Overall, I thought the OPPO BDP-83 hit a homerun. I really enjoyed the image quality, audio performance and the fact that the BDP-83 packs so much punch and so many options in one, universal piece of hardware. At a $499 MSRP, the BDP-83 is a little more expensive than the LG BD390, but oh so worth the investment!
OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Player
www.oppo.com
$499
Plays DVD-Audio, SACD and DVD videos and CDs
BD-Live! support
Front and back USB ports
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sacd, dvd-audio and gold cds are still available and sound great. acousticsounds.com have lots of them, even reg CDs have a more analog type sound with this unit compared to other cd players i have heard.
"A lot of the players I've reviewed as of late" -- that would be two, right?
What is "elegance in the dark scenes" ? -- I don't think that's one of the parameters from SMPTE or ISF.
playing DVD-As and SACDs makes it sort of interesting, but not really practical since you can't buy those disc formats any longer and few people bought them when they were available. I'd much prefer network features like netflix, youtube and pandora to SACD.
This is an awesome player. Just bought it and it beats my previous player Sony PS3. Picture wise it is slightly better but the biggest difference is the sound. Its ability to deliver true bitstream data through HDMI makes it a real pleasure to watch movies encoded with DTS HD-Master audio in its awesome glory.
Here's another review that confirms the OPPO BDP-83's greatness:
http://bluray-players.net/oppo/oppo-bdp83-review/