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Because of your info, Charles, I turned on my BD83 and was, indeed, prompted to update the firmware. Thanks. The new version, by the way, is BDP83-31-0620.

Just a quick caveat. Both the firmware and the loader are upgraded in two separate operations. When the firmware update is complete, there is a message to that affect displayed on the TV screen. I almost bailed but, fortunately, delayed long enough that the loader update started before I did anything stupid.

Don't touch any buttons or do anything until the player turns itself off. That's the signal that the entire operation is finished. I waited a minute or so to see if the player would turn itself back on. It did not, so I turned it on manually.

Yup I got mine too glad I decided to hook this in to my network to get these upgrades as soon as they are available

FYI, a new review located here. I'd be interested in what y'all have to say regarding all of the sonic character commentary.

It gets the bits off the disc and puts them on the wire. There's no "sonic character" of the transport when using HDMI.

Audio related, here's the reason I'm not picking one up, and will wait for Oppo's next model (it'll probably be about a year from now):

Not a huge deal, but the PS3 handles this properly, so I'll stick with it for now. Basically, if a disc forces secondary audio, and you're not bitstreaming, it'll fall back to the core audio. There is an configuration option to disable secondary audio, but it can still be forced by a disc.

Really, the Oppo is a great player. But it doesn't tick every box I for the features I'd require before spending $500. My 60GB PS3 plus the Pioneer DV-79AVi, cover all my media playback bases. So until there's one box that does everything those two together do I'm holding off.

Does it stream?

The Oppo also does not support streaming (other than from withing a BD-Live disc). I have my PS3 pulling media from a server, which is another plus.

Now, if the PS3 got support for Rhapsody and Netflix I'd never leave the living room.

Not well at the moment. It has Kidney Stones.