New Oppo Blu-ray player due soon.
Posted by: rackkit on 04 October 2010
As Naim have no (known) Blu-ray player plans of their own, i'm sure the mods will allow this link 
:
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/
Replacement for the popular 83 - looks the business.
: http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/
Replacement for the popular 83 - looks the business.
Posted on: 04 October 2010 by garyi
Blue ray is old skool. Just get a 50 quid blueray reader and rip to harddrive.
Posted on: 05 October 2010 by Occean
quote:Originally posted by garyi:
Blue ray is old skool. Just get a 50 quid blueray reader and rip to harddrive.
I still haven't seen a blurry rip that compares to my 83se into av2. It will get there though, I'm sure of it.
Posted on: 05 October 2010 by tonym
Same here Occean. I don't think Gary's very up on the Oppo thing.
Looks a fabulous machine Rackkit. I imagine they'll incorporate the 83SE's multi-DAC sound setup into the new machine.
Looks a fabulous machine Rackkit. I imagine they'll incorporate the 83SE's multi-DAC sound setup into the new machine.
Posted on: 05 October 2010 by garyi
Haha, keep telling yourself that.
Lets face it even the industry is giving up on blue ray. Its the betamax of today.
How much is this 'oppo thing?'
Lets face it even the industry is giving up on blue ray. Its the betamax of today.
How much is this 'oppo thing?'
Posted on: 05 October 2010 by Neill Ferguson
I don't think Blu-ray is finished far from it seems if anything to be getting stronger and with 3-d blu-ray coming soon it can only get stronger.
Posted on: 05 October 2010 by Guido Fawkes
Yes, but it plays SACDs and DVD-As too so it could be very useful.quote:Originally posted by garyi:
Blue ray is old skool. Just get a 50 quid blueray reader and rip to harddrive.
Posted on: 05 October 2010 by rackkit
A bit more info here folks:
http://www.audioholics.com/rev...-blu-ray/oppo-bdp-93
garyi, it's likely to retail at somewhere around £500 over here ($500). CRT Projectors are the guys that deal with them.
http://www.audioholics.com/rev...-blu-ray/oppo-bdp-93
garyi, it's likely to retail at somewhere around £500 over here ($500). CRT Projectors are the guys that deal with them.
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by tonym
Just for garyi's information; in my upstairs office languishes a PC which I bought for Home Cinema duties. I fitted an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 sound card, Asus something-or-other video card and an LG BluRay drive, installed Slysoft ripping software etc. etc.
Leaving aside the impracticalities of needing to have the blasted thing in my cinema room to feed the 7.1 channels into my AV2, the problems I've had with drivers and the ripping of certain disks (Slysoft issues updates at least once a month, which should tell you something) make it a complete faff, and an expensive mistake.
The Oppo works so well, the sound quality's better than the computer could manage, and it's so much simpler to use there's no contest really.
BluRay continues to grow in popularity and the computer industry have a lot of work to do before it can hope to compete with it.
Leaving aside the impracticalities of needing to have the blasted thing in my cinema room to feed the 7.1 channels into my AV2, the problems I've had with drivers and the ripping of certain disks (Slysoft issues updates at least once a month, which should tell you something) make it a complete faff, and an expensive mistake.
The Oppo works so well, the sound quality's better than the computer could manage, and it's so much simpler to use there's no contest really.
BluRay continues to grow in popularity and the computer industry have a lot of work to do before it can hope to compete with it.
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by garyi
Conversely I have over 250 movies on my NAS, (admittedly not blue ray) ripped with a programme called RIPIT on a mac and converted to a single VOB file with DVD2ONEx.
Still a little faffing but not much, human interaction is about 5 mins, total conversion time is about 30 mins a disk (no conversion occurring).
All artwork, detail and fanart for these dvds is displayed in glorious 1080 via XBMC on my tv and I pick using my harmony remote. A fantastic home movie system.
A mini costs about as much as an oppo player. Come join the revolution.
Still a little faffing but not much, human interaction is about 5 mins, total conversion time is about 30 mins a disk (no conversion occurring).
All artwork, detail and fanart for these dvds is displayed in glorious 1080 via XBMC on my tv and I pick using my harmony remote. A fantastic home movie system.
A mini costs about as much as an oppo player. Come join the revolution.
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by BigH47
Is there a MAC player that can be downloaded to handle SACD and DVD-A?
Or is it the drives that are different?
Or is it the drives that are different?
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by garyi
You need a physical drive. They are available for mac.
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by tonym
quote:Originally posted by garyi:
Conversely I have over 250 movies on my NAS, (admittedly not blue ray)
So, not BluRay then. No HD sound. Try proper Blu Ray, join the revolution!
Garyi, I'm afraid you're spouting absolute bollocks.
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by Guido Fawkes
DVD-A can be handled if you have a suitable drive, but SACD no chance. You need a SACD player like the Cambridge Audio or a Sony. I've next to no interest in HD films and dislike surround sound - dismantled the AV system, but two channel SACDs sound really good.quote:Originally posted by BigH47:
Is there a MAC player that can be downloaded to handle SACD and DVD-A?
Or is it the drives that are different?
Posted on: 06 October 2010 by BigH47
I've not listened to my +3 channels , for a couple of years now,. I just listen to films in 2 channel, it seems to get the point over, in a much simpler way.