Oppo joins the Blu-ray revolution with BDP S83 deck

Oppo, best known for its upconverting DVD players and universal decks, has apparently decided to join the BD camp with little to no fuss. The BDP S83 was spotted over at the company's CEDIA booth, and while no real details were provided ("it's loaded" is all we have to go on), we can't see any harm in having yet another alternative. Unless it's $350+, in which case we'll roll our eyes and stomp away with our arms crossed.

[mtrot Posted Sep 5th 2008 10:55PM]

Whoa! Now we might be getting somewhere, if it also does SACD and DVD-A.

[Biggiesized Posted Sep 5th 2008 11:50PM]

No love for the tipster?

It has logos for VRS technology (DVDO deinterlacing) as well as DVD-A and SACD!

This could be a DV-983H and then some!

[nathanh Posted Sep 6th 2008 3:33AM]

With a planned release date of Winter 09, according to the HT Guys at the HDTV podcast.

Does "winter 09" mean Jan 09, or Jan 10?

I'll bet the price is close to $500 but that it outperforms most $1k+ players.

Think about it. Oppo DVD players are "cheap" but still three times the name brand budget players. But way better than many more expensive players.

[zargon Posted Sep 6th 2008 7:56AM]

I wouldn't say that Oppo players are cheap, they are actually pretty spendy, but I do believe they are worth every penny.

This will probably be the first or one of the first Blu-ray players that are actually worth owning. The Panasonic BD50 came close, but it isn't quite there.

[kcmurphy88 Posted Sep 6th 2008 2:17PM]

Could care less about the SACD stuff, but DivX, etc, would be nice. MKV? Multi-region?

[danhawk911 Posted Sep 6th 2008 2:24PM]

i wonder if will have region free playback on the dvd side of things along with pal to ntsc conversion and region free blu-ray

[Jeebus Posted Sep 21st 2008 1:40PM]

I already have a PS3, so it's a must for me that the next player I buy has at least region free Blu-ray playback and preferably region free DVD playback. I would be surprised if Oppo didn't offer that, so this Oppo may become my next dedicated player.