OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player
good player, excellent technical support, doesn't work on all systems
I got the OPDV971H player for my Panasonic LCD projector L300U to connect it via the DVI cable. For reasons related to my projector, this only worked partly (also check the avsforum.com threads on this issue). While the DVI image that I got (720p) was slightly better than the 525p component image with my Toshiba SD3900, overall this didn't convince me to keep the player. <br /> <br />Here are some other observations that I made with this player: <br />Pros: <br />1. Technical support is simply awesome: they usually answer e-mails the same day, but within 24hours at the latest <br />2. contrary to previously posted comments, I found that the OPPO plays self-burned DVDs pretty well (DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL), so problems observed by other people may be related to the burning of discs rather than the OPPO player <br /> <br />Cons: <br />1. no progressive scan via the component output: thus, if you can't use DVI, there are better players out there. <br />2. audio/video not in synch: i found this issue (which other people had commented on) really annoying! in some instances \\"the matrix\\" looked like dubbed japanese gozilla movie as the audio was not corresponding to the video. (NB: this player had the newest firmware version, so I am at loss as to why this hasn't been fixed yet) <br />3. the display on the actual unit is relatively bright; much brighter than for other DVD players I own or have owned and, for my taste, too bright in a home-theater setting w/ a projector. I wish it could be turned off. <br />4. the player doesn't work with all HDTV's or projectors, so it can't hurt to make extra-double sure it works in your case (e.g. via contacting oppo tech support)