OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio

OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio
by OPPO Digital

Our Price: $175.00
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Category: Home Theater
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Manufacturer: OPPO Digital
Brand: OPPO Digital
Edition: Electronics
Model: DV-980H
Color: Blank
Publisher: OPPO Digital
Studio: OPPO Digital
Music Label: OPPO Digital
Product features:

High definition up-conversion up to 1080p Full HD resolution from standard DVD video discs. 480i/480p/720p/1080i also supported over HDMI
Outstanding audio performance with 7.1-channel output and Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding
Multiple playback formats, including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD with DSD, Audio CDs, HDCD, WMA, DivX and more
High resolution picture slide show (HD-JPEG); USB 2.0 interface for video, picture and music playback
Connections include HDMI, Component, Composite, S-Video, 7.1CH, 5.1CH, Stereo, Coaxial, Optical. Includes an HDMI cable

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Customer Review: Outstanding DVD Player!
Summary: 5 Stars

So much has already been said, so I'll try to be brief. I've owned the 980H Oppo for about three months now, and it continues to perform flawlessly across a variety of CD and DVD formats. There are a couple of quirks that merit some explanation and may be helpful to some of you.

Some reviewers have noted dissatisfaction with the lack of an Oppo remote code to enter into a universal remote control. I have an Onkyo SR605 amp (also purchased here on Amazon and also highly recommended) which comes with a pre-programmed universal remote. I entered the code for a Toshiba DVD Player (0503) into the Onkyo remote and it performs all major functions for the Oppo DVD Player quite well. If the 0503 code doesn't work well on your universal remote, I suggest you try other Toshiba DVD codes (there are several), as several other Toshiba DVD codes worked equally well for me on my Onkyo receiver universal remote.

In my configuration, I go HDMI out of the Oppo DVD player to my Onkyo amp, then HDMI out of the Onkyo amp to my 1080i HDTV (just two HDMI cables in the whole system plus I run a single coax audio cable out of my HDTV to my Onkyo amp so I can play regular cable TV audio thru my surround speakers. With this configuration, I have to turn on my amp and source it properly to the DVD player to hear any audio from a CD or DVD in the Oppo player. If you don't have an amp, you can hook up this Oppo player directly to your HDTV and play all audio thru your HDTV speakers.

The Oppo DVD player responds a bit better to reading a disk if you first set your HDTV to the proper source (for me, its the HDMI source) and your amp to the proper DVD source (the DVD source setting on my Onkyo amp) BEFORE you insert a CD or DVD in the Oppo player. If the Oppo player appears not to read a disk when you insert it, its likely because either your TV or your amp is not set to the proper source. Just make sure the TV and amp sources are first set to the DVD source, then eject and reinsert the disk; the blue Oppo welcome screen will then promptly appear, and it should then promptly read the disk.

Setting the LPCM Rate (which is found on the Oppo Audio Setup page) can be a bit tricky. Three sample rate options are available: 48K, 96K and 192K. The higher the sample rate you select, the better the audio, but not all amps will support the higher sample rates of 96K and/or 192K. My Onkyo SR605 does support the highest 192K sampling; however, this Oppo setting was preset to 48K and was ghosted out (it wouldn't let me change it). After some trial and error, I learned that you have to first set the HDMI Audio option (noted further down on the same Oppo Audio Setup page) to "off". Then the LPCM option is no longer ghosted out, so you can change it. Then I went back and reset the HDMI Audio option back to "auto".

As to setting Speaker Sizes on the Oppo Speaker setup page, make sure you read the manual (which is fairly thorough, well written in plain English, and fairly well indexed). I use Orb satellite speakers for a 5.1 surround system with an Orb powered subwoofer. Ordinarily, this would call for setting my front, center and rear speakers to a size of "small"; however, depending on the capabilities of your amp, you may have to disregard the actual size of your speakers when selecting speaker size settings. Since my Onkyo amp supports HDMI v1.3 with multi-channel PCM and DSD over HDMI, all my speaker sizes are set to "large" on the Oppo Speaker setup page. On the Oppo Audio setup page, Digital Output is set to "Raw", HDMI Audio is set to "Auto" and SACD Output is set to "DSD". The Oppo manual is very straight forward on this regard. Due to this and other setup anomalies, I strongly urge you to review the entire Oppo manual BEFORE attempting any of the setup process.

Another little quirk relates an unexplained resetting of several setup options for no apparent reason. A few weeks ago, I noticed a standard DVD wasn't playing audio or video to the same clarity I had previously seen on this particular DVD. I went in to look at the Oppo setup settings, and I noticed that several General, Speaker and Audio settings were reset incorrectly. I don't know how this happened, but it was easy to reset them. I may have unwittingly reset all options to the Oppo factory defaults (but I don't think I did that the normal way found in the Oppo Preference page options). In any event, it has only happened once, and it was easy to fix.

In summary, I strongly recommend this Oppo DV-980H DVD Player as the best price/feature set value on the market. Bear in mind, it comes with an excellent 6' HDMI cable (comparable in quality to a Monster HDMI cable valued at $30 or more) bringing the true player cost down to about $140. It is exceptionally well built, very stylish, excellent video up-conversion features, extensive / seamless audio format capabilities, and excellent customer support from Oppo if you need to call them. I called them twice, and they were a pleasure to deal with. They picked up quickly, were very knowledgeable, friendly and professional. They will send you updated firmware on a disk at no charge at your request.. really nice people. I might also add that I received excellent service from Amazon as well; with their speedy delivery, no shipping cost, and 30-day low price and/or full refund guarantee on damaged goods, you can't go wrong. Amazon rocks.

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Description of OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio

The OPPO DV-980H up-converting DVD player is designed to make your DVD collection look & sound its very best on HDTV. With support for 1080p displays, 7.1ch audio, USB2.0 & HD-JPEG viewing the unit is engineered to impress. The unit will play DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, HDCD, CD, DivX, XviD and much more.

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