OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player
Better than my other upconverters! (in some instances)
ATTENTION!  PLEASE READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH BEFORE PRECEEDING!    The review below was written immediately after I got the OPPO and I really should have waited a couple of days before reviewing it. The more I used it the less I liked it.  The final blow was the way the OPPO distorted my Sopranos DVDs.  On several DVDs I kept noticing two vertical scanning lines.  The lines were really visible on the Sopranos and the new Seven release. I returned the unit the next day and went back to using my Samsung upconverters.  The picture isn't quite as sharp, but there is no distortion and the scanning lines are not visible.  I would like to apologize to those who were misled by my review.        Hooked up to my DVI ready 40\\" Sony CRT the OPPO works better than my Samsung upconverter (if I remember correctly, the model # of the Samsungs is 930 or 931).  I have two Samsungs, same model and both worked well with my 40\\" and my 36\\" Sony HI-DEF TVs.  The 36\\" TV is an HDMI set and the OPPO picture output jitters (even the screen saver jitters).  I tried my DVI to HDMI cable and the cable provided by OPPO and the jittering occured using both cables.  Put my Samsung back using the DVI to HDMI cable and the picture is rock steady again.      Anyhow, I put the OPPO back on the 40\\" TV and the picture is noticeably better than the Samsung (which cost almost twice as much and has a great picture too, just not as good as the OPPO).