OPPO Releases New BDP-80 Blu-ray Disc Player

Mountain View, Calif. – January 25, 2010 – OPPO Digital (www.oppodigital.com) announced today the release of a new high-performance Blu-ray Disc player, model number BDP-80.   

The new BDP-80 is a full-featured universal Blu-ray Disc™ player that supports BD Profile 2.0 (BD-Live and BonusView), DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD (SACD), HDCD, CD and other popular media formats such as AVCHD, MKV video files, digital photos and music.  Sharing the same decoder and similarly optimized firmware as OPPO’s award-winning BDP-83, the BDP-80 features fast disc load times, quick response to user operations, and robust audio and video controls.  In contrast to the BDP-83, which utilizes an onboard VRS by Anchor Bay video processor, the BDP-80 design has been optimized for use as a digital audio/video transport, emphasizing the accuracy of its digital audio/video outputs.  At the same time, the BDP-80 is versatile enough to be used as a stand-alone universal Blu-ray player, thanks to its full array of output connections and audio/video decoding capabilities. 

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Mirage MX/Denon AVR 590 Listener Review By J.R. McCullough

First I wanted to outline my problem. As my kids have gotten older, it has become harder and harder for me to find some alone time with my favorite hobbies -- music, movies, and gaming. My son is always in the basement, and the family room is too "public" for me to immerse myself in a game or to take part in some critical listening. It seems like I'm always getting interrupted. That leaves my office as my only sanctuary in the house. Unfortunately, high-quality computer speakers are difficult to find. Furthermore, if I wanted to hook up another source to the speakers, my options were limited.

 

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3D-Capable TVs to Achieve 1.2M+ Shipments in 2010, 15.6M in 2013

AUSTIN, TEXAS, January 20, 2010—Closing out on a year in which average selling prices for TVs are expected to fall for the first time since the flat panel TV transition began, TV manufacturers are building new combinations to re-value their products and retain consumer interest.

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Elemental Designs A7-700 Subwoofer Listener Review by Carl Houghton

Carl liked his new Elemental Designs A7-700 subwoofer so much he wanted to write a quick review.  

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Sony BDP-CX960 400 Disc Blu-ray Disc / DVD MegaChanger Listener Review by Dennis Comfort

Here's a short review that I've thrown together on the BDP-CX960 Blu-ray changer by Sony.   I recently bought this to replace my existing BDP-550 Blu-ray (single disk) player.  I have been very happy with the 550 (as of now, it's the only Sony Blu-ray player that will output in 6 channel analog audio), but as my collection of movies has grown, I was becoming interested in a changer.  I own 3 Sony DVP-CS777EX changers (400 DVDs/CDs, SACDs) connected to an Escient DVDM-100 movie server, but I really wanted something to handle Blu-ray.

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On the Road to CES

We got to meet a long time listener from New Zealand. He was driving back to LA as we were driving in. We met at the State line and enjoyed a Starbucks!

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Ara, Laurence, Braden