTPC solution in future...
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2011 by Darren Lloyd
The bad first: Any and all comparisons here are to my $200 Sony BDP-S570 Blu-ray player (latest model bdp-S580 is $134). Disk Load Time: Oppo 39 seconds, Sony 41 seconds: (Sorry but the Sony wins read on) Bluray player Main Menu load time: Oppo: 25-30seconds, Sony 5 seconds. The Oppo-93 is actually even more painfully slow at times and seems to go through 2 splash screens and a reboot before you can get to the Main Menu. Also on the Oppo if you set it up to auto play (a disk) and there is no disk, it is not smart enough to default to the main menu (it just sits at the splash screen), the Sony loads fast and directly to the Main Menu without a disk. Internet content: For me, Sony hands down slams the Oppo with Amazon, Pandora and a slew of others that Oppo does not have. Yes this could be personal preference and Oppo has Vudu and Blockbuster where the Sony does not. But I have Amazon Prime and Netflix raised their rates so I left them. Without Amazon and Pandora I still must use my Sony bluray Bugs: After the latest firmware update: BDP9X-52-0707, the player has strange bugs. Disks do not play sometimes and the tray drawer opens automatically after closing. When switching from TV to Blu-Ray on my home theater the Oppo screen turns red and all content is red and washed out as well. Both bugs are fixed by powering the Oppo on and off. Oppo customer service confirmed the red phase bug was common so it is not my receiver, besides the HDMI is direct to TV and there were no problems like this before the firmware upgrade. Hopefully they will come out with a new firmware update soon or I will ask for a warranty replacement. Now for the good if you've read this far. Test setup: Marantz SR 8002, Panasonic 54 1080P Plasma, 2 Avatar Blu-Ray disks paused at the same scene on each player - this scene showed vibrant colors, blacks, and sunlight. Results: On the 1st test, the pictures were exactly the same, no difference in any of the fields. I couldn't believe this and realized that feeding both HDMI's to my Marantz with a single HDMI out to the TV gave the exact same picture. Problem Marantz SR 8002. In comes one of my favorite features of the Oppo-93. A second HDMI out. This allows you to have Audio go through to your AV receiver and Video direct to your TV When I set the Oppo up this way the picture quality was noticeably more vibrant, and clear. Note: The Sony Bluray going direct to TV was also more vibrant and clear (same as Oppo) but I cannot run the player this way with only 1 HDMI out. Audio is more subjective but I do think the Home Theater soundstage is better with the Oppo Oppo supports a slew of other disk formats but I don't have any of these. I bought this primarily as a bluray player but also for Netflix and internet streaming. Note I use a hardwire Ethernet since this is the fastest and best quality streaming. I did not compare wireless speeds between the two. All in all I wish I had returned this within the 30 days for a refund. For $500 I am disappointed in the bugs, internet offerings and even in Oppo customer service which should replace my blu-ray or come out with another firmware update. The firmware updates are pretty slow and I believe there has only been one (possibly 2) since I bought this March 4, 2011 (it is now Sept 24, 2011).
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Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2011 by Amazon Customer
Until yesterday, I'd been using the Denon DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray Disc DVD/CD Player, for which I paid $2,000 when it first came out, and I gave it a stellar review on Amazon (currently, top billing in the review list). However, I'm a big fan of SACD and I always regretted that the Denon did not support that format. However, the Denon did run flawlessly until a few weeks ago. Suddenly, it stopped playing some DVDs and even some CDs. I began researching for a possible replacement in case things got worse and it soon became obvious that this OPPO BDP-93 was probably the best thing going at a quarter of what I paid for the Denon. It was tempting just to spring for it, but I'm on a fixed income now and decided the few failures I was receiving from the Denon were merely flukes, so I decided to stick with it. But then to my dismay, about 10 days ago, it froze right in the middle of a Blu-Ray disk. I had to power cycle it to bring it back alive, but from then on it failed to read Blue-Rays. What's more, all DVDs were now displayed in a vertically squashed format with wide horizontal black bars and of course everything unnaturally stretched out. I tried everything, but couldn't get it to play Blu-Rays at all or any DVDs correctly. My feelings were mixed. I hated the thought of this venerable $2,000 box dying on me after six years, but the OPPO sounded very sweet, and my involvement with Blu-Rays (and SACDs!) finally got the better of me and I ordered the OPPO. It arrived yesterday, and the first thing that impressed me was the unbelievable packaging. Even though it had obviously been dropped in handling (the adhesive tape had been broken and the bottom was in jeopardy of opening completely), it was also obvious that it was highly unlikely that it would have suffered any damage. Packaging was over the top: not only securely bound up, but easily unpacked, and then I found it in a black cloth case with a handle, apparently for safe carrying around to other locations! I was very impressed. I'd never seen such beautiful packaging. It looked as if OPPO was searching for perfection from the buyer's very first impression, in its very packaging. Somehow in studying the reviews both on Amazon and the OPPO Websites, I received the impression that it was "so modern" it had no analog outputs, even though they are clearly visible on the OPPO Website. And I had to interface it to an ancient Onkyo preamp with only RCA output jacks! So I ordered a Digital Audio To Analog Audio Converter box (for $54!) plus optical cable (for another eight bucks!) so I could get audio from the OPPO to my Onkyo preamp. As soon as I unpacked the OPPO I realized my mistake, but hooked it up through the converter box and optical cable anyhow. The first thing I did was put on a Blu-Ray and was astonished how fast it started up compared to the Denon, even though the Denon was reputedly fast for its time. Technology marches on! Blu-Rays played flawlessly, but when I went to SACDs, I received no sound! I'm not up on modern connectivity and didn't understand what was happening, so simply reconnected the audio through the analog RCA jacks. Now I had sound from the SACDs (and other CDs), and figured I'd just be running it through the classical analog audio path and my converter box/optical digital cable would not be used, but when I went back to Blu-Rays and DVDs, I only had music and background sound: no voice! I finally cracked open the superb, 84 page, 8 1/2 x 11" all-English user manual and started reading about audio processing setups on pp 68-69 (I was using the HDMI hookup to my Samsung LED TV for video), and learned about "Down-Mix mode," where multi-channel audio could be "down-mixed" to stereo. I'm sure readers will be laughing at my stone-age understanding of current interconnect standards, but in my complete satisfaction with "mere" stereo all my life, multi-channel audio just seemed an unnecessary and silly expense. Anyhow, I learned that OPPO had elegantly taken troglodytes like me into consideration and within a half hour I was listening to Blu-Rays and DVDs in "down-mixed" stereo, but through the analog RCA jacks. I decided I might as well switch my cabling back to the optical audio/converter box, since I'd paid so much for that bloody interface. But I quickly discovered that for some reason, the "down mix" was not taking place through the digital connection! After all these frustrating experiences, I decided just to bite the bullet and stick with analog audio, as all formats I wanted to use (Blu-Ray, DVD, SACD, and CD) were working properly. There may be a way to use the digital audio output in down-mix mode in all of these formats, but I was tired of messing around and just wanted to get down to looking and listening in pleasure. And what a pleasure it was! Until the OPPO, the only way I'd ever been able to listen to SACD was through another SACD player I had that I used with headphones. I'm just astonished how great my stereo speakers sound through the OPPO playing SACDs. Now for all I know that's a property of SACD itself, and not just the OPPO. But all I can say is the OPPO does a wonderful job of bringing the SACD experience to the listener. For the first time, I have Blu-Ray video and SACD audio from a single box. I am extremely impressed by the quality of everything I've encountered with the OPPO: the packaging, the exhaustively configurable connectivity, the elegant remote, and the diminutive form-factor of the OPPO BDP-93 cabinet itself. It is *much* smaller than my Denon, and consequently lighter. But in spite of its small size, it seems to have the same density as the Denon. Construction seems to be rock solid. I could not be more pleased with this OPPO and how crisply the disk drawer opens and closes and the media starts up, and I am just amazed at how far Blu-Ray technology has advanced since the Denon came out 6 or 7 years ago.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2012 by Frank Paris