Which is BEST?..Oppo 980/981/983 ?

I need a suggestion from you guys.It seems Oppo 980 model does not have DTS decoder.It has only Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding.

Will it be a problem for hearing DTS sound track from DVD's?..What should I do to get DTS decoder?..(or) Can I go to Oppo 981 (or) 983?..it also have a drawback..It doesn't have component output.

My AV receiver has everything.Is it enough to hear DTS?

For me Sound is very Important and then picture.I am little bit confused about this..your Suggestions are very welcome..

(P.S: I have posted the similar msg in Cables thread also.)

What a/v receiver do you have?

All oppo players will bitstream dts and dolby digital.

Only the 980 can bitstream dsd which is used for SACD.

I have Onkyo TX-SR674 Receiver...Bought it on June 2007..

Is Oppo 980 right choice for this receiver?..Because Specification of 981 and 983 says, they will support both DTS and Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding......

But 980 says it is supporting only Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding..

Can you tell me more about DTS decoding of Oppo980?..am I going in the right direction?...

Thanks..

Your receiver should decode everything natively all it needs is bitstream. If your budget allows go for the 983h great player, outperforms players costing 4 times as much, unbeatable picture clarity.
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It will do all the existing non hd surround sound formats including the ones you mentioned.

satish

As Satish said the best is to allow the AV Receiver to do the sound decoding. Feed the sound from the DVD Player to the AV Receiver through a HMDI or optical fibre cable for movies.

For two channel audio use a simple RCA cable pair and use the Pure Audio option to side step all the video processing. You should get good music across all three models.

Leaving aside the technicalities, here is my take on the three models.

1. The 980 has reasonable video upscaling using Mediatek chips. It has special circuitry for two channel music and has received nods from even Stereophile.
2. The 981 uses the same audio circuitry, but uses DCDi by Faroudja which is supposed to be better in video upscaling compared to the Mediatek chip. It also has DIVX certification though personally I don't see DVDs that have a zillion movies in them.
3. The 983 is the flagship model of Oppo and uses the same excellent audio circuitry of the 980 and 981. For video upscaling it uses VRSâ„¢ by Anchor Bay Video Processing. This is the currently the state of the art video processor generally used in DVD players costing 2000$ or more. I use a 983, and I can assure you the video output is just superb.

Both the 980 and the 983 perform native Surround Back processing for 7.1 Dolby Digital and Dolby EX processing. The 981 does not do this. But as we said before, if you connect using a optical or HDMI cable, a 7.1 AV Receiver should be able to handle that.

If you are NOT very particular, and allow the AV Receiver to do the sound decoding, you will find little difference unless you are using a TV of 42 inches or more in size.

Best of luck.

Hi, I have a 980 and it has DTS encoding for sure.
The 980 and 983 have exactly the same audio quality. 981 has a better video chip than the 980, but since I had a 29" SDTV, I doubt the upscaling makes any difference!
The 983 is definitely the best overall, followed by the 980 (for audio) or 981 )for video).

Friends ,

Thx a lot for your replies.I am really proud to be a member in this forum.

I am not going to be in India for long time as I am travelling often for onsite.So I am planning to buy 32" LCD TV for time being(for another 6-8 months).As per the Oppo's product comparision.They are strongly suggesting 980H for < 45' screen.Thats why I am thinking about 980H.Budget is not a real constrain for me.I can buy 983H.It is not a problem for me as I am in USA now.

I just want to know the experience of 980H users in terms of picture quality and audio and also want to know if this is perfectly ok for 32" screen.

Please let me know your opinion.

Thanks ,
Pandiyan

Do all these players output DTS and DD as downmixed pcm stereo / two channel through the RCA analogue output ?
This is only a concern for people who watch their movies in two channel stereo.

Kams:

Please refer to your last posting. I think I have already answered your question. If you are going with a 32inch TV, the 980 is more than adequate. You will get 1080P Upscaled with a DCDi by Faroudja, and of course excellent two channel music.

square_wave - to answer your question, yes all the players do provide down mixed PCM Stereo for two channel amplification or simply watching through a direct connection to a TV. I am very sure, but I think all DVD players that have multi channel decoding do provide down mixed PCM Stereo. At least my Pioneer's do. In both Pioneer and Oppo you have to set the player for two channel sound.

Cheers

At last I have ordered an Oppo 980H and Monoprice cables..I will receive it in another 5 days..

Venkat,Satish,Abhijit nd other frnds, Thanks a lot for your feedbacks and suggestions..