The
Oppo BDP-83 is finally here. After a long beta-testing period, followed by a three-month "Early Adopter Program", followed by three months of limited availability, the player is now available for preorder on the Oppo site, with an expected delivery date of July 1 - July 3, and also on
amazon, with a ship date of July 6.
Reportedly, over 27,000 people had emailed their interest in the player and thus their orders were fulfilled first.
To recap, the main features of this player are:
- BonusView
- BD-Live
- VRS deinterlacing and scaling
- DVD-Audio
- SACD
- Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD bitstream and decoding
- 7.1-Channel analog output
- Dedicated stereo output
- Dual USB ports (one in the front, one in the back)
- PAL/NTSC conversion
- Backlit remote control
- External IR in and out ports
- RS232 option
- HDMI CEC