Should I sell my Oppo 205?

If you are using Oppo for playing physical media (like BlueRay or CDs) sell it and buy a very decent BlueRay player for 20% of the money you will fetch. You will not notice the difference and pocket between 1.5-2k U$. However, if you are playing content from the hard drives, DLNA or other streaming sources there is nothing that comes close to Oppo. And I am not talking just about the quality of sound or picture, although that too.

The quality of how Oppo handles network and WiFi connectivity, shared storage, deals with congestion, error-correction and multitude of other things does not exist throughout the industry. After my friend sold his 205, he tried B-ray players from 2 prominent brands. They played blue-discs perfectly fine, with proper Atmos sound and delivered baskets full of 4k goodies. However, none provided Oppo’s quality when used as a network-attached unit. I know it first-hand as I was trying to help him getting things solved. And pretty much nothing we stepped on could be solved. Even though we’ve got long email conversations with manufacturers support. The list is surprisingly long and a subject for a separate post.

I personally own BDP-105 and would only part with it if something like Oppo shows up in the market but so far, nothing on the horizon. Its DAC section can still be considered a reference for audio and I am fine with movies in 1024p. The build quality is great and I anticipate another 5 - 8 years of seamless work.The only thing I regret is I had not catch my friend’s sale of 205 in time...

If you take into consideration quality of build, design and features they were sold for laughingly low price. Those players set up a benchmark that, I am afraid, we will never see again. They also scared the industry sharks to death and created a lot of friction not to say tension in the market. There is really nothing you can compare them to. So, there is a reason 203 and 205 boxes sell far above their shelf-price, 3 years after they were discontinued. People who pay current price do not do it because they feel sentimental. They have far more tangible reasons to do so.

Other than its performance, the primary reason for the high prices is that at the time Oppo discontinued production, the demand for this unit was just ramping up; it was nowhere near its market saturation point, and there were a lot of people who still wanted the unit. I wanted to purchase a second 205, and got put on a waiting list for a "final production run" which never materialized. Buying a second unit at $4000+ was a no-starter; ain't gonna happen. It is one of the few players (along with the 203) that offered discrete analog outputs for its channels. I run my home theater audio through a Mackey pro mixer, so the discrete analog was a must-have.

I see some posts here that suggest that many on this thread have NO IDEA how special this player is. “Not worth the $1500? Really? Why then are there USED units for as much as $3464 for sale now? Many companies are building good, inexpensive players that processes video well, but NO player under $5,000 delivers such AWESOME audio. 
Also, as for your minimal (2-3 movies a year), that’s a different matter. That’s essentially a unit that is not getting used,  so if that’s the case why not sell it in pocket $3500? But I would only say to you and everyone on this thread that for those of us streaming today, there’s absolutely no comparison in terms of audio - comparing streaming to a great Blu-ray player like this OPPO. Night and day. Streaming good, sure. Convenient for sure. But audio is a 7/10 and OPPO is 10/10. 

I’d love someone to comment on how the Oppo does audio. I own a 203 used as a bedroom player that like the OP I’ve only watched a few Dolby Vision discs on it. Now I’m curious if the unit can be used as a CD player and provide decent audio production?

Thank you!

I have one of the later production unit’s of the BDP-105D.
Few months later they stopped production.
right out of the box I had to do a software upgrade.
The unit glitches when connected thru HDMI (or whatever it is connected to glitches).
the unit glitches when connected to Tidal, freezing often.  The ONLY way to use Tidal is via downloaded Media Control which glitches multiple ways if I change to another screen while Tidal is playing, often requiring a reboot.
somehow Pandora sounds just as good as the higher quality Tidal stream.
it does not allow blue tooth connecting which would be awesome if it did since the Oppo handles video as well as audio (kids do everything through their phones).
the remote volume button requires REAL pressure to activate and more and more the remote has to be pointed directly at the unit for the actions to engage. 
The wifi dongle works as 4-6 depending on the day (scale of 1-10).
(Maybe) as a result, I have to re-establish network connection.
The reason I bought the Oppo unit was because it was regarded as the primo multi purpose source of its time. It is truly odd that the company stopped production dead in its tracks of All hard items, looking to be a soft product company only. That was their vision.
i have done a ton of reading and communication with the manufacturer in the hope of curing the ills described above. Best I got from the manufacturer and the dealer was to unplug the unit for a few minutes which usually temporarily cured the problems (but not the HDMI problems).
to the thought of selling it and replacing with separates (cd player, streamer, DAC..) I don’t like the idea of added complications to set up/use nor am I convinced the resulting audio would be better. Sure, I’ve read the glowing posts about how some DAC upgrade drastically improved on the Oppo, but at this point I won’t do it without hearing the difference firsthand.