Why is 981 more expensive than 980? Guys, help me out here please. It seems to me that the Oppo 980 does everything the 981 does and more (7.1 sound), then why is 981 more expensive than 980? I have a 1080P DLP TV and I also care about sound quality. Is there anything that 981 does better than 980 for the extra money? Thanks in advance. Why is 981 more expensive than 980? Guys, help me out here please. It seems to me that the Oppo 980 does everything the 981 does and more (7.1 sound), then why is 981 more expensive than 980? I... » Read More Why is 981 more expensive than 980? Guys, help me out here please. It seems to me that the Oppo 980 does everything the 981 does and more (7.1 sound), then why is 981 more expensive than 980? I have a 1080P DLP TV and I also care about sound quality. Is there anything that 981 does better than 980 for the extra money? Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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Art, thank you so much, it has been very helpful to me. I decided to go with the 980 model. Have a great holiday season!
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Here is the comparison page from Oppo's website:http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_comp.htmlThe main advantage of the 981 is the Faroudja chip, which delivers better-quality upscaling on non-DLP displays. The 981 also offers better-quality PAL->NTSC conversion than Oppo's other two models. Otherwise, as you pointed out, the other two models offer a lot of additional features (I wish my 981 had a memory-stick or USB input!). However, since you have a DLP, you probably want to get the 980 anyway (as the chart indicates). The Faroudja has a notorious "macroblocking" problem when used in conjunction with a lot of DLP displays. Here is the comparison page from Oppo's website:http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_comp.htmlThe main advantage of the 981 is the Faroudja chip, which delivers better-quality upscaling on non-DLP displays. The 981 also offers better-quality PAL->NTSC conversion than Oppo's other two models. Otherwise, as you pointed out, the other two models offer a lot of additional features (I wish my 981 had a memory-stick or USB input!). However, since you have a DLP, you probably want to get the 980 anyway (as the chart indicates). The Faroudja has a... » Read More Here is the comparison page from Oppo's website:http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_comp.htmlThe main advantage of the 981 is the Faroudja chip, which delivers better-quality upscaling on non-DLP displays. The 981 also offers better-quality PAL->NTSC conversion than Oppo's other two models. Otherwise, as you pointed out, the other two models offer a lot of additional features (I wish my 981 had a memory-stick or USB input!). However, since you have a DLP, you probably want to get the 980 anyway (as the chart indicates). The Faroudja has a notorious "macroblocking" problem when used in conjunction with a lot of DLP displays. « Show Less
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You probably don't need this top-of-the-line Oppo player for a 23" set unless you plan to watch a lot of PAL discs from overseas (the 981 has the best PAL-to-NTSC conversion of any of their players). I would guess that you probably don't need an upconverting player at all, but I don't have any actual experience to base that on. Just a guess. You might try asking over in some of the forums for TVs that you're considering to see if any owners have bought (or regretted buying) and upconverting player.
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Perhaps you have already made your decision? What did you choose? This something I am also mulling over. Both seem to be very good tvs and both seem to have issues (buzzing, fading black levels, etc). When a decisding between 2 good choices is difficult, perhaps both either option is a good one? Price is important and the samsung is much less expensive. Save the money for the next hi tech device you need to replace?
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TeeVoo thanks for the explanation. I just picked up the a950 at best buy for $3600 and no interest for 3 years. My Best Buy was even giving premium home delivery and setup for free on it as well. I compared the two tvs. There is just something about the a950's picture that makes you go "wow." The only wow factor I received from the new LEDs was how thin they were. At the end of the day, I watch what's on the screen and not how thin the actual tv set is so I went with the a950.
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Thanks for your response. Yes, I still need to know why the price is more for the 880. May be, someone else can answer that.
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The 980 has a few more features than the 970 (2 available temperature settings, etc). If you pull up the specifications for each you should see a couple more listed for the 980. We went with the 970 because it was more affordable and worked perfectly for our needs.
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Hi. If you run one monitor 1080p. And can run everything smooth. Why you waste ur money. And u recommend for now to go with 980 its cheaper and better.
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I originally ordered the BDP-80 but returned it and traded up to the 83. The reason, however, had nothing to do with sound quality. My reason had to do with a lack of certain BluRay-related video features. As far as I know the sonic capabilities of all the OPPOs are excellent. My 83 is superb, and from what I read the 80 was essentially sonically identical. However, I understand that the later models have less mechanical noise than the older ones. My 83 isn't actually noisy unless you stand close to it, and then you can hear some low-level mechanical rumbling. I would assume the 80 is similar. But from what I've read, the later models are totally silent. I originally ordered the BDP-80 but returned it and traded up to the 83. The reason, however, had nothing to do with sound quality. My reason had to do with a lack of certain BluRay-related video features. As far as I know the sonic capabilities of all the OPPOs are excellent. My 83 is superb, and from what I read the 80 was essentially sonically identical. However, I understand that the later models have less mechanical noise than the older ones. My 83 isn't actually noisy unless you stand close to it, and then you can hear some low-level mechanical rumbling. I would assume the 80 is... » Read More I originally ordered the BDP-80 but returned it and traded up to the 83. The reason, however, had nothing to do with sound quality. My reason had to do with a lack of certain BluRay-related video features. As far as I know the sonic capabilities of all the OPPOs are excellent. My 83 is superb, and from what I read the 80 was essentially sonically identical. However, I understand that the later models have less mechanical noise than the older ones. My 83 isn't actually noisy unless you stand close to it, and then you can hear some low-level mechanical rumbling. I would assume the 80 is similar. But from what I've read, the later models are totally silent. « Show Less
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Check under the battery to be sure that your phone is indeed a 9800 and not a 9810. Also if you are just seeking to identify which versuon out of the two phones you have: torch 2 comes with 8gb of internal memory while torch 1 has only 4gb of internal memory. Hope this helps.
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I honestly am not all that interested in Smart TV as much as I am in getting the best picture quality for my own media collection. I will say that my 7600 chugs under the weight of the apps and that the 8600 with dual core would work much better. I also have a G2 which is very snappy due to having a dual core but has a lower refresh rate and no local dimming or control over tru motion. Personally I would buy the 9600 if it had NO apps at all and just did 3D and 1080p 2D. I have tried Netflix with many devices and have never been very impressed with the stream they give you. Vudu however has a much better codec and looks reasonably well, in many cases even better than my Fios HD DVR service gives me. I am hoping within the next 2 to 3 years OLED will be down in my upper price range. When that happens I will jump on it and also they will have ironed out any bugs that system may have for early adopters. What I am hoping is OLED will be as good or better than my Sony 34 inch HD CRT , only with higher resolution and perfect geometry. For motion, contrast levels and viewing angle, nothing STILL can beat the last Sony Trinitrons that rolled off the line. I have one and my only complaint is poor geometry. Good luck with whichever model you decide on. Cheers! Marty G
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Greetings!! I bought from amazon the oppo 93...., I have the opportunity to make the change to region free...., but I am wondering if the oppo will loose image quality or will the processing be affected, can anybody assure me if I make the upgrade to region free.... will the opp will be working image and sound wise in the same manner as with out the change?¿I thank very much your assistance!
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Michael...absolutely correct. Although, I must tell you during the time I was there shopping for a new TV, there was a customer buying a brand new Samsung model (I think it was the new 950 Series) which they mistakenly labeled with the WRONG price. We're talking over $1,000 wrong!!! They honored the lower price because it was their mistake and the guy had such a BIG smile on his face.
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No logical reason. One can only guess that Samsung is hoping people gauge product quality and value by how high the price is. (ex. the more expensive the item, the better it is). However, you are right that the new 650 & 750 series are better than the LNT series in many ways. Advice: only buy the LNT4071 if it is at least $150 cheaper. Otherwise invest in the 650 or the 750.
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Shad, since I have only used the 999 I really cannot compare it to the 899, but suspect some of the features I have found useful on the 999 most likely do not exist on the 899. There are some very good features driven by what I believe has to be complex software programing that I am sure do not exist on the 899.
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I have an NEC 63" plasma that is non HDCP compliant. Most new DVD players will not work with this set. Will the Oppo DV 980 or 981 work?? That is, are they non-HDCP compliant?Thanks
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I have owned an Oppo upconverting DVD player for several years. It does a wonderful job improving the quality of my standard DVD movie disks. But a $500.00 Oppo Blu_Ray player? I have a big problem with that. Can we really SEE the difference in a Blu_Ray movie played on an Oppo machine versus a player costing half the price. I cannot say, but I personally doubt it. I'd really like someone to explain this (in non-tech terms) to me.
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This Sony upconverting DVD player is alright but it is nowhere as good as the HD-DVD Player and the Oppo upconverting DVD Player. I have a Toshiba HD-A20 HD-DVD Player, an Oppo DV-980HD and Oppo DV-981HD. When it comes to converting standard DVD, Oppo is better. A friend bought this Sony DVD upconverting player and I was curious how well it performs. I brought my Oppo for a comparison and the Oppo is much better than the Sony, specially the DV-981HD. The Oppo is pricier but it has other features not found in the Sony - like being Region Free - playing DVD from Region 1, 2 3, etc. It can play DVD whether in PAL or NTSC - and upgrades the signal to 720p, 1080i and 1080p for viewing in any HDTV. The Oppo is also 100-240vac so you can play it practically anywhere in the world. The Oppo has many other advanced features too numerous to enumerate here. Its really in a much higher league than this Sony upconverting DVD player. If one can afford to get an HDTV, the additional cost of the pricier Oppo is easily justified.