Should I take back the Panasonic and buy the Oppo

Home Theatre
Home Theatre Posts: 469
edited October 2006 in Electronics
Here is what I bought.


http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Customer-reviews-for-Panasonic-DVD-Player-DVDS52S/sem/rpsm/oid/146240/pageno/8/order/D/sortby/1/sortorder/D/rpem/ccd/productDetailReview.do#tabs

Problems

No upconversion without HMDI
In the manual it says unless it is hooked up with hmdi it is still 2 channel sound. It says it produces 5.1 sound. I have 30 days to return it. How long does Oppo take to deliver?



Any help would be great
Everything I own burned in the fire!!!!!!!!!!
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited October 2006
    It took Oppo a week and half for my 970HD from the time I order it online, and that's because of out of stock back in May 06. If they have in stock, I would say within 4 days to TX, from Mountain View, CA on UPS ground.

    Please do a search on this forum for Oppo threads, picture quality is hard to beat, and with the hack, you get upconvert over component (on 970HD, not 971HD).
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited October 2006
    Home Theatre wrote:
    No upconversion without HMDI
    I don't believe the Oppo will up-convert without HDMI. Mine requires it, and came with a DVItoHDMI cable.
    Home Theatre wrote:
    In the manual it says unless it is hooked up with hmdi it is still 2 channel sound. It says it produces 5.1 sound.
    Even with optical you get 2-channel??
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited October 2006
    BMDP, Oppo 970HD will upconvert over component with a hack firmware.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Home Theatre
    Home Theatre Posts: 469
    edited October 2006
    How is the sound on the Oppo?
    Everything I own burned in the fire!!!!!!!!!!
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited October 2006
    My 971H, running DVItoHDMI for video and optical for sound into a Denon 3805 is excellent. I've found that I prefer 720p over 1080i on most things (my Sony LCDTV supports 1080i.)
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