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does Vudu have an unlimited option or ONLY the 2$ for 2 night thing? And how is the audio?

Thanks.

I have a 93 also and was not overly impressed with its up conversion. Also had had a couple of issues with it locking up. Once in a while it will seem like it skips frames on the picture on start up. When I stop the movie and start over, it goes away. I do love the SACD. It sounds amazing, definitely worth a listen. Overall, blu ray picture and audio performance is excellent.

With VUDU, you pay about $6 per movie, for newer titles, less for older ones. That buys you about 2 days to watch it as many times as you want. The audio was excellent. My system is only 3.1 so I can't vouch for 5.1 and higher.

I had another problem with it last night. I couldn't get any sound from a CD I was playing. I just finished playing a movie, so I know it was working. I didn't turn it off and back on, just took out the movie and put in a CD. No sound. I turned everything off and back on, this time in CD activity mode (without TV). Still no sound. Then I started unplugging and replugging in hdmi cables. It was the hdmi #2 on the back of OPPO that was causing the problem. Unplugging it and plugging it back in caused it to start working again. I never had these types of problems with any of the cheaper players.

I also have an OPPO BDP-93 and it is not without issues. I had to send back under warranty the original one.It would stick on the "loading" step and, another issue, it would start freezing after playing for close to two hours. OPPO replaced it but even the replacing unit will once in awhile stick on the "loading" step.It is very annoying because when it happens the unit does not respond to command from the remote; the only way to solve the issue is to turn it off and on again. I tought the freezing issue was heat related so I moved the unit by itself on a separate shelf with plenty of space. This freezing issue is not totally resolved. When it happens again the unit does not espond to the remote control. I have to open the drawer remove the disc and turn off the unit. Then after powering on again, I re-insert the disc and it plays fine.

OPPO told me that the original player had no fault found according to their tests and that there was a long hair which could have been the cause.

I ordered my first SACD today from Amazon. It's Elton John's 2nd album, titled "Elton John".

Mine stuck on the loading step once, so far. I had to turn it off and back on. It must be a common issue with this unit.

i have the Oppo 83 and i had the freezing problem and sometimes the disk did not load. had to unplug it from the wall socket and try again.
their most recent update says that the loading problem for some Blu-ray has been taken care of.
the freezing has not happened so far since i installed the new update, but i have used the player only a few times since the install.

here's what their latest release notes say (re. the BDP-83):

Resolved the random image freezing issue observed on several Warner Brothers Blu-ray movies. The problem happens when "BD-Live Network Access" is set to "ON" in the player's setup menu. Sample titles include "Sex and the City 2 (BD, 2011)" and "Inception (BD, 2011)". This issue has been resolved in this release.
Resolved the loading failure issue observed on several recently-released Blu-ray series, including "Fringe" (Season 3, 2011), "Chuck" (Season 4, 2011), "Dexter" (Season 5, 2011), "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings". Normally, these movies can be played with no problems when initially loaded. However, if disc playback has been stopped or the disc ejected, the disc would fail to load again the next it is played. The TV would get a black screen and the front panel display would remain at 00:00:00. The cause of this error is related to the discs' resume function implemented in BD-Java. This firmware properly handles the resume function.
Other general disc compatibility improvement based on recent and upcoming releases. Sample titles include "Contagion (BD, 2012)" and "Mildred Pierce (BD, 2012)".

i just read that the new updates for the 90 series makes the same kind of fixes as for the 80 series, and more.

hope this answers some questions. :-)

i can accept those small problems occurring once in a while seeing the quality of the player.

Right now in my rack I've got a CD recorder/player, a DVD recorder, a B-D player, an HD-DVD player and an old Oppo DVD player because it plays SACD and DVD-Audio discs.

I've often thought that I could reduce the players by one if I bought a new Oppo B-D player that would also handle SACD and DVD-Audio, but this sounds like a buggy option for the price.

I wish I could see an DVD upscale conversion between the PS3 and the oppo, would be nice to know if there is a noticeable difference. The only PS3's were able to to plac SACD's are the old fat ones, which I have, but I believe the newer ones lack that ability. overall its hard for me to see a great advantage over the PS3, in all aspects of cost, quality, and abilities.

With all of the talk of problems.. Mark, i have never had an issue with my BD-83... i would say that every electronic manufacture has some issues. However, it does not mean that every user experiences said issues. You are seeing a VERY small sample of the population of people who have Oppo products...