Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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Hmm, i was under the impression that ALL BR players had to be locked to a single region? ie A, B or C? I would be surprised if Oppo got away with doing this - surely all the other companies would also go region free?
Anyway this is what i assume you guys mean by "universal player"? Apologies if i'm wrong...
They're refering to the ability to playback SACD and (eventually) DVD-A audio formats as well as DVD and BD video. They may also be referring to the ability to internally decode lossless audio formated (DTS-MA, Dolby True-HD).
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?
Ryan,Ryan,Ryan! Maybe, but thanks for waking up all of the lawyers. Is it quite possible you are the kind of person who has never been able to keep a secret? By the way, Universal implies multiple formats such as CD's, DVD's, BD's, SACD's, DVD-A's, MP3's, etc. Now, go and ducktape those little fingers of yours! (smile)
SHopkins:
"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.