OPPO Digital DV-980H DVD Player with HDMI and SACD/DVD-Audio

The OPPO OPDVDV980H is a feature-packed DVD player that delivers what it promises. HDMI connectivity and upscaling enables the DV980H to deliver an excellent picture on an HDTV. In addition, other features, such as SACD, DVD-Audio, and Divx playback, as well as a front mounted USB port for importing images and sound from flash drives, add great audio and video flexibility.

If you are looking for a new DVD player to use with an HDTV or Video Projector, and surround sound system, make sure you check this one out. The OPPO DV980H is an excellent all-around DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio player, and is priced less than $170.

Pros

Cons

The OPPO DV-980H was easy to set up and use. The user manual illustrates several connection scenarios, based on the type of television or audio system to be used.

Overall functionality was excellent. The DV-980H easily played commercial DVDs, several DVD-R/DVD+RW discs, as well as a selection of SACD/DVD-Audio/CD/CDR/RW discs, and also a Divx disc.

In terms of video performance, the component video connections produced good 480p quality, while the HDMI output produced excellent 1080p video upscaling.

Using HDMI and both the 720p, 1080i, and 1080p output settings in conjunction with a Syntax LT-32HV 32-inch LCD TV with native 720p display capability, Samsung LN-R238W 23-inch 720p LCD TV, and a Westinghouse Digital LVM-37w3 1080p LCD Monitor, and using the Silicon Optix HQV Benchmark DVD, the DV-980H produced excellent results in terms of detail, color, motion tracking, video noise reduction, and most frame cadence detection, but did not do as well on moire pattern detection and elimination, also exhibited some jitter on video titles over film sequences. However, overall video quality was excellent.

Audio performance of the DV-980H was excellent. Dolby Digital/DTS surround sound options worked well, with excellent imaging. CD, DVD-Audio, and SACD playback audio reproduction was excellent good and I did not sense any shortcomings that could be attributed to the DV-46AV. NOTE: DVD-Audio and SACD playback can be accessed by either the 5.1 Channel analog or HDMI outputs (provided you have an AV receiver with HDMI 1.2 input capability).

There were no real disappointments with the DV-980H, the negatives, as listed above, were minor in comparison with the positives of this unit.

Once again, OPPO has succeeded in delivering combining high performance with great value. I give the OPPO Digital DV-980H a rating 4.5 out of 5.

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