Oppo Ceasing production

I may have missed it in this long thread, but I take it this means that there will be no firmware upgrades for the BDP105 which is a bummer as new and upgraded music codecs are introduced.

I believe that Oppo has stated that they will continue to support their products for warranty, service and updates, but owners of previous models to the last generation should expect the rate of such updates to decrease.

Bad news for those of us who, in addition to playing CDs and DVDs, use the BDP-105 as a DAC to play files from a NAD or attached storage. We can be sure that standards will develop beyond the current DSD which is, I believe, latest audio codec that it can process.

 

It occurred to me that despite my beloved Oppo105's clarity and flexibility, I rarely use it to spin discs, even with a 500+ cd library (I know, not that much at all). I usually stream Tidal through my phone or through my laptop via a 3.5-RCA connection.

And there are more and more network players, streamers, and smart tv's. etc. I mean, we stream Tidal through our 4K smart TV in the upstairs system and cd's are relegated to the dedicated audiophile system downstairs.

Yet I wonder why Oppo isn;t making the change to a media server, something like the Nait Uniti?

Since I couldn't decide whether to get a UDP-203 or UDP-205, I got one of each. Now I HAVE to decide which to keep. What are the main differences between the two units. In my case, my D/A cost more than the 205, and I'm very happy with its performance. Are there other advantages to the 205 that should sway my decision?