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PostLink    Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:49 pm    Post subject: Oppo is ceasing production Reply with quote


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Just saw this on my Facebook page:

https://www.oppodigital.com/farewell.aspx

I guess digital streaming killed them?
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow wonder what happened there? Didn't see that one coming.
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PostLink    Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Really impressive gear but there can not be a huge market for 1300$ BluRay players...
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jask wrote:
Really impressive gear but there can not be a huge market for 1300$ BluRay players...


Frankly, as good as Oppo players are and I have owned a number of them over the years, I believe this time around and unlike their mainstream competitors, made a surprisingly strange business decision to not include any streaming services on their players, i.e Netflix, Youtube, and Amazon etc., all of whom that are streaming a growing library of 4K material. That philosophy may have been OK for those with a so-called "Smart" monitor, but, as a buddy of mine who manages a retail operation told me, it left projector owners out in the cold whom in addition to buying the player would now have to go out and buy a separate streaming unit like a Roku, Amazon stick etc. to stream content.

This time around instead of the Oppo, I purchased a Panasonic UB900 that was rated pretty much on par with the Oppo 203 and the new units Panasonic introduced at the NAMM show along with the audiophile UB9000 they introduced in Europe looks like they will be taking the lead in that marketplace.
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 5:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No streaming apps? Short sighted eh?
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So the question is whom takes over the mantle as the top tier producer of BD/UHD players? I always thought Oppo's performance was a fair bit better than the competition.
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jbmeyer13 wrote:
So the question is whom takes over the mantle as the top tier producer of BD/UHD players? I always thought Oppo's performance was a fair bit better than the competition.


I believe Panasonic want that title. There is Pioneer that produce high end players.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jbmeyer13 wrote:
So the question is whom takes over the mantle as the top tier producer of BD/UHD players?

I don't think anyone wants (or cares) for that spot as physical media's going the way of the dodo. That's likely why Oppo's no longer making players.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kal wrote:
jbmeyer13 wrote:
So the question is whom takes over the mantle as the top tier producer of BD/UHD players?

I don't think anyone wants (or cares) for that spot as physical media's going the way of the dodo. That's likely why Oppo's no longer making players.

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When I was younger (that would be much younger) a friend had a number of video libraries that used to do insane amount of rentals. We then went to a phase where distributors wanted to sell movies and people wanted to buy them. This put him out of business. It seems now people are going back to a pseudo rental system Shocked
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Makes sense. I still buy physical media, although my purchasing of BluRays has almost stopped due to streaming.

Still, certain titles like Sound City are totally worth buying the BR for, due to the extra content, which is every bit as good as the documentary.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Curt Palme wrote:
Makes sense. I still buy physical media, although my purchasing of BluRays has almost stopped due to streaming.

Still, certain titles like Sound City are totally worth buying the BR for, due to the extra content, which is every bit as good as the documentary.


If the vast majority stream then perhaps there may not be physical titles. Now that is a downer. Thumbs Down

There are some really substantial players in the Bluray and DVD selling business here. They will loose a big chunk of business without disc sales. Perhaps they will become retailers of streaming content?
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, physical DVD/BD sales have been cut in half in 7 years?? I knew it was dropping but I didn't realize it was dying THAT fast. Looks like we won't be able to buy physical media much longer. Sad
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kal wrote:
jbmeyer13 wrote:
So the question is whom takes over the mantle as the top tier producer of BD/UHD players?

I don't think anyone wants (or cares) for that spot as physical media's going the way of the dodo. That's likely why Oppo's no longer making players.

Some graphs:





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Yeah I know everything is heading (and being pushed) that way. I'm not thrilled about that for a host of reasons and two big ones are:

1) Need for external drives to save media to. Drives are more likely to fail over time than physical media and when they go you are likely to lose everything. This of course means you need to be constantly backing stuff up and thus paying for cloud storage fees which will certainly add up given the size of the files. It's more work and more money over the long haul.

2) Content. Oppo had a hard time licensing streaming and you can already see how the various content providers are in bed with studios via exclusivity agreements. Redbox gets certain titles first, netflix others, Vudu, Apple, etc. This is aggravating enough but at least the availability of physical media still serves as an equalizer of sorts.

At the current rate, we'll likely be at 10% physical media by 2020 and at that point all but the biggest titles will no longer be produced as the economies of scale are lost.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jbmeyer13 wrote:
2) Content. Oppo had a hard time licensing streaming and you can already see how the various content providers are in bed with studios via exclusivity agreements. Redbox gets certain titles first, netflix others, Vudu, Apple, etc. This is aggravating enough but at least the availability of physical media still serves as an equalizer of sorts.

The part I hate the most about that is the fragmenting of the market. 15 years ago you could get most everything on Netflix, even if it was mostly by DVD delivery. Now the different content providers are all launching their own delivery platforms, and if you want everything, you'll have to sign up for Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HBO Now, Hulu, ... Somebody needs to consolidate this mess and come out with a single subscription that gets you access to everything. And that doesn't cost $300/month.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

garyfritz wrote:
jbmeyer13 wrote:
2) Content. Oppo had a hard time licensing streaming and you can already see how the various content providers are in bed with studios via exclusivity agreements. Redbox gets certain titles first, netflix others, Vudu, Apple, etc. This is aggravating enough but at least the availability of physical media still serves as an equalizer of sorts.

The part I hate the most about that is the fragmenting of the market. 15 years ago you could get most everything on Netflix, even if it was mostly by DVD delivery. Now the different content providers are all launching their own delivery platforms, and if you want everything, you'll have to sign up for Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HBO Now, Hulu, ... Somebody needs to consolidate this mess and come out with a single subscription that gets you access to everything. And that doesn't cost $300/month.


Yeah, Netflix made it super easy for a long time. You'll never get everything under one umbrella as I would expect HBO, Showtime, Youtube, etc. (non theatrical original programming) to offer direct access via internet to their content. The cable companies could see themselves shut out over time because you can't choose your channels a la carte and their subscription rates are through the roof (and their packages screw you one way or the other). However, the Hollywood studio produced content (20th Century Fox, WB, Paramount, Dreamworks, etc.) needs to be consolidated or available across all rental platforms because it's beyond aggravating dealing with the current mess. The potential of various streaming devices having connectivity or licensing issues (what hurt Oppo) makes selecting hardware just as much a quandary as content provider.

I have an Oppo-83 which I love for disc based material and have been using an older Samsung for streaming and storage connectivity. Ideally, I'd like one player which does 4K/2K, streams well and has no storage connectivity issues (FAT32/NTFS). If the Oppo-203 had streaming it would have met that requirement at a price I'd be willing to pay. The new crop of Panny players is probably the solution.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jbmeyer13 wrote:
garyfritz wrote:
jbmeyer13 wrote:
2) Content. Oppo had a hard time licensing streaming and you can already see how the various content providers are in bed with studios via exclusivity agreements. Redbox gets certain titles first, netflix others, Vudu, Apple, etc. This is aggravating enough but at least the availability of physical media still serves as an equalizer of sorts.

The part I hate the most about that is the fragmenting of the market. 15 years ago you could get most everything on Netflix, even if it was mostly by DVD delivery. Now the different content providers are all launching their own delivery platforms, and if you want everything, you'll have to sign up for Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HBO Now, Hulu, ... Somebody needs to consolidate this mess and come out with a single subscription that gets you access to everything. And that doesn't cost $300/month.


Yeah, Netflix made it super easy for a long time. You'll never get everything under one umbrella as I would expect HBO, Showtime, Youtube, etc. (non theatrical original programming) to offer direct access via internet to their content. The cable companies could see themselves shut out over time because you can't choose your channels a la carte and their subscription rates are through the roof (and their packages screw you one way or the other). However, the Hollywood studio produced content (20th Century Fox, WB, Paramount, Dreamworks, etc.) needs to be consolidated or available across all rental platforms because it's beyond aggravating dealing with the current mess. The potential of various streaming devices having connectivity or licensing issues (what hurt Oppo) makes selecting hardware just as much a quandary as content provider.

I have an Oppo-83 which I love for disc based material and have been using an older Samsung for streaming and storage connectivity. Ideally, I'd like one player which does 4K/2K, streams well and has no storage connectivity issues (FAT32/NTFS). If the Oppo-203 had streaming it would have met that requirement at a price I'd be willing to pay. The new crop of Panny players is probably the solution.


Yeah,the new Panasonic players introduced at NAMM (UB820 and 440)will include all the HDR formats(HDR10, HDR10 PLUS and Dolby Vision), however, like the original UB900, a player like the UB820 will be priced in a higher bracket than the usual mainstream models. I have a UB900 which is an excellent player and has better build quality than either Sony, Samsung or LG and according to the reviews that I have seen, it even measured slightly better on chroma upsampling of BR discs to 4K and HDR processing than even the Oppo, quite remarkable considering the UB900 was introduced in late 2016. Of course, there have been a number of firmware updates since that first introduction, it just doesn't have Dolby Vision.

What is rather interesting though, is after NAMM was over, there was a large electronics show in Europe in which Panasonic introduced the "A/V Phile" UB9000 which I assume was essentially done to compete with the higher end Oppo 205. Whether or not they move forward with that model introduction in N/A remains to be seen. Cambridge Audio has a player that is essentially a clone of the Oppo 203, however, at a higher price so it seems some manufacturers haven't given up on physical media just yet.
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well... let me know when you see the 205s on sale Wink
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PostLink    Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^^ Get on the wait list for the June (and probably last) delivery. Guess I'm late to the party as I only read about this today. Initially shocked but then think not really surprising with the shift to streaming. Next big announcement will be Netflix closing their DVD/BR disc service. Now that really will be a SAD day.
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PostLink    Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HaydnG90 wrote:
Next big announcement will be Netflix closing their DVD/BR disc service. Now that really will be a SAD day.

An article from a little over a year ago: https://qz.com/877829/netflix-nflx-hasnt-forgotten-about-its-4-3-million-dvd-subscribers-its-giving-them-a-new-app/

"Netflix’s DVD subscriber base has thinned steadily over the past year. It dropped to 4.3 million during the third quarter of last year, down from 5 million subscribers in the same period in the previous year. By way of comparison, the streaming business had about 47.5 million subscribers in the US and 86.7 million globally.

The New York Times reported (paywall) last year that Netflix engineers have been working behind the scenes to strengthen customer service and find more efficient ways to process the millions of DVDs that are returned, sorted, and shipped each week. The company reportedly has no plans to shutter the business.

“If you cut back on service, you are going to lose your subscriber base,” Hank Breeggemann, general manager of Netflix’s DVD division, told the publication. “Expect us to continue to ship DVDs for the foreseeable future."


This article mentions that it's expected they'll shut it down within the next 5 years: http://bgr.com/2017/01/20/netflix-dvd-rentals-subscribers/

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PostLink    Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If they shut down DVDs, we lose access to a lot of content. A lot of movies &etc are only available on DVD. I would think they'd be pretty hesitant to completely lose all that content. But if it's only 10% or less of their customer base...
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