Is Oppo BDP93 a upgrade over my current?

Sherardp
Sherardp Posts: 8,038
edited April 2011 in Electronics
Hate to beat a dead horse with the these Oppo threads. Just real quick before I order it, I wanted to get additional thoughts. Is the Oppo 93 an improvement over my current BDP83? I'll be using HDMI to the Pioneer SC-07. Any real significant gains, waste of money or should I just keep what I have? Just wanted to see what you all thought.

If I decide to keep the Oppo 83 I'll be purchasing the modchip to make it region free.

http://www.bluraychip.dk/product.php?id_product=10

Thanks alot.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2011
    According to this month's (May 2011, page 62) Home Theater review, it is a better player, with better build quality. They changed the video chip set to a Marvel Kyoto-G2 processor with 2nd gen Qdeo technology (whatever that is). To quote, "The results are spectacular."
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited April 2011
    Video chips are really only for dvd's ? Bluray is awesome and I would save the cash and put it towards a jvc rs40 thats selling for $3500 street prices
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,999
    edited April 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Video chips are really only for dvd's ? Bluray is awesome and I would save the cash and put it towards a jvc rs40 thats selling for $3500 street prices


    ?????? That makes no sense.. Oh wait your just trolling by..
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Video chips are really only for dvd's ? Bluray is awesome and I would save the cash and put it towards a jvc rs40 thats selling for $3500 street prices

    Did you eat lead paint chips as a child?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited April 2011
    Well I thought video chips inside the bdps were mostly for upscalling dvds thats why I put a question mark . I think sherardp has a great bdp to begin with and I know he loves jvc projectors and he will eventually buy a new jvc rs40 or higher hence my suggestion .Well sorry if I come across as a troll for saying that
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited April 2011
    I bought the oppo 93 last month and sold it last week. Streaming via Netflix and blockbuster sucks. I use my ps3 for streaming and audio and video is much better on the ps3. (much better). I also have a oppo 83 and found I liked the 83 better for sd-DVD's. Blu ray playback is equal.

    So all in all the only positive the 93 has over the 83 is streaming IMO.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2011
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    I bought the oppo 93 last month and sold it last week. Streaming via Netflix and blockbuster sucks. I use my ps3 for streaming and audio and video is much better on the ps3. (much better). I also have a oppo 83 and found I liked the 83 better for sd-DVD's. Blu ray playback is equal.

    So all in all the only positive the 93 has over the 83 is streaming IMO.


    Interesting. Which HDMI port (1 or 2) were you using for video?
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2011
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    I bought the oppo 93 last month and sold it last week. Streaming via Netflix and blockbuster sucks. I use my ps3 for streaming and audio and video is much better on the ps3. (much better). I also have a oppo 83 and found I liked the 83 better for sd-DVD's. Blu ray playback is equal.

    So all in all the only positive the 93 has over the 83 is streaming IMO.

    One of the perks I was planning to use the 93 for was streaming. Did you get alot of video stutter or was it just difficult to navigate.?
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited April 2011
    Sherardp wrote: »
    One of the perks I was planning to use the 93 for was streaming. Did you get alot of video stutter or was it just difficult to navigate.?

    The PQ wasn't as clear as the ps3 streaming. The ps3 Netflix looks like a sd-DVD and the oppo 93 looks like a VHS. Hopefully with a future firmware update Netflix and oppo can get the PQ better.

    No stutter and it's very easy to navigate but the PQ streaming was terrible. I was using port 1 and also tried port 2.

    Hoping someone with a ps3 & oppo 93 could also give their opinion on the two streaming. Check out AVS, there's some info on there about PQ streaming. Also VUDU via ps3 streaming has the best pq and sq so far to date, it has blu ray 1080p quality with outstanding SQ.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited April 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Interesting. Which HDMI port (1 or 2) were you using for video?


    Port 1 but also tried out port 2. Go over to AVS and check out the Netflix streaming complaints.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2011
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Port 1 but also tried out port 2. Go over to AVS and check out the Netflix streaming complaints.


    I am not interested in the streaming, but am interested in the Bluray. The Home Theater review said port 1 uses the better chipset, and gives better picture quality than port 2.
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    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

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    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

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    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited April 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I am not interested in the streaming, but am interested in the Bluray. The Home Theater review said port 1 uses the better chipset, and gives better picture quality than port 2.

    That's correct port 1 is recommended. Blu ray playback is outstanding.

    Sherard and Bluefox

    I'd atleast try it for yourselves and take advantage of the 30 day trial. I ended up selling mine on craigslist for $475 with only three weeks on the unit. It would've been about $25 to ship it back.
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