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August 11, 2005
New Toys, Part 1
In preparation for the new TV we're planning to buy (the movers busted and bought the old one, and we decided after 10 years on the same TV, an upgrade was permissible), I bought an OPPO Digital - OPDV971H DIVX DVI DVD Player. Mostly based on it's scoring in this review. It arrived last night.
It's region free out of the box (not a big deal, really, but it means we can buy the UK releases of Coupling in advance of their US release) and plays just about any form of media you toss in (well, not any, really, but it does play DivX.)
All I could test it on was the 19" LCD on my machine, but the visual differences between 480P and 720P were obvious. I watched a few scenes from The Incredibles and was generally impressed with the up-scaled image quality.
The unit feels well built, though the remote is so light it feels cheap (no matter, I'll soon re-program our Pronto TSU2k to handle it). One interesting design choice is that the analog output is 480i (yup, i) only - the de-interlacer is integrated into the digital out circuitry.
Anyway, so far, so good. Further bulletins as events warrant, and a more complete review once the TV it was bought for arrives.
Posted by dberger at August 11, 2005 9:06 AM