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Anyway this is what i assume you guys mean by "universal player"? Apologies if i'm wrong...]]>Mar 20th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/
Including an HDMI cable and BD calibration disc is a very nice touch... I hope that extends to production and isn't just for the beta period. The reusable shopping back for protective material is also a nice departure from throw-away plastics.

Anyone know if the Anchor Bay processing extends to noise reduction (mosquito) for BD sources? Also, any word of plans to allow the USB ports to playback HD sources like h.264 encoded MKVs?]]>Mar 20th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/
"Including an HDMI cable and BD calibration disc is a very nice touch... I hope that extends to production and isn't just for the beta period. The reusable shopping back for protective material is also a nice departure from throw-away plastics. "

All the Oppo players have included a 6' HDMI cable, so that you can plan on. As far as the disk, I have no idea, but I'd be surprised if it didn't go out in general release. The also have always used the nice bags for their players, although before it was just the right size for the player, not a full on grocery style bag like this one.

"Anyone know if the Anchor Bay processing extends to noise reduction (mosquito) for BD sources? Also, any word of plans to allow the USB ports to playback HD sources like h.264 encoded MKVs?"

The manual is on their website, and according to it yes the noise reduction works for all sources (with video). It defaults to basically being off, but you can turn it up if you want.

And the USB ports do support HD file playback. I'm not 100% sure on the formats, but I believe MKV h.264 is one of the supported formats. A bit of google searching, and the AVS Forum threads on the BDP-83 will answer that one for you though.

I ordered mine on Monday, as I got an invite to be one of the current 300 people given early access. I'm hoping it ships today, but they warned it may be on Monday that they ship out. They are upgrading the firmware in this batch before sending them out as there is a new firmware, which sounds like it may support DVD-Audio out of the box now.]]>Mar 20th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 22nd 2009 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/
http://www.oppodigital.com/Download/BDP83/BDP-83_English_Manual.pdf]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/
Thanks though for the number of shots you took. It was almost as good as being there, if only we could smell that new electronics smell. ]]>Mar 20th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/
I highly recommend everyone read this FAQ to answer any questions about the player: http://watershade.net/wmcclain/BDP-83-faq.html
]]>Mar 20th 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 20th 2009 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.edepot.com/playstation3.html#PS3_Audio, the only thing lacking is DVD-Audio? Did I miss anything? Sadly, they removed SACD in the later models.]]>Mar 21st 2009 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://vtbsd.net/bdp83/]]>Mar 21st 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/Mar 21st 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/oppo-bdp-83-universal-blu-ray-player-hands-on/
http://watershade.net/wmcclain/BDP-83-faq.html]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:43AM