September 18, 2007

  • more about Oppo

    also, if anyone owns an HD TV and is considering buying a new DVD player I strongly recommend considering the oppo.  they came out with a new model http://www.oppodigital.com/dv980h/default.asp which is only $169.  It doesn't play blue ray or HD-DVDs, but it plays DVDs almost as good as either (or so I'm told - I haven't been able to compare myself).  But what I can compare is how my DVDs look compared with HD movies on cable, and playing on the oppo looks as good as the native HD from the cable in stills, and looks a bit better during fast motion (my cable box can't seem to handle playing high speed movement that well).  And I can compare how DVDs look compared to my old dvd player and using the ps2 as a dvd player.  There's no comparison, the older DVD players on an HD TV look fuzzy and pixelated, reminds me of watching mpeg movies on the computer (or youtube or something like that).

    Anyone that's interested to see the difference, I'll be happy to show you, just let me know! :)