Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, DivX & SACD

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I almost gave up on SD DVDs
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Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, DivX & SACD

Manufacturer: OPPO Digital
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000LU8A7E

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Product Description

The OPPO DV-981HD is the upconverting DVD player for the ultimate home theater experience. Built upon the highly regarded OPPO OPDV971H, the DV-981HD is ideal for high definition TV's and home theater projectors. The DV-981HD excels at making standard definition DVDs look great at high definition resolutions through the use of advanced upconverting technology that outperforms most TV's built-in upconversion capabilities. The DV-981HD makes it possible for you to enjoy your existing collection of DVDs as well as new DVD titles that will continue to be released for years to come.

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The DV-981HD is the latest incarnation in Oppo's highly aclaimed line of upconverting DVD players. It offers an HDMI interface (HDMI Specification 1.1), with HD upconversion ouput resolutions of 720p, 1080i, and full 1080p. This is Oppo's most full-featured player yet, and as such, it's not a DVD player for people with regular analogue sets. While the DV-981HD doesn't offer component output, and doesn't output standard or native resolution, it does represent one of the best (if not the best) upconverting DVD players out there, and it's perfect for people with HDTVs up to full 1080p who aren't ready to jump on the HD DVD or Blu-ray bandwagen. In addition to excellent upconversion, the DV-981HD offers playback of a whole host of formats including DVD-Audio, Super Audio CS (SACD), Audio CDs, HDCD, WMA, Kodak Picture CDs, all version of DivX including DivX6, as well as Xvid, .SRT, .SMI, .IDX, and .SUB file formats.

Audio Features
The DV-981HD outputs audio in stereo or in 5.1 channel surround, either via HDMI, or through the included 5.1 analogue outputs. Other connections include S-Video out, and digital coaxial and optical audio outs. It features 24-bit, 192 kHz high resolution audio D/A converters, supports virtual surround in six settings, and has built-in equalizer, channel trim, and channel delay functions.

Farudgja DCDi Technology
Rather than trying to build their own upconversion technology for this machine, the Oppo DV-981HD the DCDi Faruja technology from Genesis Microchips. In addition to upscaling a DVD's native 720x480 interlaced video to 480p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p, Farudja technology also detects content that has gone through 3:2 pull down to convert film content to NTSC for video, and recreates the original frames by blending the fields back together. It then processes for any edit mistakes and reconstrucs an accurate signal, producing an image free of motion artifacts. The unique DCDi algorithm can also identify moving edges within an image and adjust interpolation at a pixel level to create smooth edges for on-screen objects, eliminating the jaggy edges that commonly result from other upconversion techniques. Farudja processing also uses a proprietary "TruLife Enhancement" technology to identify transitions in the image considered to be details such as skin texture, freckles or hair, and enhance those to bring more detail in an image to life on the screen. This approach avoids image artefacts common with the peaking filter approach used by other systems for detail enhancement. The Farudja system uses temporal filtering for noise reduction, and can achieve 6 to 10 dB of Noise reduction without introducing artefacts or losing sharpness in the image.

Connections:
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HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface: 1

Analog Stereo Audio (Mixed 2-Channel Left/Right): 1 group (2 connectors)

Analog 5.1 Channel Audio: 1 group (6 connectors)

S/PDIF (IEC-958) Coaxial Digital Audio: 1

S/PDIF (IEC-958) Optical Digital Audio: 1

Composite Video: 1

S-Video: 1

No Component Video (YPbPr/YCbCr) on the DV-981HD model. This model is designed for use with a display device with HDMI or DVI digital video input. </ul>

Compared with Other Oppo DVD player models
At the time of this writing, Oppo also has the DV-970HD upconverting player, and their original OPD971H model. Of these three models, the DV-981HD is the only that upconverts to full 1080p, the other models offer upconversion to 720p or 1080i only. Both the DV-981HD and the DV-970HD offer Super Audio CD (SACD) playback, the OPDV971H does not. The other major difference to consider is that the DV-981HD and the OPDV971H both use Farudja processing for video upconversion. The DV-970HD uses a different upconversion system that may not be as full featured as the Farudja. For this reason Oppo recommends the DV-981HD, or the OPDV971H for use with larger screen HDTVs 50 inches or greater, while the DV-970HD is only recommended for HDTVs smaller than 50-inches. Oppo recommends the DV-970HD for use with external video processors or scalers, and suggests careful calibration of both the DV-981HD and the OPDV971H when used with DLP HDTVs. Both of these players are good for use with DLP HDTVs, but for the best picture, some setup time is required. For disply with a DVI input on your HDTV, an HDMI-DVI adapter is required with both the DV-981HD and the DV-970HD models.

What's in the Box
Oppo DV-981HD upconveting DVD player, a High-quality certified HDMI cable with gold-plated HDMI connectors, Remote control with "glow in the dark" keypad (batteries included), Stereo audio cable, Composite video cable, and User manual and warranty information.

Customer Reviews:

you won't be disappointed.......2007-06-13

I am used to the plug and play dvd players of years past. This one takes a little tinkering to get your picture just right. I have a Sony Bravia 46inch LCD which looks awesome when the HD signal comes from the DISH sat box. Out of the box this Oppo player was set for standard Definition and quite frankly looked "crappy" but once I adjusted it for 1080p up-convert and few other settings it looks very good, not as good as the HD signal from my sat box but a close second. I am very pleased with this purchase. I have noticed that some DVDs look much better than others, which I believe is the result of the film quality and not the player.

I almost gave up on SD DVDs .......2007-06-12

After getting my 52" 1080p LCD HD TV I just about gave up on standard definition DVDs since they looks so terribly on this TV. The Oppo DV-981HD changed it all. While it will not convert SD DVDs to the same quality as Blu Ray, it is impressive what it can do to enhance these DVDs. For the first time I can watch them again without getting a headache. It is also easily converted to zone free player and does a great job converting PAL DVDs to NTSC. As soon as I opened the box I could see the quality of this company, from the way it delivers the player in a cloth cover rather then the usual plastic bag through the included HDMI cable. It is a great buy and highly recommended.

Works great for me........2007-06-11

I bought the Oppo DV-981 rather than a Sony dvd player based on reviews from other users. One negative comment was regarding Oppo's incompatability with Harmony remotes. The man from Best Buy set up my systems and the Harmony works great with my Oppo. Maybe I just haven't figured it out, but there is no clock visible on this unit. Minor complaint for sure. I do like my unit and the picture is great.

High end dvd player and quality.......2007-06-10

I bought 2 of this model , the picture thru hdmi cable included hooked up to hd tv, the picture quality just like
hd dvd player, this universal player is worth for the money.
I compared with other 3 pioneer 490v,696v and 400v still
oppo is the best in picture quality.

User Friendly.......2007-06-08

I wanted a player that would work well with my HD LCD tv, play my old movie collection better, play my burned movies, as well as new movies and be easy to use. I've had numerous brands of players and this one is so easy to understand and use. It plays really well and I really like the remote which others say is difficult. The buttons are chunky so I can use them better than other remotes I've had. The few buttons I use the most are in red so I can see them right away. I'm very happy so far with this player. The only small thing I have to go research is how to find a code to program the player on my cable tv remote.

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