The images displayed less video noise, especially in the shadow areas. Its video performance on both Blu-Ray and standard DVDs easily bested my Sony BP-300 player. Since Playback will soon be examining the Oppo’s video and audio performance in great detail, I’ll keep my initial thoughts on its performance brief. It’s certainly a far cry better than Oppo’s first generation remotes. It’s well laid out with all the controls in logical locations, has built-in backlighting for all of its buttons, and feels comfortable to use. The remote control for the New Oppo is equally impressive. Its response to menu commands was spritely, with virtually no delays or hesitation. It took less than 10 seconds for the initial title of the Spears and Munsil disc to begin playing. The first impressive performance feature of the new Oppo player is how fast it loads and plays Blu-Ray discs. In short this disc delivers everything you need to set up your video system and determine exactly how good it really is. The disc also has clips to check edge adaptive deinterlacing from video source material.
The disc has a great “race car clip” that allows users to check their player, scaler, and display devices’ source adaptive deinterlacing capabilities from film-based sources. Each pattern is well documented so that even a novice user can quickly learn how to use each pattern. It has a complete and user-friendly set of calibration and evaluation patterns. I was very impressed with the Spears and Munsil disc. The Oppo Blu-Ray player came with a Spears and Munsil High Definition Benchmark Disc from Hand Forged Video, which I used to check my projector’s calibration before watching other discs. The Ethernet connection allows the unit to perform automatic firmware updates via the Internet. The front panel has an additional USB 2.0 port. The rear panel also has a USB 2.0, Ethernet, and IR in and out connections. Audio outputs include analog two-channel, analog 5.1/7.1, digital optical and coaxial, and HDMI. The Oppo player has HDMI and component YCRB video outputs. This version will play Blu-Ray, SACDs, DVD-As, DVDs, CDs, and MP3 disks.
It has the final production hardware, but the firmware is still in the beta stage and will probably get another update before regular production versions begin shipping. I received a review sample of the new Oppo Universal Blu-Ray player about a week ago. The Oppo Blu-Ray Player and The Spears and Munsil Benchmark Disc – A First Look
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