Want to watch excellent quality DVDs? No, Blu Ray is not the answer, the OPPO DV-983H is
Author: thomas // Category: DVDOne notion that people had with the arrival of high-definition disc formats and HDTV was that it would make the DVD format obsolete. Some estimates in 2004 put the DVD format as obsolete in 10 years, and by the looks of things they were correct. Today if we look around we will see that it is hardly the case, as the DVD market is still booming and is even taking the format to virgin territories. This turn around of fortune can be attributed to the inclusion of radical looking upscaling DVD players, which have given the customers the opportunity to squeeze the best-possible picture quality from their existing movie collections. However, quality apart, the budget price of the products is the single most contributor in enhancing their reputation and sustaining power. It is precisely for this reason that people bunk the expensive Blu-ray players in favour of the more conventional DVD players.
However, you will be surprised that DV-983H from US brand OPPO is not at all cheap, if not more expensive than its contemporary Blu-ray players, like the Samsung BD-P1500. Before you get all confused let me explain that the upscaling capability demonstrated by the device is out of the Blu-ray periphery; and in case you are looking for a true 1080p, especially upscaling DVDs there is no arguing the fact that you cannot better the performance of a machine that is solely meant for that performance alone.
Home cinema enthusiasts would really appreciate the inclusion of Anchor Bay’s latest Video Reference Series (VRS) technology, which comes courtesy of an ABT102 chipset capable of competently handling both de-interlacing and progressive cadence detection, and an ABT1018 chip that is primarily meant for video upscaling. The specialty of these chipsets is that they are capable of playing just about any type of video that you throw at it, while at the same time ensuring that the image is free of any unnecessary impediments.
