Grrrrrr..My Oppo croaked last night

Rivrrat
Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
And it picked Friday night drinks and concert vids when the daughter wasn't home night to do it too.:mad:

So now I have a decision to make, do I go blu-ray with a 1080i plasma, or do I get another upconverter, or do I send this in to get repaired. :confused:

The real pain in all this is we have my entire family coming to spend a week next month and all our monies are going into fixing stuff on the house. This could not happen at a worse time.:mad::mad:
My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    Stuff like this always seems to happen at the worst possible times.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2009
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    So now I have a decision to make, do I go blu-ray with a 1080i plasma, or do I get another upconverter, or do I send this in to get repaired. :confused:

    Is it under warranty? If not the repair cost might be close to the new unit price. However, one lesson to take from this is to have a spare.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2009
    i'd go with a blu ray player myself if it were me.. they can be had for as little as $199 last time I checked. Samsung, Sony and Panasonic seem to be the major players these days for BD players.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited March 2009
    go for Blu-ray to win high def war
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    I'd say go Blu-ray as well, bring the best out of that Plasma of yours!
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited March 2009
    I'd definetly get a BD player. Remember... A good BD player will up-convert DVD's just as well, plus play BD's.:)

    If you are looking for a good stand alone for something under $300, I'd personally go with the Pioneer Elite BDP-51FD.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2009
    Rivrrat wrote:
    And it picked Friday night drinks and concert vids when the daughter wasn't home night to do it too.:mad:

    This is never a problem for me. In addition to my currently set up HT and 2 channel rigs, I have at least 3 DVD players, 4 CDPs, an AVR, a stereo receiver, a 2 channel amp, a 2 channel pre, a TT, several sets of ICs and speaker cables all boxed up in the basement ready to be put into immediate service if neccessary. This does not include the vintage receivers, tape decks, TTs etc...

    I guess I am a bit of a pack rat and rarely sell stuff...just buy stuff. :o
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2009
    shack wrote: »
    This is never a problem for me. In addition to my currently set up HT and 2 channel rigs, I have at least 3 DVD players, 4 CDPs, an AVR, a stereo receiver, a 2 channel amp, a 2 channel pre, a TT, several sets of ICs and speaker cables all boxed up in the basement ready to be put into immediate service if neccessary. This does not include the vintage receivers, tape decks, TTs etc...

    I guess I am a bit of a pack rat and rarely sell stuff...just buy stuff. :o


    Well, well, well!! All this time I thought you were this normal, RATIONAL, logical person. And, come to find out, you're an OCD sufferer like the rest of US!:eek::eek::p

    "Hi, my name's Shack, and I'm an Audioholic"
    "Welcome Shack":D


    To the OP, my condolences. Find out how much/ long it will take to fix, then determine wether it's worth it?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2009
    obieone wrote:
    Well, well, well!! All this time I thought you were this normal, RATIONAL, logical person....

    "Hi, my name's Shack, and I'm an Audioholic"

    How in the hell did you come to that conclusion?

    Let's see.... I have almost 8,000 posts on THIS forum. I've traveled thousands of miles to spend time with other people on this forum on several occasions. I've taken vacation days to go to Maryland to visit Polk's headquarters. On vacation, I check the place I'm visiting for audio or camera stores. I still own a pair of speakers and TT I bought almost 40 years ago. I still have my first LP I purchased at the age of 14. I own thousands of CDs, LPs, cassette tapes and DVDs...and I still buy more. I believe wire makes a difference. I know the life history of Edgar Villchur and Henry Kloss. I think Bose, Monster and MP3 suck.

    Of course I'm an audioholic...:rolleyes:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2009
    shack wrote: »
    This is never a problem for me. In addition to my currently set up HT and 2 channel rigs, I have at least 3 DVD players, 4 CDPs, an AVR, a stereo receiver, a 2 channel amp, a 2 channel pre, a TT, several sets of ICs and speaker cables all boxed up in the basement ready to be put into immediate service if neccessary. This does not include the vintage receivers, tape decks, TTs etc...

    I guess I am a bit of a pack rat and rarely sell stuff...just buy stuff. :o
    obieone wrote: »
    Well, well, well!! All this time I thought you were this normal, RATIONAL, logical person.

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ShackDaddy normal?
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2009
    Wooohoooo!!!!! I fixed it!

    What happened was it lost it's picture, but it still had sound. So, I did a firmway upgrade figuring I couldn't make it any worse than it already was, and it worked.

    I'm a happy camper now. I don't think the WAF is therer right now for any new cool stuff, what with my whole family coming next month (and we have a lot of stuff that needs to be done around here).
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited March 2009
    shack wrote: »
    How in the hell did you come to that conclusion?

    Let's see.... I have almost 8,000 posts on THIS forum. I've traveled thousands of miles to spend time with other people on this forum on several occasions. I've taken vacation days to go to Maryland to visit Polk's headquarters. On vacation, I check the place I'm visiting for audio or camera stores. I still own a pair of speakers and TT I bought almost 40 years ago. I still have my first LP I purchased at the age of 14. I own thousands of CDs, LPs, cassette tapes and DVDs...and I still buy more. I believe wire makes a difference. I know the life history of Edgar Villchur and Henry Kloss. I think Bose, Monster and MP3 suck.

    Of course I'm an audioholic...:rolleyes:

    And for a chance to go on to the finals of OCD Audio, What was that first LP you bought at 14?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2009
    John30_30 wrote: »
    And for a chance to go on to the finals of OCD Audio, What was that first LP you bought at 14?

    The Beatles - "Magical Mystery Tour"
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited March 2009
    shack wrote: »
    The Beatles - "Magical Mystery Tour"

    Good one. "Yesterday and Today" was one of my first. I'm thinking maybe "Disraeli Gears", Cream....but those are long, long gone.
    I think I may have a 45 of "Yellow Submarine" around somewhere from then.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2009
    I barely remember being 14. I do remember being about that age and listening to DSOTM with headphones, thinking it was a magical experiemce. And that was before I discovered things that helped the magical experience along.

    I'm thinking my first LP was probably Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited March 2009
    go with blu-ray. it'll also serve as your up-converter, yo.

    please forgive. i read only the original post. woot, woot.

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    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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