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I have'nt done a Home Cinema post for a while so here goes:
I wanted to upgrade my DVD player, I'd been using the excellent Pioneer DVR 7000, one of the best recorders on the market, but for watching DVD's it had a couple of things that were a bit annoying. Namely, the incredibly long load time, the time it took to access a menu and the quality....I just felt I could probably get something better. Plus my son Nathan wanted a DVD player in his room, so a new player meant they could all move round one, with the DV717 going into his room and the 7000 going into the kitchen....
So, I of course did some homework, which for me meant asking someone who knows more about it than me...which is of course AV Talk
Now here comes the shocker. I knew there were some seriously good Arcam players for a few grand, and that is a lot of money to me, but then someone mentioned the OPPO!



Now I'd never heard of this, but as it turned out it was being sold by CRT who had done a brilliant job with my cables and was one of the most outstanding companies I'd ever dealt with. So I gave Henry a ring there and got the lowdown.
Listen, this is all true.
This player costs around £165 delivered, beat ALL other players in something called The Secrets benchmark where it scored a staggering 98% ! It upscales your picture to match your screen resolution through a DVI or HDMI lead. What this means basically is that if you have something like a Plasma Screen, it can look superb, much better than a normal player. It has a load of features, can handle nearly any disc you chuck in it, is Multi Region and has downloadable firmware updates that you just record on a CD and play to upgrade!
It sounds all too good to be true, does'nt it...but it works!

So, all I can say, is check out the links above and look into it yourself if you dont believe me. it really is as good as they're saying.