OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player
Near perfect right out of the box
I was kind of reluctant to get this DVD player at first. I've never heard of this company and thought that it'd be a cheap piece of junk, despite the higher than normal price tag.  <br /> <br />Got it home and was actually surprised as how well it was packaged. They really took care in doing so. The build quality is very high in my opinion. Sure, you can complain about the flimsy tray, but don't all super slim DVD players have trays like that? It doesn't bother me much. <br /> <br />The people who designed this are geniuses. I never could have imagined how useful an eject button with a BLUE LIGHT on it could be! Seriously, you'd be surprised how many times i've accidently pressed the wrong button to eject a disc late at night. The only negative is that the LED display is nearly unviewable from a distance if you have it down low in a stand. No big deal. It's only because of the slim design. <br /> <br />The remote is not average, but GOOD. To me it doesn't feel cheap at all. My only complaint is that I don't like the placement of the fast forward/back buttons. If they gave you an alternative so that the back/forward arrow keys in the center of the remote could be used for this, it would be a PERFECT remote. <br /> <br />I have this connected to a 1080p LCD and just set it at 1080i. The picture qualith is AMAZING. To show off what this could do, just check out the latest Star Wars movie. The sound quality is fine too, but I won't really comment on that since I live in an apartment and don't turn up the volume too loud. <br /> <br />One minor thing is that once or twice during a movie with subtitles they will have a little glitch, where a line will stretch across the subtitles.  Please note that this is extremely rare and if it does happen it only occurs on one or two lines of text the entire movie! Perhaps they fixed this. It's such a minor problem it's not worth mentioning. And BTW the screensaver is terrible. When the logo disappear it leaves green patterns all overthe screen on my TV. At least it doesn't automatically power down like some other DVD players. That's the most annoying thing EVER! <br /> <br />Also, worth pointing out is that this is connected up to my TV full time while my HD-DVD player is collecting dust.  <br /> <br />Instead of reviewing this within days of getting it, i've played around with it for weeks to be absolutely sure it's good. So far I can't come up with many bad things about it. This is coming from a person who probably buys 3 DVD players a year! Get this player, it's worth the money and I highly recommend it!