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Oppo DV-981HD with SACD and DVD-A
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I am considering this player for my future HT setup. I am not sure how much into SACD I will get, but I am thinking once I have a player that plays it, I may get into it.

Likewise they have a model that is cheaper (the 971) that only plays DVD-A. Do I really need to spend $50 more CAD for SACD or will DVD-A do just fine for me?

Other than that, the new 981 upconverts video to 1080p as well, it is an extreamly cheap and versatile player that does it all, it seems.

Just giving you guys the heads up on a $229 player that does SACD, DVD-A, and upconverts video to 1080p

And Sorry mdrew, it only has HDMI 1.1

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EDIT: Shucks, I was meaning to post this in the Stereo forum...if it could be moved, that would be awsome...

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Re: Oppo DV-981HD with SACD and DVD-A
Hutzal #152644 12/01/06 08:58 PM
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Buy it if you have HDMI or DVI. I've got the 971 and 970 and can vouch for them. They are great little players. This one does me no good as I need 480i via HMDI. The 970 does that for me......

Good thing it doesn't have 1.3 because nothing else i have does either.

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michael_d #152645 12/01/06 09:05 PM
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Well, the 971 has the better processing chip for visuals, but doesn't have SACD support, the 970 has SACD support but not as good of a video processing chip.

the 981 has the best of both players (it looks like). I guess I am just wondering if SACD is more popular than DVD-A. Or do the audiophiles buy both formats?


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Hutzal #152646 12/01/06 09:12 PM
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I'm not sure if one is better than the other, but the catalogs are certainly different.


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Hutzal #152647 12/01/06 09:29 PM
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If you do get into multichannel Hi Rez music, due to the differing catalogs, you will appreciate the ability to play both DVD-A and SACD. I absolutely love them both but, though I can give no earthly reason why, I slightly prefer SACD.


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Ajax #152648 12/01/06 09:38 PM
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I like both formats also, but like Jack I give the edge to SACD, it just seems to me everything sounds better on SACD, I'm not sure if its the recordings or the material.


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HomeDad #152649 12/02/06 02:36 AM
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My experience went the other way. For whatever reason, I've liked the DVD-A versions better than SACD. I have the last two Bjork albums in both formats, and DVD-A did more for me. However, I have a fairly cheap universal player, and aren't there very few players that actually process SACD's DSD correctly?

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CV #152650 12/02/06 03:16 PM
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I have the 971 and the picture is amazing!!! I wonder if it's worth upgrading to the 981 for the SACD and 1080P (even though my TV only supports 1080i)...

I like the black look a lot, too!

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jefft #152651 12/02/06 08:13 PM
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I seem to remember reading the 971 beats the 981 for picture, and to only get the 981 if you needed things like SACD support.

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Zarak #152652 12/03/06 12:59 AM
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My recollection was "971 has better picture quality than the 970, only get the 970 if you need SACD etc...".

The 981 seems to be a brand new offering which gives 970 "play everything" with 971 "spiffy video quality", no compromising.

The local reseller is out of stock or I would have bought one right this minute


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