Are OPPO BLU RAY players still RELEVANT in 2025??

Oppo BLU RAY PLAYERS once reigned supreme for audio and videophiles. But now that they are extinct, are they still relevant in 2022? Let's discuss!
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[hatoraidcowboy]

Who still owns an Oppo Blu Ray player? Are you keeping or selling?

[musicman]

I bought the 203 the day it came out. Peeps thought I was crazy to pay that much. Crazy like a fox. The analog outs were perfect for my Integra, upgraded it immediately. Best thing I ever bought and still using it. Wound up being the flagship for a 30, 000 ht system. There are clones out there, just gos to show how amazing this player was and is still being copied

[arielrodriguez]

Call me crazy but if Oppo came back manufacturing new 4K players they would sell like pancakes and would blow anything out there out of the water.

[OldSchoolLFCGeezer]

Hi Hatoraid Cowboy ~ Obviously, you only know me from a cryptic YT user name, but I can tell you what I was told by a guy in the UK who's a name in the audio engineering game. He told me that he knows someone in the know who worked for Oppo back in their heyday. At some point, a certain huge international electronics entity was pushing Oppo around in an attempt to stop them from offering certain functions/capabilities in their universal player line. Well, obviously, Oppo never offered a universal player minus format functions found in their previous players, which clearly tells us that Oppo preferred changing their business model over diminishing their universal player line. In short, they never "caved" to the big guys: and God bless them for that! That's why we own - and hold onto - two Oppo universal players! Keep spreading the good word! 👍

[AJC.havasu_]

I bought my OPPO 203 for $599 in 2018. Still Loving it, along with my OLED, Denon & KEF 5.1.2

[Xerzen]

I picked up my UDP203 for about $1000 secondhand during the pandemic. I was lucky. The previous owner never updated it, so it still had the original firmware it shipped with. I updated it, and have since modified it with all sorts of upgrades (mainly to power delivery, power supply, and a chip that makes it universal). As far as I’m concerned, whoever wants to take it from me can pry it from my cold dead hands…

[adamant]

I just purchased an old school Oppo bdp 83 for analog audio purposes. I purchased solely based on the outstanding reviews this machine garnered when released in '09 and the fact that it plays so many sources like SACD, HDCD, DVD-A and the like. While I'm impressed with the audio quality of this unit nothing prepared me for incredible video and audio coming out of my DVD's and Blu-rays. I just watched the opening action sequence in 007's Casino Royale and it totally blew me away. I'm looking forward to many years of good use out of this beast.

[johantorneheim]

Got a 103D back in the BluRay days, region free of course. Never had to worry about any of that crap! Then, moved on to my 203 I got when travelling to LA for work. Here in Sweden they used to cost 50% more than in the US! Sales taxes are higher, but the rest was just OPPO EU and pure greed. Also region free and still going strong when I watch the occasional disc. Never getting rid of those players! The 103 can be used to rip SACD to a NAS if needed. Super-niche, but a nice to have.

[psbarrow]

Lack of streaming apps had nothing to do with why Oppo stopped making the 203 and 205 models. Both were profitable, but their phone business was even MORE profitable so they pulled the plug on the players. I have both, and the 205 was never going to sell vast quantities as it's an audiophile niche product for a variety of format types using analogue audio (e.g. "normies" don't play SACDs, DVD-A, and the like).

[tkcdac]

Not sure streaming matters to me at all. I applaud them for focusing on what they do best.
Paid around $567 shipped for my 203 in February 2018. Guess it was the right move at the right time.
Every great once and a while I get no sound from it, and have to reset, but that could be the receiver. Nothing a quick reset couldn't fix.

[leo]

I think the main reason Oppo stopped doing UHD players is because they sell a lot more mobile phones and that's their main business now. The # of people buying high end 4K Players is shrinking. Then there are cheap players from Panasonic, Sony and other Chinese makers that are hard to beat at that price.

[shorty]

Hi from New Zealand. I purchased a little used BDP103 second hand. I'm blown away by the quality of the way sound and vision is reproduced. It's paired with a high end Denon 7.1 amp and Tannoy speakers. There is no way I'll ever get rid of my Oppo, I love it, my neighbours don't 😂

[TheMediaHoarder]

For reference, the Oppo BDP-93 came with several streaming apps, but NONE of them work anymore except for Pandora- and I have that built into my main AV receiver and also my TV so I don’t turn that player on just to use Pandora. I don’t care that the 203 doesn’t have any apps as they likely also wouldn’t be updated. My main streaming device is an Nvidia Shield, and I use Kodi on that so I can enjoy streaming services without their annoying interfaces that interrupt end credits (that’s entirely unacceptable!)

[timothycrawford]

I hope you're telling me the truth lol, i just purchased one. Ive been needing a regions free bluray player for a while now and the OPPO one seemed like a great high end option. I collect physical media still and some things just doesn't release in America, i purchased the Arrow video Bruce Lee collection and some of the blurays have never been released in the states before so I was motivated to find something. Thanks for the recommendation

[matthewnorwell]

I had both but the magnatar is the new game changer 😊

[MrNorcal]

I have an Oppo-203 and a Panny UB9000. In terms of pure video quality, especially with HDR10 discs, the UB9000, with its HDR Optimizer edges the OPPO out by a smidge. Dolby Vision is pretty much even. The OPPO does have a sleeker interface than the Panny and a better self-lighting remote. Even though the Panny has some streaming apps, they are easily outclassed by any Roku, Firestick or Nvidia Shield. The one gigantic advantage that the OPPO has over the Panny is its ability to play almost any combination of video and audio encoding (including lossless) in MKV and MP4 files. It's also better with BDMVs. The Panny is very limited in this area and can't even play E-AC3 tracks. It's one reason that I'll never get rid of my OPPO. There has been one issue with my OPPO however. My setup has been Denon AVRs and an LG C7 OLED TV. Prior to my getting the latest Denon X3800 AVR, my OPPO had problems with HDMI handshaking when playing Dolby Vision discs. The LG would go to its "No Signal" screen briefly or sometimes longer I tried every combination of video settings without success . There were no problems with HDR10 discs. The Panny had no problems here. OPPO blamed Denon, Denon blamed LG but nobody could come up with an answer. It was one reason why the UB9000 became my primary disc player and the OPPO was used mostly with a USB external hard drive. Since I got the Denon X3800 the DV/ handshake problems have subsided quite a bit although they still crop up from time to time. I still use the UB9000 as the primary disc spinner but I also use the OPPO as well and, again, I ain't never giving up my OPPO unless it goes completely toes up one day and OPPO is no longer providing service.

[paulfaiman]

Just bought an OPPO BDP-105 to add to my (2) Oppo BDP-103's. Keeping them all for continued playback of my Large Multi-channel High Res. music collection.

[paulandre]

Love the video and yes I will keep my player

[Cakebattered]

The Panasonic UB9000 is a far greater value for $1000 vs a $2500 used UDP-205. The Oppo player does more, but you'll have $1500 left over to buy another component to add in that functionality.

[babymakerth]

I got rid of my oppo-203 for fear of firmware updates how long would’ve been avail ?since they went under ?