I have both a BDP-83, a UDP-203 and a pair of PM-2 headphones. After 7 years the tray on the BDP-83 got stuck and wouldn't retract. I contacted Oppo (by email) and they had me ship it back, at my expense, but they then replaced the tray mechanism and shipped it back
for free. Who does that after seven years and for free! This was when they were still in the business and why I was bummed when they quit making them.
Got it back in a week and I'm still using it as a CD player in my main 2
channel rig because it will play practically anything. Doesn't sound bad
using the internal DAC but I can always use Coax or digital to another
DAC if I want.
I use the 203 in my HT but for me the killer app is it's ability to play all my ripped movies on my NAS via SMB. I have 2- 40TB NAS boxes with about 1400 DVD, Bluray and UHD movies I ripped (mostly MKV) with bonus features and a few thousand CD's both in FLAC and WMD lossless formats, and they all stream no fuss over a wired network to an LG OLED TV. Some of the UHD movies are 60-70 GB files and I still don't have any issues. I have the discs but I rarely use them. I also have a Plex server on a Mac Mini with the same movies indexed. The interface on the Oppo is simply file folders and isn't pretty like Plex but it's just easier to use since I have them organized by genre so I can find things easily.
I'm looking for another UDP-203 in good condition, I just won't pay the inflated prices some people want. I'll get one at some point so I can put it on another TV and use the network capabilities, I'm not particularly worried about the hardware supporting physical disc play. I don't know of another UHD player that has that network ability, does anyone else?
I use the 203 in my HT but for me the killer app is it's ability to play all my ripped movies on my NAS via SMB. I have 2- 40TB NAS boxes with about 1400 DVD, Bluray and UHD movies I ripped (mostly MKV) with bonus features and a few thousand CD's both in FLAC and WMD lossless formats, and they all stream no fuss over a wired network to an LG OLED TV. Some of the UHD movies are 60-70 GB files and I still don't have any issues. I have the discs but I rarely use them. I also have a Plex server on a Mac Mini with the same movies indexed. The interface on the Oppo is simply file folders and isn't pretty like Plex but it's just easier to use since I have them organized by genre so I can find things easily.
I'm looking for another UDP-203 in good condition, I just won't pay the inflated prices some people want. I'll get one at some point so I can put it on another TV and use the network capabilities, I'm not particularly worried about the hardware supporting physical disc play. I don't know of another UHD player that has that network ability, does anyone else?