Out of the box and onto the review table, the BDP-80 continues to impress with superb finish and solid feel. The remote is large with some of the boldest bloke-sized buttons we’ve seen. Too bad, then, about the odd dull lime colour of most of the buttons. But wait, there’s a reason: they glow [...]
Over the past year, this audiophile has been very fortunate to be able to review several pieces of equipment which are the epitome of “VALUE,” a word seldom heard in high end audio. Two of them were from Oppo; their BDP-83 and audiophile BDP-83SE universal disc players. Both do a super job in the [...]
Last year it was my pronounced pleasure to receive and review Oppo’s first entry into the Blu-ray player market. The company was already known for quality DVD, particularly Upconvert DVD, players. The BDP-83 was everything I expected from the company, and much more. But there was one possible trouble with that unit. It was not [...]
This newest model from budget beater OPPO has to be the best value in a universal player yet, according to the following description from the Only Best Rated web site: “The BDP-80 is a full-featured universal Blu-ray Disc™ player that supports BD Profile 2.0 (BD-Live and BonusView), DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD (SACD), HDCD, [...]
