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Blu Ray or Oppo?

It so happens that my VCR and DVD player are nearing their end together, in a coordinated sort of way. To replace them I am thinking of two componets:

(1) A DVD recorder + VCR combo. Considering Panasonic DMR EZ47VK, because it seems to get good reviews, but other recommendations are welcome (should have built in tuner).

(2) A better dvd player. This is where I am confused.

The best regarded dvd player seems to be Oppo. But they don't make Blu Ray.

If I get Oppo, it would be great quality and I can live with it until they or somebody else comes out with a well-built Blu Ray. Downside: I have to keep buying standard resolution dvd's, and I won't be happy with those when I do get my Blu Ray player.

If I get Blu Ray, my fear it will be a cheaply made machine which might start flaking on me (Amazon reviews). Upside: I can start building up my Blu Ray collection right now.

What would (or did!) you do?

All comments and advice appreciated.
aktchi

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solidstate9
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I have The OPPO 983 and a playstation3 and I use both all the time. My kids have 100's of DVDs and they play them all the time on the Oppo. There is no doubt HD cable or bluray is even better; clearer, more resolution, better color rendition on my plasma Pio 6010, P.S. the playstation 3 loads 3 times faster at least than the pioneer elite 94 or 95 and sound wise it would be hard to tell between a PS3 using HDMI and Pioneer blu HDMI output!
Dvd's are getting cheap so kids stuff keeps coming but we won't be buying any more dvd's for Mom and Dad.
If I had to wait even longer (christmas) I probably would just get the playstation 3.
this is a fun problem to discuss..... and OPPO will probably make a good bluplayer too.
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