Oppo Digital is closing down operations. How are you preparing for your Oppo-free digital future?
At the moment, my plans involve a mix of #1 and #3.
Probably a combination of 5 and 6.
…oh that says streaming.
Just 6 then.
You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
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Maybe they should have worked on brand awareness because this is the first I’m hearing of them.
Keep Circulating the Tapes.
END OF LINE
(It hasn’t happened yet)
I’ve known about them for years, but they were always too expensive. A shame I probably won’t be able to grab their 4K player before they run out.
Yep, they always seemed like the best available players hands-down, but way out of my price range.
This is the first I’m hearing of them.
EDIT: And I’m a big blu-ray collector and advocate of home-video rather than streaming or buying films digitally. So they definitely should’ve worked on brand awareness.
The Person in Question
EDIT: And I’m a big blu-ray collector and advocate of home-video rather than going to the cinema.
WITYWGTS
(What I thought you were going to say)
Ceci n’est pas une signature.
- Twitching.
This is an internet thing right?
- Twitching.
This is an internet thing right?
Not if I said it, it’s not. I just meant being nervous and unsettled.
Sad to see so few had heard of Oppo. They’ve pretty consistently sat at #1 or #2 on every single ratings/roundup of disc players for the past decade or so. But disc players are so commodity I guess nobody looks at reviews – disc goes in, video comes out, that’s your complete feature set, and you can get that plus streaming for about fifty bucks these days. And I imagine that’s a large part of why they’re shutting down.
- Twitching.
This is an internet thing right?
Not if I said it, it’s not. I just meant being nervous and unsettled.
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- Twitching.
This is an internet thing right?
Not if I said it, it’s not. I just meant being nervous and unsettled.
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Just when I thought someone thought I was hip and with it for a second.
- Twitching.
This is an internet thing right?
Not if I said it, it’s not. I just meant being nervous and unsettled.
Sad to see so few had heard of Oppo. They’ve pretty consistently sat at #1 or #2 on every single ratings/roundup of disc players for the past decade or so. But disc players are so commodity I guess nobody looks at reviews – disc goes in, video comes out, that’s your complete feature set, and you can get that plus streaming for about fifty bucks these days. And I imagine that’s a large part of why they’re shutting down.
They also were never sold in electronics stores AFAIK.
Where were you in '77?
EDIT: And I’m a big blu-ray collector and advocate of home-video rather than going to the cinema.
WITYWGTS
(What I thought you were going to say)
I’m definitely an advocate of that too. I want all theatres to go under.
The Person in Question
- Twitching.
This is an internet thing right?
Not if I said it, it’s not. I just meant being nervous and unsettled.
Sad to see so few had heard of Oppo. They’ve pretty consistently sat at #1 or #2 on every single ratings/roundup of disc players for the past decade or so. But disc players are so commodity I guess nobody looks at reviews – disc goes in, video comes out, that’s your complete feature set, and you can get that plus streaming for about fifty bucks these days. And I imagine that’s a large part of why they’re shutting down.
They also were never sold in electronics stores AFAIK.
They were, but not major box/chain stores. You pretty much had to go to one of those boutique audiophile sort of places (“excuse me, sir, would you like to schedule a time for one of our demo rooms?”), probably because the SACD/DVD-Audio support was a big feature for that crowd. Frankly those places make my skin crawl more than a little bit, but I managed to brave it long enough to walk out with a 203 yesterday, and of course they tried to upsell me to a 205.
Ah, none of those in this one horse town. There was a home theater store a couple towns over that carried the super high end stuff, like 10 thousand dollar Laserdisc players, but they only survived a few years into the DVD era, so I don’t know if they ever carried Oppo. Those final LD fire sales were glorious though.
You would think Oppo would have tried to get stocked at Best Buy, which does carry some higher end stuff. Even Fry’s carries super expensive audio and video gear. About the only store I’ve seen sell SACD and DVD Audio discs. Think I’ve seen Blu Ray audio titles there as well.
Where were you in '77?
They were having a fire… Sale?
They were having a fire… Sale?
They blew out their entire remaining LD inventory around 2004 or so. I picked up some movies for as little as two bucks. It was a madhouse as the store was in an industrial park and not all that big.
Where were you in '77?
Think he was just referencing this:
An Oppo would have been overkill for my 32” Samsung LED set and Sony shelf system stereo, but I probably wouldn’t have had to spend an hour trying to get the TLJ BD to play if I had one.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
They were having a fire… Sale?
I laughed
An Oppo would have been overkill for my 32” Samsung LED set and Sony shelf system stereo, but I probably wouldn’t have had to spend an hour trying to get the TLJ BD to play if I had one.
Well, the 203 is overkill for my current system as well, but maybe over the next 10-15 years, that story will change.
I could never own an LED TV for my main setup. I’m glad I have one of the last plasmas made, and I’m seriously glad OLED is becoming a real option now. It definitely wasn’t when plasma was still around.
This sucks. I had intended to get an Oppo at some point in the future, because everything I’d ever heard about them indicated they were among the best (and also rather less expensive than equivalent top of the line products from other brands), but I guess that’s probably not going to happen now. My existing Bluray player has been good enough for everything I’ve used it on so far, but I haven’t gone to 4K and I’d been hoping to get an Oppo when I did.
Most of my extra money these days has been going towards pro audio stuff, and those prices usually make high end consumer equipment seem cheap by comparison.
I’m glad they at least have the resources to do support and continue to provide firmware update. But this is really sad news.
Since bluray it’s been less essential to have a really nice player, as you just need something that can pump everything through HDMI (to a nicer TV/receiver/speakers) and won’t break. This is probably one of the reasons they hit trouble. But Oppo made really nice machines.
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